Serenity and Peacefulness, the difference

Peacefulness is a still, undisturbed inner quiet. Serenity is that calm carried with gentle contentment.

Each in a line

Serenity

Serenity is gentle, undisturbed calm and quiet contentment. Breathing is slow and easy, and the mind is clear without effort. You rest in yourself, needing nothing to be different. The conditions that produce it are scarce in modern life.

Joy family

Peacefulness

Peacefulness is the still, undisturbed inner quiet when striving stops. The breath slows and the chest comes to rest. The world keeps moving, but nothing within pulls against it. It is not numbness or the absence of feeling.

Positive family

Pleasantness and energy
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Where each lives in the body

Serenity

Head
Lightness
Quiet
Face
Slight warmth
Quiet
Chest
A faint pull
Quiet

Peacefulness

Chest
A faint pull
Quiet
Head
Lightness
Quiet
Shoulders
Slumped, dropped
Withdrawn
How long they last

Duration has not been measured for these words.

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