Accept What Is: What It Is And What It Isn't

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28:11

Accept What Is: What It Is And What It Isn't

by Johanna - Allowing Flow

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talks

Activity

Meditation

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Everyone

This talk explores what it truly means to accept the present moment, and what acceptance is not. Acceptance is not giving up or becoming passive, but an inner yes to what is already here, allowing us to meet life without resistance. From this space, wiser and more compassionate action can naturally arise - action that is no longer driven by fear, resistance, or the need to control. This simple shift has the power to transform not only how we experience life, but also how we move through it.

Acceptance Mindfulness Emotional Awareness Present Moment Non Resistance Inner Peace Action Consciousness Self Inquiry Acceptance Practice Present Moment Focus Mindfulness Of Emotions Consciousness Shift

Meet your Teacher

Johanna - Allowing Flow

34 Kassel, Deutschland

Meet your Teacher

Johanna - Allowing Flow

34 Kassel, Deutschland

Transcript

There is this one thing. Completely. Change. In the way I experience life. And maybe it does for you too. So simple. And at the same time it is. So radical. It is. To accept. Whatever it is right now. To allow. Fully allow. The moment right now to be. As it is. And that doesn't mean we cannot take an action. In fact, Only high quality action comes from acceptance. And that doesn't mean we cannot say no. In the external. To a person. To circumstances. It is simply and internal. Attitude. You could say a mindset, But it's beyond. The mind. But let's look at this. Step by step. That's fruit. Look a little bit closer what is. Accepting, Allowing. What is? Because there is a huge. Difference. To how we understand these days. Acceptance. And the kind of acceptance. I'm talking about right now. Usually acceptance. Means. We're accepting the story. We're accepting. What our thoughts are saying. About this situation. We're accepting the story around. The emotion. Where you're accepting the story around the external life circumstances. But then we're not accepting what is. We're accepting, We're buying into. Those stories. Those thoughts. That's why this is so key. Accepting what? Because our thoughts are constantly commenting. And life. And our thoughts. And not reality. Our thoughts are constantly, Either we're aware of it or not. Constantly saying. I don't like how this is. I wish it would be different. I wish it would look different, If I would only already have. The house, The money, The partner, This external situation, If I would only already be internally happy. Then everything would be better. We're almost never in the present moment. Our thoughts are constantly pulling us from that right place. Projecting into the future. Contemplating. About the path. And telling us all of those stories. With a positive. Who I think I am. I am a person who this or that happened to. And then either we suffer from that, Or we feel bigger from that more important. We're getting a sense of identity from that. Or it's about the future. And we're constantly trying to get to another point where everything is supposed to be better. Always the next moment. Always the next moment. Or we're afraid, We're worrying about what's going to happen in the future. But this is all the content. Not far, I thought. Those are the stories of our thoughts. And we're not accepting the story. Of our thoughts. We're not accepting the content. We're not saying this is true. There is a huge. . . Shift in consciousness. When we learn to observe. Our thoughts. Sometimes they're very silent. Sometimes they're very loud. And starting to observe them, Listen to them. Listen to the thoughts. And then, Were I not? Accepting what they're saying. We're not accepting what it's commenting. This is always happening to me. Why is that always happening to me? It should be different. It shouldn't be as it is. If it would be only in that way, Then everything would be good. We're not accepting that. That is by the way. The normal stayed. Of our minds. Which is an utter resistance. To what is, Which is the opposite of accepting. Our mind always says it just needs to be different. Our mind is constantly fighting. The present moment. And I want to invite you to. Observe your own thoughts. See if that's true. See if that's true for you. What are your thoughts? Staying. Are they fighting the present moment? Are they saying this is not how it should be, It should be different? Everything was better in the past, For example, Or in the future everything is going to be better. And what is? Is that they are there. So we're not accepting. What the thoughts are saying. We're accepting. That they are there. That they might be loud or silent. That they might be annoying. Worry. Easygoing. But very simply allowing it to be as it is. We're allowing it. To be. As it is. We're not trying to suppress it. We're not trying to reject our thoughts and feelings. Disown them, Trying to somehow make them go away. We're allowing them. To be as they are. Not fighting them. Not believing them. And that duopsis deeper. Beneath the mind. But before I talk about them. . . I wanna also. Talk for a moment. About emotions and the external life circumstances in terms of this part of what is, Accepting what is. Because with our emotions it's basically the same. What we usually call our emotions. A physical sensation in the body. Connected to a story in our head about it. About it. So the sensation in the body might be pressure, Might be heat, Might be tingling, Might be cold, Might be pain. And the story about it. And thoughts about it. If you're very attentive, You can see that. There's almost always a story around it. Thoughts. With it. And the thoughts might be saying, I'm unworthy. I cannot do this. I'm not meant to be doing this. For example. I'm being judged, They're judging me. What's happening? Like, So many different stories. So many different. Thoughts about it. And it might be happening, Of course. You might be judged in the moment. You might be shamed in the moment