Acceptance

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The sun is always in the sky. The clouds come and

go. The clouds are like our doubts. If we doubt long

enough and deeply enough, we begin to forget that the

light of the sun is always present and available. To

live in such doubt is to live in illusion which is

painful and leads inevitably to seeking -- an outward

focus! But how do we find what we have never really

lost, but only forgotten? And so the inevitable

frustration of such a path is what perpetuates the

illusion of darkness -- sustains the clouds of doubt

and all of the other related emotional qualities such

as despair and hatred. This is the path of

forgetfulness -- a path many of us chose long ago. A

good path.

 

It is time to remember now however but we must each

choose. And to remember, we need only begin to accept

where we are in this moment -- to look into the mirror

or our own creations, no matter how seemingly

difficult. To turn inward. The emotional qualities we

encounter do not matter! What matters is our

acceptance of them. This does not mean acting them

out. This does not mean denying them. It means simply

accepting them.

 

Because we must each face our own history, each path

is unique and yet every path that awakens is based on

acceptance. To practice acceptance is to become like

a little sun -- we radiate light, burning our way

through the illusions -- the clouds -- from the ground

up. Eventually we have clarity and the light of the

great sun is upon the tops of our heads once more.

Our light and that of the great sun become one, once

more. A good path.

 

 

 

 

Bill DeVore