Quotes About Acceptance

The greater part of human pain is self-created - some form of unconscious resistance to what *is*. The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment, and this in turn depends on how strongly you are identified with your mind.

It is as it is. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy.

All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present.

Being free of psychological time, you no longer pursue your goals with grim determination, driven by fear, anger, discontent, or the need to become someone. Nor will you remain inactive through fear of failure, which to the ego is loss of self. When your deeper sense of self is derived from Being, when you are free of "becoming" as a psychological need, neither your happiness nor your sense of self depends on the outcome, and so there is freedom from fear.

They look upon the present moment as either marred by something that has happened and shouldn't have or as deficient because of something that has not happened but should have. And so they miss the deeper perfection that is inherent in life itself, a perfection that is always already here, that lies beyond what is happening or not happening, beyond form. Accept the present moment and find the perfection that is deeper than any form and untouched by time.

When you say "yes" to the "isness" of life, when you accept this moment as it is, you can feel a sense of spaciousness within you that is deeply peaceful.

Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there, or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It's a split that tears you apart inside.

you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally.

So next time somebody says, "Sorry to have kept you waiting," you can reply, "That's all right, I wasn't waiting. I was just standing here enjoying myself — in joy in my self." These are just a few of the habitual

Todos nós sofremos ao ignorar ou negar cada momento precioso ou reduzi-lo a um meio para alcançar algo no futuro, algo que só existe em nossas mentes, nunca na realidade.

To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness. This state is then no longer dependent upon things being in a certain way, good or bad. It

By dropping your inner resistance to the noise, by allowing it to be as it is, this acceptance also takes you into that realm of inner peace that is stillness.

leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

The greatest catalyst for change in a relationship is complete acceptance of your partner as he or she is, without needing to judge or change them in any way.

preocupación añadir un solo día a su vida?" Y el Buda enseñó que la raíz del sufrimiento debe buscarse en nuestro

Stress is caused by being "here" but wanting to be "there

Cualquiera que sea la sustancia que origine la adicción —alcohol, comida, drogas (legales o ilegales) o una persona—, estás usando algo o a alguien para encubrir tu dolor.

Accept — then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.

what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment. On the emotional level, it is some form of negativity. The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment

What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to something that already is? What could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say "yes" to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.

De hecho, en el momento en que dejas de juzgar y aceptas lo que es, eres libre de la mente. Has creado espacio para el amor, para la alegría, para la paz.

PRIMERO DEJAS DE JUZGARTE A TI MISMO; después dejas de juzgar a tu pareja. El mayor catalizador del cambio en las relaciones es la aceptación total de tu pareja tal como es, dejando completamente de juzgarla y de intentar cambiarla.

Can you feel there is something in you that would rather be right than at peace?

Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there, or being in the present moment but wanting to be in the future. You can move fast, work fast, or run without projecting yourself into the future and without resisting the present. As you move, do it totally, enjoying the flow of energy at that moment. Or when you do nothing and the mind says you should be working. You are wasting time - observe the mind. Smile at it!