Accepting "What Is"
(This is from a recent journal entry. I was, in a way, talking to myself. I'm not really sure where the words came from, but reading it again, I find it comforting.)
Practice accepting "what is". This practice is not complacency. Your ego will try to persuade you that it is, in order to perpetuate the ego's existence.
If we remain in the place of "what is", we are in tune with the natural flow of life. We don't need to resist, or fear, or question. Change will happen. Every step of the journey is required, whether we can see immediately why or not.
By accepting "what is", we say that we are putting our trust in the universe. We, as tiny beings with big egos, are part of a very large, well-oiled machine that is the universe. There's no need to feel scared or trapped. Feeling trapped is our own misconception. Rather than feel trapped, we should feel whole.
We cannot remove ourselves from what surrounds us. We can merely participate as observers. Don't be frightened that you are an observer. If you accept "what is," you will find comfort in the fact that there is nothing you really have to do, and this is freeing. We all create our own realities within the framework of the universe. We can alter our realities by listening to "what is." In that way, we will find a way to eliminate self-induced suffering and walk a path with happiness to enlightenment.
Practice accepting "what is". This practice is not complacency. Your ego will try to persuade you that it is, in order to perpetuate the ego's existence.
If we remain in the place of "what is", we are in tune with the natural flow of life. We don't need to resist, or fear, or question. Change will happen. Every step of the journey is required, whether we can see immediately why or not.
By accepting "what is", we say that we are putting our trust in the universe. We, as tiny beings with big egos, are part of a very large, well-oiled machine that is the universe. There's no need to feel scared or trapped. Feeling trapped is our own misconception. Rather than feel trapped, we should feel whole.
We cannot remove ourselves from what surrounds us. We can merely participate as observers. Don't be frightened that you are an observer. If you accept "what is," you will find comfort in the fact that there is nothing you really have to do, and this is freeing. We all create our own realities within the framework of the universe. We can alter our realities by listening to "what is." In that way, we will find a way to eliminate self-induced suffering and walk a path with happiness to enlightenment.
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