Perceive Life As Beautiful

When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
~Paramahansa Yogananda

When the mind is restless and subject to an uncontrolled flow of changing thoughts, our perception of the world can become colored by the emotions of past experince or fears of possible future events. Our daily meditation practice teaches us to use the tools of concentration and breath control to calm the mind and return it to its natural state of bliss. One of the greatest gifts of a regular, daily practice meditation is our ability to notice when our mind has turned murky, and then we can take steps to come back to a place of uplifting clarity. We are the captains of our own fate, and can choose to perceive our life as beautiful.