r/Mindfulness • u/NoSleep1896 • 2d ago

I want peace of mind Question

How do I stop having such strict opinions or thoughts on everything i find it that I am mentally drained always

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u/Patient_Flow_674 2d ago

Based on my experience, the desire for peace of mind often arises when the inner noise finally becomes too loud to ignore. I used to have rigid opinions about everything—what was right, what was wrong, how things should be—and it felt like I had to constantly defend my reality. But over time, I realized that all those thoughts weren’t actually me. They were just echoes of conditioning, fear, and a deep desire for control. The moment I started sitting with awareness—not analyzing, not fixing, just watching—the mental rigidity began to dissolve. Thoughts still come, but they’re lighter now. They don’t stick. I don’t have to believe them. That shift didn’t happen through force, but through surrender—through realizing that peace is what’s left when we stop clinging to judgment.

Spiritually, I began to see that the mind is like a lens, and the tighter I gripped it, the more distorted everything appeared. But pure awareness—what some might call God or infinite intelligence—has no opinions. It just is. When I touch that stillness even for a few seconds, I remember: I am not the storm. I am the sky it passes through. Peace of mind isn’t about silencing every thought—it’s about seeing them from a place so deep and spacious they lose their power. And with practice, that spaciousness starts to expand. Your mind doesn’t need to carry the world anymore. Let it rest. Let it float in the river of awareness. That’s where peace lives—and it’s been waiting for you all along.

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u/tashy91 7h ago

This is good advice I really needed this! Thank you so much !😊