The Power, the Peace, and the Change of Acceptance

Written by Paul Stewart

Talking with a staff member as I ate breakfast, the conversation moved on to the topic of cellphone use.

I told her how travelers use to interact naturally, or write, or just relax in themselves. I pointed out that nowadays, people seem to be staring at their phone most of the time and look up with a stunned glazed look in their eyes if someone says excuse me. She summed it up beautifully saying, “It’s different now.”

This statement made me examine my own acceptance of the current times. Having done that, I realized that I accept it, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be addressed, challenged, or changed. My comment about this pull of technology and the distraction that it can be, is not the first from someone. The wise and knowledgeable world teacher Gregg Braden, who has brought so much to humanity through his writings, events and tours, called it, “the battle for the human mind.”

To accept, does not remove the power of choice. Nor does it mean that things will stay the same.

Acceptance is a great change agent. A wonderful thing about being alive, is that we present to ourselves, opportunity to explore and go deeper. To enrich the soul and to experience in so many ways. Each person is uniquely impelled in their explorations, interests, choices.

Within oneself, acceptance nullifies conflict. Peace is a close companion of acceptance. When you have conflict within, it disturbs the natural peace one can feel and be. To accept fully in the moment, is often enough feel your state-of-being. As you know this within yourself, it is experienced more in life circumstances. From a state-of-being, one can navigate life and create from a point of peace and power. Choices come from a point of alignment. Choices coming from a point of alignment, are choices in alignment with all that is. A creation from peace, is imbued with peace.

When confronted by challenge or change, circumstances that are stressful, or any situation at all, we can deliberately apply the energy of acceptance which is always possible and can always be chosen and felt.

Acceptance is full acceptance. It does not have conditional clauses.

Acceptance within yourself, and your soul voice expressed in the world, is a way forward. Bring into the world through your existence, these qualities of acceptance, respect, peace, creativity, awareness, in ways that make sense to you.

These are the voices of humanity.