E185: The Truth About Acceptance—Why Resisting Reality Causes Suffering
5/28/202658 min
Reality can be defined as that which has already happened; after all, no one can make it not have happened. Suffering comes from resisting reality rather than accepting it. But acceptance does not mean passively allowing harmful situations to continue; it means letting go of the inner resistance and stored emotional reactions to what has happened, and then acting from a place of clarity. By consistently accepting and processing experiences instead of suppressing them, one releases inner blockages and returns to a natural state of peace, love, and clarity.
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Hmm. Jai Guru Dev. Jai Masters. In the Declaration of Independence, there's that line that says, "There are inalienable truths." Well, there really are a few of them that no one can argue with. Let's talk about a couple. One, you're born, and you're gonna die. Am I right or wrong? You sure? Absolutely true. Very good. You got that one down. Okay? Give you another one I really like. You're sitting on a planet in the middle of absolutely nowheres. It is so small, it is so meaningless, if the entire planet blew to smithereens tomorrow, a couple of other planets would change their orbit, and nothing else in the universe would have any idea that you were here. Like, we had our astronauts go up recently to the Moon. So you get to see this beautiful little planet. I like that stuff, you know? This beautiful little planet, spinning in the middle of nowheres. I don't know if you paid attention. They all came back very spiritual. Every word they said from then on was really beautiful about the reality of, "Come on, guys. We're all living on a little planet. Let's get our act together." But that is, it's way smaller than you think. So we saw it from the Moon as this tiny little ball floating out there.