Investigating inner Peace and its Effecting Factors

Introduction: peace is one of the biggest concerns of humanityin world. It has two internal and external dimensions whichinclude inner peace and outer peace (world peace). Inner peaceis closely related to mental health. If people reach inner peace,they can always be calm and optimist even in difficulties.Method: A generalized search in pubmed, scopus, Googlescholar and SID databases and Google was conducted to findrelevant articles and books. for conducting this search we usedthese key words: peace , inner peace , art of inner peace , mental peace , peace of mind , mental health , peaceeducation , meditation , yoga , forest therapy , peacethrough art Result and Discussion: This study introduces inner peace and itsdeterminants. There are two types of determinants: extrinsic andintrinsic ones. Extrinsic determinants include: psychosocialfactors, nature, art, and peace education. We can also mentionthese factors as intrinsic determinants: peaceful personality,having self –compassion and self-acceptance, religion andspirituality, mindfulness, love, meditation, yoga, art, and prayer.Conclusion: Inner peace can create peace among familymembers, society, and ultimately it can create world peace amongpeople of the various nations.