Pure Acceptance and Freedom

May 13, 2010

I nearly wrote on this list some time back about a time that I once experienced

pure acceptance and willingness to suffer and it was an eye opener. Without any

resistance the pain just went away and even though I still felt awful and was

troubled it simply became a non issue for me.

Now a second strange thing happened when I fullly accepted. I ceased to dwell on

the pain anymore, and being without any resistance whatsoever the pain just

seemed to defuse within. Now this opened a big opputunity for me because if I

wasn't resisting and was fully accepting and allowing this suffering, why should

I get caught up in it and be so bothered by it? And so it ceased to be an issue

for me because how could I be troubled when I fully accept.

Now this opened up a big opputunity for me: As I had nothing to do with my mind

anymore, I thought, oh well what can I do now, I don't want to be bored so I

might as well do something. And this is where another leg of ACT came in (the 3

legged stool): going out and getting a life, that's what. Or in my case,

spending time with my lovely girlfriend, and also getting into more my guitars

and my keyboards. I also became free to notice how lovely the world was around

me rather than just being aware of all the horrible things going on the inside

me and hating it. I was set free and I wasn't entangled anymore.

I think that this type of acceptance is what the Buddhists experience after

years of inner work and hard training. But I have glimpsed it and it is amazing

and now I can see how it frees you from suffering. And how this opens up a whole

new world for you with lots of fantastic opputunity.

Kaivey

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