Shantah is Peace, thus, capitalized, continuous and solid.
When I perceive myself as peace, nothing that can happen in the world, good or bad, will be able to change my point of balance. Also, if something throws me off balance, I manage to return to it without difficulty, like a bamboo that bends in the wind and quickly gets back on its feet.
Attitudes: attentiveness and awareness
In order to live in peace, it is essential that we know what our vocation is, and that way we can understand where we belong, how we should place ourselves in society and in the world. When I understand that I am doing what I am supposed to, peace comes naturally and harmoniously. And even when I'm doing what I'm supposed to, some mistake occurs, I won't lose my peace, because in my mind I'm sure I'm doing the best I can, with attention and awareness.
A BhagavadGita, a sacred Hindu text, teaches us that it is better to fail doing what is ours than to succeed in doing what is ours to do. So, whatever the results of my actions, I am calm and at peace. Another very simple way to be at peace is to learn to love what you do, instead of struggling to do just what you want.
Practices: mantra and meditation
Chanting the mantras is a practice that can help remind you of the peace that is, in addition to being an easy, accessible and quick way to reflect on who we are, also giving us freedom of choice, both in the form of the mantra, mantra theme. If you don't know how to sing them, no problem, there are mantra recordings, and you can choose what suits you best, go to a quiet place, where you can lie down in silence and just listen to the sounds, giving yourself even the right to stop, to reflect, to breathe calmly.
A meditation that I think is important for finding balance is called nididhyasana, which consists of reflecting on everything you know about yourself. And what you know, or should know about yourself is that you are peace.
When Prince Arjuna was in despair on the battlefield, he asked the god Krishna how he could regain peace. Krishna then does not give him a breathing practice or posture, but teaches him that he is already the peace he seeks when he runs away from his responsibilities. When the prince learns his lesson, he needs to reflect on nididhyasana, that is, reflect on what he knows about himself, while doing what he has to do.
