It is said that to try to know something without first loving it is not to know it very well at all.
That is very much like something I heard some 35-40 years ago, to wit, You cannot change anything until you fully accept it. I first heard that from a friend when he was speaking of our character defects. And I thought he was nuts.
I was making the mistake of believing that to accept something meant that made it true, and I was stuck with it forever. Which, in fact, it does. The only change is internally (where God lives). When we accept our worst fear for a fact, all our inner mechanisms switch gears, going from resistance (fear) to acceptance (love).
We know from our toenails up that that is an impossible act for any individual to achieve in the head or through self-will or all alone...or all of the above. Which opens us to the great and glorious realization that our "inner mechanisms" are our angels. They live there for the sole purpose of doing our heavy lifting...the lift of self into Self. Or for any other ego-victory battle we're sure to lose without their aid.
I'm a believer that is why acceptance is the answer...to everything at all times and at any time. The very gut-bucket release of our fear into our acceptance releases our angels, and they soar!
Which reminds me of the advice from my beloved mentor so many years ago: Cling to nothing, dear heart...soar! Yes!
Thank you.
I was making the mistake of believing that to accept something meant that made it true, and I was stuck with it forever. Which, in fact, it does. The only change is internally (where God lives). When we accept our worst fear for a fact, all our inner mechanisms switch gears, going from resistance (fear) to acceptance (love).
We know from our toenails up that that is an impossible act for any individual to achieve in the head or through self-will or all alone...or all of the above. Which opens us to the great and glorious realization that our "inner mechanisms" are our angels. They live there for the sole purpose of doing our heavy lifting...the lift of self into Self. Or for any other ego-victory battle we're sure to lose without their aid.
I'm a believer that is why acceptance is the answer...to everything at all times and at any time. The very gut-bucket release of our fear into our acceptance releases our angels, and they soar!
Which reminds me of the advice from my beloved mentor so many years ago: Cling to nothing, dear heart...soar! Yes!
Thank you.
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