Peace, Rest & Happiness

The world outside calls the mind,
with voices, horns, billboards and email alerts,
until the mind emerges 
and comes to reside in the world.

The assault on the senses
is like a day with no night.
We become disoriented from stimulation,
insane but unable to rest.
Still, we think the key to relief is somewhere outside.

Peace, rest and happiness
do not lie in the world outside.
They can not be found
by sight, touch, hearing or taste.

This is the first realization:
that happiness lies within.
Only with this can our journey
​toward actual peace begin.