Today's message, “Say yes to the unpleasant and welcome the awful.” – Eckhart Tolle & The Course In Miracles (excerpts)

Perhaps at the root of all strife is our human inability to accept the present moment. In Romans 12:2 in the Bible it says, ”Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.”

How do we step out of our conditioning and renew our minds?

In the Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle writes about labeling. “It is as it is. Observe how the mind labels it and how this labeling process, this continuous sitting in judgment, creates pain and unhappiness.  By watching the mechanics of the mind, you step out of its resistance patters, and you can then allow the present moment to be.

This is acceptance.

The Course in Miracles sets out to make a distinction between knowledge and perception, seeing knowledge as truth inspired by God and all else is unreal.

What it says, “Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God.”
 
Are most things we find unpleasant our perception? Because if we experience pain in another person, and in our handling of the situation choose to respond in forgiveness, seeking to love without labels, conditions and judgment, will the situation become less problematic, less dire, less real in our minds?

There is something called a fear spiral.  How often do we find our senseless fears  spiraling into mad thoughts that leave us wrecked with anxiety? An example of a fear spiral could be, "If my child doesn’t get into the right kindergarten, they won’t gain acceptance into the right Ivy University."  Setting the control, projection and ego trip of the parent aside, this is a fear spiral or what is also called, "The Snowball Effect." When this happens with clients, I like to ask, ‘What’s the worst thing that could happen. The fact of the matter is this... Our needs are always being met, whether we reframe our situation or go inward into spirit or faith in God. We are always held in the space of love if we choose to accept, forgive and seek love in all ways.

For today, let us sit in peace with ourselves, remove the labels, the unreal thoughts, and mad ideas in order to allow the present moment to be in full acceptance of the ‘as is.’

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