People (often) don’t need help. They need love. Acceptance. Space to discover who they really are. Practical “help” might come in the way of providing actual needs like food, water, and shelter…but for the interior journey–holding space is far more important. Also, providing support so that expression of that interior journey can be manifested however the person taking that journey needs to do that in the safest way possible. …
I posted this video the first time in 2008. I just thought of the song today and watched the video again. It’s really a beautiful video challenging one to accept themselves just as they are. I find this to be a beautiful piece of artwork and a movement from the soul. I am grateful to have watched it again today. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Yes, I’ve personally found that trying to change myself actually gets in the way of healing. I am okay with acknowledging I am not in control. Sometimes life hands you a crisis where the only way out is coming to accept that reality. For me, what happened to me on psychiatric drugs was one of those situations. In that realization too, there is grace. … [click on the title to read and view more]
I just wish people could accept each other for what they are on the inside… … [click on title to read the rest]
There is no way to embrace the totality of life without accepting the ugliness that also exists…it’s a sort of paradoxical conundrum…and… [click on title to read the rest]
You can register for this series of audio classes for free…it looks wonderful. I highly recommend checking it out. Several of the audio files are already available to listen to and more will be added for the next several weeks as well. … [click on title to read the rest]
As happens in any addiction, the behaviors we use to keep us from pain only fuel our suffering. Not only do our escape strategies amplify the feeling that something is wrong with us, they stop us from attending to the very parts of ourselves that most need our attention to heal….
Having been left with chronic pain as a result of the withdrawal syndrome, I often work with it from this perspective. In acceptance one also learns to listen to the body. In listening to the body, one learns to heal. Healing doesn’t always mean curing. Sometimes one must learn to live well while being sick…. Continue Reading →
Sensations are always changing and moving. When we interrupt and constrict their natural process of unfolding and transformation by resisting them or trying to hold onto them, by tightening against them in our body or telling ourselves stories, it’s like damming up or diverting the course of a river. It’s easy to let the river… Continue Reading →
The particular sensations, emotions or thoughts that arise when we practice mindfulness are not so important. It is our willingness to become still and pay attention to our experience, whatever it may be, that plants the seeds of Radical Acceptance. With time we develop the capacity to relate to our passing experience, whether in meditation… Continue Reading →
