That "Space" Called Peace

Sometimes when I am in discussions with friends, they ask me; "Are you always in that "place" or "space" where you are completely at peace". If it were possible to answer this question so that it could be instantaneously understood, then the question would not have been asked. So I must answer the question by first saying that the question in reality cannot be asked. Because if I ask such a question it has already been answered by the one who has asked. The reality is that you are always who you are in the moment and that reality is a direct consequence of your conditioning. You cannot change your conditioned thought process. All one can do is realize thoughts movement and be aware of its propensity to seek out results. Results are the continuation of what has been, of the conditioned consciousness. When you have the realization that you are not separate from thought, then the door is opened to the truth of the moment. The moment reveals the true self, that which is beyond what has been and what will be. It is the dissipation of "knowingness". The known is the self, they are one in the same. It is the content of ones consciousness that makes up the self. Thought is the projection of that content. So if I come to you aware of that consciousness and its content then I can realize the moment as an emptiness or a consciousness that is without the conditioning of its content. The outcome is a freedom that allows truth in the guise of love and acceptance. There is no judgement or comparison only the truth of what is, which is without the analysis of a perceived separation or duality. It is experiencing in the moment which can never become experience (the past) as the continuity of subjective thought. Each moment is its own eternity, but it can only be realized when one has gone beyond the self which is the projection of the content of ones conditioned consciousness.

So there is in reality no "place" or "space" to be, there is only peace that is without the one who "knows" peace. In a sense it is allowing the gift of life, of consciousness to flow though you that is without the definition and limitation of a mind that is caught in known. The cosmos has realized a consciousness though us, its children, should we not honor all life forms both sentient and non-sentient by caring and loving regardless of ideals or appearances. The realization of true peace is right before you, you are it, it is not separate from you.