calming the storm ↘↖
Calming the eye of the storm?
In the story of the calming the storm in the Bible as mentioned in Mark 4:35-41, in which the wind and the seas obey Jesus to return to a still calm, could this actually refer to Jesus saying we must bring peace into our stormy minds by calming the sea of thoughts that arise?
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Jesus also speaks of the awake mind within the self as mentioned in Matthew 6:22-23.
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
“The wind turns a ship from its course upon the waters: the wandering winds of the senses cast man’s mind adrift and turn his better judgment from its course, when a man can still the senses I call him illumined” says Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita 2:67-68.
As a strong wind sweeps away a boat on the water, even one of the roaming senses on which the mind focuses can carry away a man’s intelligence.
Therefore, O mighty-armed, one whose senses are restrained from their objects is certainly of steady intelligence.
There is an age old saying that “the eyes are the window to the soul.” But are the eyes the window to the body as well? The study of Iridology, an ancient Egyptian alternative medicine technique, asserts that through studying markings and colors in the iris of the eye, one can learn about the inner workings of the entire body and mind.
Is there a connection to the Egyptian findings in Iridology to the stormy mind as mentioned in the scriptures as noted above?
Conclusion: Practice meditation to still the body and mind, and find the peace within that comes to the self. A calm and still mind leads to a health body with lot of inner sense of peace.
