Q126. How do I achieve peace of mind?

Don’t satisfy all your desires. Every day we desire to buy something, we go here and there, and do this and that, and so on. We must realize that satisfying our desires today will only result in more desires tomorrow. Try to stop satisfying your desires by saying no you don’t need that, you don’t need to go there, you can live without it and so on. Be satisfied with what you have. “The ocean is always being filled by waters from different rivers, but still it remains steady. Like-wise, a person who is not disturbed by the constant flow of desires can achieve peace, and not the person who fulfills all his desires. A person, who gives up all desires, ego, and sense of ownership, can alone achieve peace." (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 2.70-71)

A person says, ‘I want peace’. If you remove the ‘I’ (ego), and the ‘want’ (desires). Then you will be left with ‘peace’.