How to tell if it’s peace or numbness

Here’s a quiet question I ask myself often:

“Is this peace… or is this numbness?”

One expands me.

The other dulls me.

Peace makes room. Numbness closes doors.

Peace invites presence. Numbness avoids it.

You’ll know it’s peace if you feel more you inside it.

So I ask gently, when the day gets quiet:

“Is this peace… or have I just stopped feeling?”

And I listen for the answer.