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I imagine this one is an easy one to understand.
If you cannot accept something in life all it does is make you miserable. I was told in meditation one time that two of the most important words for me are acceptance and understanding.
After pondering that for a while I realized that utilizing these two words would bring a lot of peace in my life.
This quote by Wayne Dyer I am not sure if I agree with or not. As a very brief definition, it may suffice, but enlightenment is a very funny thing to define.
It has been a very closely guarded secret as to what it is exactly. Over the centuries it has been described very vaguely and not what happens exactly. For example, in one book it talks about how the student was stricken by a ruler then enlightenment struck him! The reason I hypothesize for them not explaining enlightenment in detail is that if you knew what it is going to be like exactly you will never know for sure if you attained enlightenment.
It is an incredible experience that when it happens your whole world changes and I don’t know about you but if I experience something almost unbelievable and magical and then read about the experience later it is more believable to me. I know that the experience REALLY did happen instead of manifested itself from my sub-conscience mind. An example of this is while meditating I felt a cold spot in the room then followed it around for a while then sat still and relaxed my eyes and saw a beam of light coming from the area. The funny thing about this beam of light is that it CURVED! I never heard or read about anything like that before but read about it in a book later about it being a sort of portal from another dimension. For something as incredible as this it was almost unbelievable if I didn’t see it with my own eyes and if I had read about it first I would second guess myself if I really did see it or imagine it from the book that I read.
The book, “The Three Pillars of Zen” is the first book that described enlightenment in great detail on what it really is like. I had achieved enlightenment and it was a most incredible experience for me. To the point of the complete understanding that I received when I looked out the window and saw a woman sweeping the sidewalk outside, I started to cry because I saw how beautiful it really was. I was connected to everything and did not have any unanswered questions at all. I was aware of the past, present, and future at the same time briefly (about six hours) and saw myself in everything and how we were all connected. I thought I had started to be driven mad until I read someone else having the same experience in the book, “Hardcore Zen” written by Brad Warner who surprisingly was a punk rocker.
Unfortunately, once this enlightenment was over I was back to being a human force and wish I could stay that way forever. I suppose being a spiritual being having a human experience limits this but at least I know what it will be like once this body dies. Even though I do not agree 100% on this quote I do know that it will bring you a more peaceful life.
Here is another quote on what was told to me to be the two important words for me at the time.
Acceptance and Understanding.
These two words beautifully go together. When joined these two words can solve many problems and many problems would not start if people just pondered on these two words.
I noticed that this quote was by Eric Greitens. Never heard of him so I looked him up and he sells some books. According to Wikipedia, this is what they say about him.
Eric Robert Greitens is an American politician, humanitarian, author, and former Navy SEAL who was the 56th governor of Missouri from January 2017 until his resignation in June 2018. Born and raised in St. Louis, Greitens received a doctorate from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, as a Rhodes scholar.
I never thought I would hear a politician say something like this!
Reading this quote reminds me of the word acceptance and there are many other posts here that relay to enjoying life more if you have more acceptance in your life.
Also, if things did not turn out as you expected them to then trust in the universe that it is unfolding as it should. Missing that bus may have avoided you from getting killed in an accident. That glue you tried to invent to never break free but turned into a failure? It has done it so that you can get rich by applying it paper and making Stick-It notes.
What if you don’t see the reason why things happened the way they did? Then accept it and move on if nothing can be done. If something can be done then do it.
Martin Luther King Jr. had a checkered past but he was able to inspire many people with his speeches that helped make a movement for a better tomorrow.
Once you show enough gratitude through your acceptance it will strive to make the other person be a better person.
Wouldn’t we want this for everyone? Let’s all help a better tomorrow and motivate others to be a better person by making them wish they did a better favor for you. In turn, most of them will do the same thing with someone else. Let’s make this contagious!
This quote on giving acceptance to achieve peace is a quote that I read from time-to-time to remind me to accept more often.
If you are having trouble with this one it would be a good idea to post a note on your bathroom mirror so that you are reminded of it every morning when you wake up.
Sometimes when I wake up or feel the need to be at peace for myself I go through my phone and meditate on all of these memes.
I have to remind myself of this quote when dealing with some people.
It is better to be more forgiving of the mistakes of others and not get angry. After all, we are only human. It may sound like an easy cop-out but we are not flawless.
Once we fully realize that, accept that, and understand that we can live much happier lives instead of being angry for things not turning out the way you wanted them too.
Brad Mentalist is really Mo Seetubtim I found out by looking up her twitter page.
I wanted to make sure I give credit to this quote. I like the way she thinks and only found one thing of hers on eBay but I was able to track down here website if you are interested in learning more about her.
Time does not really heal everything, does it? But over time the pain lessens at least. There is plenty of mind over matter books out there that show you, even though it is not socially acceptable, how that ultimately you have the power to get over anything in an instant. Acceptance, on the other hand, comes paired with understanding will heal everything in my opinion. I’m sure that people will disagree with that one because people can understand and accept something and still be in pain but if you are in 100% acceptance the pain will finally go away.
Yes, this can be very difficult for people. I know that I fall into that category. I can tell you this though if you accept someone fully it makes things easier for both parties.
Sarah Dessen is another author that I have not read but I like her philosophy on this quote here. If anyone has ever read anything from here please let us know what you think of her writings.
So many books and so little time!
Here is another post about unconditional love. Remember that in order to gain accesptance you must first understand. Once you understand, acceptance comes easier, and when acceptance is easier then unconditional love becomes easier. If you like this quote then you will like my post on a similar quote. In this similar quote, I go over how important it is to love yourself more than someone else.
It says the quote is from Brian Tracy. At first, I thought he was from Hay House, but I was thinking of Reid Tracy. It turns out that Brian Tracy is some marketing guru for selling. I have never read any of his books but if you have please let me know how they are in the comments below. Hay House, on the other hand, I had purchased many things from them and highly recommend them!