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9/12/2009 5:09 am Last Read: 9/14/2009 3:11 am

"When I accept something, what do I do? Is it just a sentence, "I accept"? a mere sentence does not imply acceptance. Sometimes I accept something without saying so. Acceptance implies a certain attitude on my part. When I accept something, I give it the freedom to what it is. I do not want the thing to be different from what it is. Acceptance implies granting freedom to the object of acceptance to be what it is. In giving that freedom I do not demand that the object be differnt from what it is. The mere word, acceptance without understanding its implications does not help. I accept the child as the child is. I accept a tree. I accept the sun, the moon. I accept a bird its color, its behavior.I accept chemical as it is.I accept sugar as it is. I accept poison as it is. Acceptance does not imply that I have to use it. In acceptance, there is objectivity. I let things be as they are. With reference to my past, however I do not let it be as it is. I do not accept it because it has caused me pain. Due to my helplessness I subjected myself to pain, to hurt. Therefore, the painful past is not acceptable to me. Can I bring myself to expect the past ? When I bring myself to bear upon the past, can I be the same person that I am when I accept the sky ? How do I accept the sky ? What frame of mind do I have when I accept the sky? That same frame of mind I bring to bear upon my mother and father - whether they are alive are not. In the same way, I accept my friends, my relatives, employers, my grandparents, my children, my partner in life. Individually, I accept every one of them because I give them the freedom to be what they are. I do not blame the sky because it is or is not blue. I bring this same person to bear upon those with whom my life has been cast. They are all different characters in the drama of my life. I free myself from blaming any one of them. I blame no one, nor do I blame myself. O Lord, please give me the serenity, the clarity, to accept gracefully what I cannot change and change what I can. I cannot change the past for it has already happened. But I change my attitudes, my understanding. I can bring about a change in my attitude towards myself, towards the world by widening my understanding. Let me change what I can, and grant me the wisdom to know the difference between what I can and cannot change." In so many words, I pray Om Tat Sat Talks by Swami Dayananda

sandysandy33 1678 posts  9/12/2009 8:32 pm

If the past would not have painful we would have remained unable to enjoy a better future Better always come out after experience of bitterness. Regards Tarlok.