Peace as a Measure of Truth: What I Learned About Inner Calm
By Anna Biela
I went through a period in my life that deeply affected my inner stability. For about three months, I was carrying a heavy sense of fear and uncertainty after hearing interpretations about myself that made me question my wellbeing. It made me very cautious in how I lived, almost like I was “walking on eggshells,” constantly monitoring myself and my energy.
During that time, I also had experiences in Slavic spiritual circles, including during Kupala Night, where I was told again that there might be “something attached” to me. In the moment, I took it seriously, but something inside me didn’t fully resonate with it.
Because of the emotional weight it created, I eventually decided to seek a second, third and fourth opinion outside of those interpretations. What I found brought me relief: there was nothing objectively wrong with me.
That moment changed something important. I realized how powerful suggestion and interpretation can be, especially when it touches fear. It can shape your entire state of being if you let it.
Instead of continuing to live in fear or caution, I made a conscious choice to return to myself. To stop walking on eggshells. To stop giving authority to fear-based narratives. And to begin trusting inner clarity and peace again.
In this process, I also spoke with a Catholic priest an exorcist about my experience. What stayed with me from those conversations was a very simple but profound idea: the human mind can be deeply affected by words, and not everything that is said needs to become part of your inner truth.
I learned to recognize a simple internal compass:
When something brings peace, it brings clarity.
When something creates fear and anxiety, it is a signal to pause and not let it take over my inner world.
No matter what life brings — and everyone goes through challenges — the most important thing is to protect inner peace. Anxiety and fear can distort perception and weaken a person from within. Peace, on the other hand, restores balance.
In the Christian tradition, Jesus says:
“Peace be with you.” (John 20:19)
This idea is also reflected in the Islamic greeting:
As-salamu alaykum — “Peace be upon you.”
Different languages, different traditions, but the same core principle: peace as a foundation of human experience.
What I take from all of this is simple. I choose peace over fear. I choose clarity over suggestion. And I choose to live my life without constantly questioning whether something is “wrong” with me when there is no evidence of it.
Peace is the measure I trust now.
Peace be upon you.
Wa alaykum as-salam
