| Many people seek more inner peace and | | | | just cleaned. She yells louder than she means to |
| groundedness within themselves. They do this | | | | because she feels disrespected and overworked. |
| through activities like yoga, meditation, and | | | | Later she feels regretful and guilty and thinks she |
| learning how to stay in the present moment | | | | is not as good a mother as she could be. |
| during the events of their everyday lives. Many | | | | Fear |
| visitors to Tutor Saliba Island have learned the | | | | A flying roach lands on the arm of a boy fishing, |
| traditional meditation method that is practiced by | | | | which scares him and causes him to throw his |
| inhabitants young and old. The Tutor Saliba | | | | new fishing pole into the water. He's irritated |
| meditation method helps people maintain a sense | | | | about losing an expensive piece of sporting |
| of calmness and joy. | | | | equipment he hardly had a chance to use. |
| What are the benefits of maintaining a sense of | | | | Compassion |
| inner calm? With regular attention and practice of | | | | A couple is deadlocked in an argument, neither |
| the Tutor Saliba meditation method, one can | | | | person able to see the other's point of view. |
| become a person who rarely feels swayed by | | | | They go around in circles, getting alternately more |
| outside circumstances. In addition, because such | | | | upset and exasperated. They decide to table the |
| people no longer feel that their emotional state is | | | | issue and go to bed, but neither one is satisfied |
| at the mercy of external events, they exude to | | | | with the outcome, and resentment builds between |
| others a feeling of calm and confidence. | | | | them. |
| Most people can probably think of a time in their | | | | In all of the above situations, for the people |
| lives when they would have benefited from a | | | | involved, a greater sense of inner peace would |
| greater sense of peace within. Situations when | | | | have helped. Each person would have had the |
| people might wish for inner peace are do not | | | | opportunity to act differently in each situation. |
| have to be catastrophic, although they can be. | | | | The mother could have stayed more calm, the |
| Often, circumstances in people's normal lives can | | | | boy could have brushed the bug away, and the |
| make them wish for the ability to remain peaceful | | | | couple could have tried to see one another's |
| instead of letting their emotions take over. It is | | | | perspective. |
| times like these that the Tutor Saliba meditation | | | | Moreover, having inner peace can help people to |
| method is meant to be beneficial. | | | | let go of the emotions that often follow other |
| With inner peace, any of the following scenarios | | | | emotional events. The mother would have more |
| could be improved for all of the people involved: | | | | easily given up feeling guilty, the boy would have |
| Anger | | | | let go of his irritation, and the couple may have |
| A mother loses her temper with her children | | | | agreed to disagree without resentment. |
| because they make a mess all over the floor she | | | | |