Push Over
posted by OnThePath | September 12, 2009
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IcerocketJust some quasi-coherent ramblings ...
Acceptance - is it really all that's it's cracked up to be? I never really got it personally, I probably never will.
If you accept the current conditions as they are, there will always be people who do not; these people shapes societies, have shaped the past, and will shape the future. These people are the power players.
If reality does not suit them, they change it, for good or for bad.
In order for us to bring about a favorable future, each and every one of us must be one of these people. Acceptance of current modalities will cause regression.
Nobody in their right mind would say we are, en masse, on the right track. Inertia can be applied to societal movements, and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.
Everything that "is" is a result of process, of feedback loops, of decisions. Perhaps that's why we should accept what "is," because it is the direct result of previous actions which we no longer have control of. We have to accept the way our realities are created, but we DON'T have to accept the reality itself. We can change, we will change, and we must change.
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Acceptance: Now 100% More what it's cracked up to be! ;-)
— Sep 12, 2009
> "these people shapes societies, have shaped the past, and will shape the future. These people are the power players."
'these people' are parts of YOUR multi-faceted mirror image. :-) Your reflection, shadow, (un-/sub-)conscious(ness), whatever... Hence, the changes/improvements you are longing to see 'out there' are actually changes in yourself. I.e. the truth is 'in there'.
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> "Acceptance of current modalities will cause regression"
Please realize, truly accepting ('these' people/those situations/this 'reality'... In other words, the status quo) is done through FEELiNG UNconditional Love for them/it, 'as is'... Not through reasoning (thinking).
Such heart-felt acceptance then frees up the natural flow of creative energy (aka God/Love) that up until that point was locked in ('wasted' on, if you will) through judging (thinking)a person/situation (= a mirror of you) as 'bad'. And then 'things' suddenly become a whole lot more flexible. Often fun/sometimes drastic changes (...'miracles'?) rear their pretty l'il heads, seemingly straight outta nowhere (now-here). Whoah! :-D
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Now, people have been conditioned ('learned') to judge (condemn) from early age on. Not to mention, most seem to love it w/ a capital-P'd passion! Makes 'em feel alive, and kicking, screaming... Keeps them on their toes, safely where they are.
Nothing 'wrong' with that. But, if you do wish to experience some very fascinating changes, small &/or large, it'll likely take practice, practice, practice of warmly accepting/loving all as perfect.
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NOTE:
This may, or may not, answer any, if all, of your questions. Still, not until you indeed practice (perhaps easiest done w/ groups of like-hearted folks!?) what is described above will you likely feel/experience/KNOW it to be 'true'... The All is up 2 U. :-)
Either way:
BL!SS!NGS,
Interesting point!
— Sep 12, 2009
I come to this to sometimes and have come to some funny conclusions.
Acceptance as a way to just give up or not take responsability is more like ignorance. As to say "that's just the way the world is so I don't have to do anything about it!" It's a lot of people's cop-out....I accept that people do this but it doesn't mean I don't react and say "hey that is a cop out"
Things very much need to change but sometimes I find that when I'm spending a lot of time desiring change and fighting against what is infront of me moment to moment I get stuck.
Acceptance of what is in front of you does not mean you have to "not change it" it is just that maybe through acceptance{"this is"} you let go enough of your desire to change the situation that you can actually see and work with it. You then realize what you can do and how to go about doing it.
Acceptance is about seeing and not fighting what is......but since everything is constantly changing: Accept and change can both happen and are both happening simultaneously.
Its a lot like the monkey who gets his hand stuck in a jar becuase he wants to get the last cookie out. Try meditating and letting go of the need for change just for a little bit and the change might come easier to you.
When we get wrapped up in desires its difficult to function clearly as be-ings and with the desire comes the fear and suffering and with that the distraction-land we are wanting to change.
But if all the humans just let go of those desires....
well thats an f*in huge change!
hope this makes some sense to you.....I think its pretty funny.
