Acceptance

“Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.  Always work with it, not against it… This will miraculously transform your whole life.”  – Eckhart Tolle

 

With the practice of finding the positive parts of your life, year, month, week, day, hour, and moment, there is a gift living just beyond this that comes with absolute acceptance of circumstances.  The habit of practicing gratitude for what you appreciate makes finding positives easier which can in turn lead to accepting what is without resistance.  If you can become aware of your resistance you can welcome it with acceptance.  This releases the body and mind from struggle that hinders your ability to find solutions and to welcome change or the new.

Affirmation:  I accept what is

It’s really that simple.  The more you think and say this, the more apparent it will become as an integrated part of your reality.

Eckhart Tolle’s addition of ‘accept it as if you had chosen it’ removes any feeling of helplessness or victimization that could keep you stuck. This wording has changed my understanding of the degree to which we can embrace acceptance and I hope it will be helpful to you too.

Sat Nam