Acceptance is a complete surrender to what is, knowing that what is a reflection of you
ac-cep-tance : the quality or state of being accepted or acceptable : the act of accepting : the fact of being accepted : approval : capable or worthy of being : generally approved or used.
My View...
Acceptance is the knowing that all is perfect as it is. There is nothing that you need to do. There is nothing that you need to fix. All is perfect just as it is. There is only experience and whether it appears to be good or bad it is an experience. Every experience is the perfect experience for you in that moment.
Perfection is only lost when you begin identifying and judging things through your story instead of seeing the perfection of all things though your God-Self.
Acceptance is the allowance of what is and being okay with it and loving what is, because what is is the reflection of you, your state of beingness. Love what is, and by doing so you’ll be loving who and what you are.
Allow things to be what they are, let go of your judgments and love what life is showing you about you, and as you do life will give you more to love.
My Experience...
Thirty years of my working life were spent fixing things. I was in the truck and automotive repair field as a mechanic, business owner and marketing person, and in that field it’s all about fixing something that’s broken, so to wrap myself around the idea that everything is perfect as it is, was a challenge to say the least.
As I began transitioning out of the mechanical world and rewriting a new story where I was now living my passion to help others, I first took on the approach that I was supposed to diagnose the problem and use tools (like a mechanic) and fix it.
Well it wasn’t long before I discovered that fixing people is not the way it works. What I discovered is that each of us are experiencing our own unique story and if I wanted to help at all I would have to first honor the other persons story and accept them just as they are.
I realized that to really help I needed to love them and find my way into their story until I got to the truth about a wound that may be keeping them stuck and simply empathize with them and see them healed and help it to surface so they can release it and let it go, freeing the blocked energy, and the rest will take care of itself.
Honor the stories of others, guide them to their Godhood through your example, see them free from any wounds and allow them space to heal, accept them as they are, and let go of the need to fix them, they will heal when they are ready, if they need healing at all.
The Simple...
It is what it is, love it for what it is because it’s you, if there’s an aspect of what you’re seeing that you don’t like change the way you think about, change the way you feel about it and only then will what is begin to change.
Don’t just judge others and the world, BE the change you want to see your world. Commit to not judging anything, accept and love people and things for what they are, choose non-judgment, choose love.
Get to a place of non-judgment, pay attention and see how long you can go without judging anyone or anything. Make it a habit and accept things as they are, free of judgment.
Fighting what is and trying to stop change from happening is like trying to stay in the same place on a rapidly flowing river, it takes a lot of energy paddling to fight the current, so let go and simply go with the flow, allow change and free yourself of the need to struggle. Accept and embrace change and what is, love it and stop fighting it.
ACCEPTANCE - All Is Perfect As Is...
Through the direct perception of "what is, as it is", Tony offers an approach to authentic spiritual realization. His invitation is to live life from a wholly different perspective, one centered in the infinite awareness of one's true Self. A highly effective message of awakening to life "as it is".
Hillig's writing brings a simple and yet profound message to the spiritual seeker. This extraordinary book has a one-inch hole drilled through the center of each page, which the author uses as a metaphor for the emptiness we may fear in ourselves, the spaciousness in the center of each of us.
The emphasis is on pure non-duality (or Advaita), which points directly to the true nature of the one who is seeking. This approach reveals what is real and true about who we are and clearly exposes the false ideas and beliefs that generate doubts, problems and suffering.
Garnishing her gentle advice and guided meditation with beautiful bits of poetry and well-loved if familiar dharma stories, Brach describes escaping the trance of unworthiness, and what it can mean to open up to the reality of other people, to live in love, and to belong to the world.
The Final Truth is one of the most complex and rewarding of Ramesh's written works. It may well be the most comprehensive look at Advaita currently in print. It takes us on a rich and vivid journey from the arising of "I AM" to the final dissolution into identification as pure Consciousness.
You will not find something at some future time, because there is no future time. If you have a look at that, you can see it quite clearly. You have memory, which is the past; and you have anticipation, which is about the future. What memory have you got right now if you are not thinking about it?
