What's the difference between happiness and peace? which one do you prefer?
Happiness is conditional and based on external conditions. Where as inner peace is within yourself. It doesn't depend on any external condition.Peace is everlasting. happiness invariably turns to pain but not peace.
I was watching Eckhart Tolle's Talk "Living with Meaning, Purpose and Wisdom in the Digital Age." at google for it's employees to teach the significance of inner peace, consciousness, spirituality and calm.
This documentary is in a Q & A format. Most of the things he conveyed are familiar if you happen to read "power of now". But, one thing he highly recommended was to place a certain living object close to you at your work desk. it could be a plant, flower or dog. This elements play a critical role in helping to be in your consciousness. Just a glance at them, staring at them touching them will bring us back to our self. I think it's a great idea.
He also talks about mini-meditations. Just feel your body, breathe in and out, just relax. It brings you back. He talks about life underneath your life situations. A man who looks into himself for peace, happiness and sadness are equanimous.
He gives an example about the room which is filled with people, furniture and other stuff. We don't really care about the room itself. Similarly, our being is like a room which has not nothing to do with things in the room. The space in the room is your inner peace. You can't quantify.. I can't explain it correctly..
