Remaining in Presence

Can you remain in curiosity, openness, acceptance and love when you are triggered? This will be the biggest test for enlightenment. 

Becoming Vast

You can only expand and become vast and spacious when you recognise, accept and lovingly embrace the smallness within you.  

Nothing to Turn Away From

 There is nothing to turn away from - only to lean in and embrace. Notice your resistance. Resistance to others' judgements and complaints, to others "wrongdoings", to your own flaws and the flaws of the world, strong emotions arising and passing away. Be still, and let the waves pass by. You are already complete.

Declaration of Truth is the Path to Freedom

 When you declare truth, not opinion, you gain direct access to freedom and peace.

Even if it is the declaration of the fact that your mind is experiencing an angry thought, the declaration that you are physiologically experiencing rage, your mind is noisy, you are feeling lost. As long as the truth is fully embraced and not resisted, freedom is a byproduct of this declaration and simultaneous acceptance of the truth of the matter. 

Tension in the Body

Tension in the body is a reflection of some resistance to reality - a denial of the now. Even anxiety of the imagined future is a reflection of resistance to the natural state of uncertainty, right now. 

When You Take the Wrong Turn

Whether you took the wrong turn, or took the wrong action that resulted in an undesired outcome, it is only acceptance that can return you to peace. Nothing else can and nothing else will. 

The Illusion of Hope

 We often buy into the illusion of hope and hope does give us, intrinsically, hope, a positive psychological state that helps us get through difficulties in hope of things getting better. 

Although things may get better, they may also not get better, so what would be more powerful than hope, is acceptance of the what is - the current situation as is, and in every moment. This state of acceptance does not rely on any future state of “better” as it is inherently making peace with the present moment. This far more powerful than the hope of a better future and returns us to a state of inner peace and wellbeing. Non-resistance to the reality of the present moment regardless of things will turn out in some future moment. 

Freedom

Unless you accept all possibilities you can never be truly free, only deluded.

Every Possibility has to be Realised

If every possibility has to be realised, then whatever you are experiencing is a possibility that had to be realised in this world or another, no matter how small the chance. The only thing to be done is to confront and deal with the situation effectively. 

Make Peace with Reality

One of the biggest challenges we have in life is making peace with reality, with what is, with what is not, and with the unknown. We create a world of suffering by not accepting one of these three. What would be the result of making peace with all three aspects of this very moment? 

Evolution of Humanity & Creation

Everything that is, the way you are, others are, and the world, the universe is, is exactly the way it needs to be at the current level of consciousness (awareness or blindness) for the ultimate evolution of the individual (such as you or another), humanity and creation. When you trust that everything is exactly as it needs to be, you forgo resistance - you cease fighting reality and instead acknowledge, accept, align, and work with what is, rather than against it. The state of engagement is through a sense of deep peace and harmony rather than an anxious attempt at changing yourself, others or the world. 

Hold Space for Whatever is

Hold space for whatever is. Hold space for reality. Hold space for death. For grievances. For sorrows. For loss.

Why Resist What Is?

Why resist what is, when what is, is exactly God's Will.

Why resist God's Will, when God's Will is exactly, what is.

Surrendering to "what is" (God's Will), returns you to your natural state - inner peace - which is in fact the natural state of the universe. 

In contrast, resistance places you in the state of suffering. The state of mis-alignment with God's Will. 

Aligning one's own will to that of the Divine, returns you to peace. 

From this state, the quality of your being, your presence, begins to transform your life, your relationships, and the world. 

Align with Reality or Resist Reality

At any moment you can either align yourself with reality (life as it is in this moment) through acceptance and surrender and return to peace or resist reality (not want it) and remain in suffering. 

The Blessing of Discomfort

Every discomfort is an opportunity to transcend. Through acceptance of what is, one rises above, the joy of being emerges once again from the mind’s mask. 

Control vs Surrender

We can't control what happens in life, but we can choose to surrender to our inner experiences arising from our experience of life and let it pass away as all experiences are transient, fleeting, and impermanent. 

The Trap of the Mind

Our desire to be liked by our own and other people's minds and egos is one of the major dysfunctions of our world and a great source of suffering. The mind and ego are designed for judgement, not for acceptance, not for compassion. That is the job of the heart. The moment you relinquish the need to be accepted by the human mind (yours and others'), you gain access to freedom. You also get direct access to the heart.

Facing Fear

There are two ways to confront fear so that it does not rule over you : accept it and move forward or become comfortable with death. 

Be Ok with Not Being Ok

To be truly ok you will need to be ok with not being ok.

If you tell yourself I'm going to be ok, and if not, I will be ok with that too. That level of acceptance is powerful in moving forward as there is no longer any resistance to your experience, and this level of surrender ensures a deep sense of peace.

Accepting the Reality of "what is"

Accept the unfolding reality of what is, right now, and then act to do what can be done with what is towards what can be.