by somebody in the external, Right? But that's not what we're talking about. Right now. When I say accept what is, In terms of emotion. I mean, Accept. That the physical sensation is there. Allow that to be there fully. Accept that it's there. You don't need to like it. But can you allow it? To be as it is. Because fighting it. Is not. Going to change it. Fighting resisting. Is actually prolonging. That state. So it actually backs up. Fire. The more we resist what is. The more it persists. Is that how it goes? It's a quote from Carl Jung, This very famous psychologist. Who said, What you resist, Persists. You prolong that state. We prolong that state. So when I say accept, What is in terms of emotions. Can you fully allow drop into the present moment? And allow the present moment to be. Allow the sensations in the body. Allow that the thoughts are there around the sensations in the body. Not believing them. But allowing that they are there because they already are there. They already are. Resisting it is not going to change it. So can you feel? Can we feel? Uncomfortable sensations in the body. Can we listen to what our thoughts are saying about it? Maybe at some point we're able to step out of the thoughts. Right? Or in some moments, We're able to just stop there. Their thoughts. Without even resisting them. But allowing it to be. Sitting with the pain. Sitting with the anger. Allowing this part of us. That is so desperate to be seen and held. Being okay with it. Not accepting. The story, Right? Not saying this is true, What my thoughts are saying about it. That this is always going to stay. The whore. I don't know, Whatever our thoughts are telling us about the future. Or about the past. Just accepting, Allowing. What is. The present moment. And the same with the external circumstances. It's funny it just started raining here. I don't know if you can hear it. Allowing the external circumstances to be as they are. Maybe we want them to be different, Maybe right now we don't. My mind would like the sun to be shining. But right now there's a storm, It's raining. Can I allow that? Can I not fight it? Can I internally say yes? Say, It is okay that it is. How it is. It's okay. You can allow it. And if something inside of you is saying like, Oh my god, I can definitely not do that, Because then it's not going to change. I need to resist it, So it changes. Only if I push through the hiss. My external life circumstances are going to change. Sometimes it's very dysfunctional. For example, With the rain right now, No matter how much I resisted, It's not going to change it. It only makes me unhappy. It only makes me miserable. I'm only avoiding the moment right now. I'm fighting the moment. Not avoiding, I'm fighting. And I'm saying this not how it should be. But even if there is an external life circumstance or an internal. Where I can bring about change. If it comes. Out of accepting. What is right now. Allowing the moment right now to be as it is. This action is going to be of great help. So much higher quality because it doesn't come out of saying no. It comes out of saying, This is okay as it is. It's okay. I allow it to be. I might not prefer it, I might not like it, But I know I'm just making myself miserable fighting it. Is there anything I can do? Not because it needs to be changed for me to be happy or whatever. But just because I would prefer it to be different. Just because it feels right to take an action. To bring about change. That is an action. Of really high quality. Where change actually happens. Where change actually happens. Accepting what is. Doesn't mean. We're staying in situations. That are. Not good. Were we treated badly? Or even abuse. Dad. Is not accepting what is, It's actually the opposite. Usually when we're doing that, We're in an unconscious. Pattern of fear or shame or some unconscious emotion there. That we don't want to face. Accepting what is, Is an internal yes. An internal yes to the present moment. And externally can perfectly be a no. It can perfectly be done. Taking an action to bring about change. Doing something differently. Accepting what is. Is aligning us. With a present. Roman. With the flow of life. Dropping us deeper. And all thoughts. And all emotion. It actually is who you are. In your core Because you are. Awareness. Your this space. The awareness, The consciousness. In which all emotions, Thoughts, External circumstances where everything is perceived and arising. In. In your core, You're that. And when we start. Aligning. Ourselves with the present moment. Accepting what is. Fully. Is sense. At least I sense it and I'm curious if you sense it too if you want to let me know. In the comments down below. It's like it suddenly feels like life is easier. Nothing has changed. There might still be discomfort. There might still be pain. There might still be an action we're going to take. But it feels good. Lighter. It feels easier. It feels like I'm there. You have remembered who you really are. In your core It feels like as if there is Aye. Around. The emotion. The thought. Circumstances. As if there is suddenly like a little bit of. . . Space around it. And that space suddenly becomes bigger, Not because it actually is, Just because we're becoming more aware of it. Aware of what has always been there. And that that space is actually through the emotions, The thoughts, The external circumstances, Like the sky, Like the space where everything is arising. In And in the beginning, It is a practice, Bringing ourselves back to this. Because our mind is so conditioned to constantly fight the present moment constantly, Those thoughts of this is not how it should be, It should be different. Why is it happening? I wish it would be different. I don't like this. Either this moment right now is boring because it's not fulfilling me, Or there is another moment I need to get to. And the beginning is like a practice. Bringing us back to it over and over again, Observing where we're not allowing, Not accepting. The present moment. And then bringing ourselves back. To allowing it. And how do we do that? Or do we accept and allow? Well, Sometimes it's just a choice. Sometimes it's just me. The recognition of that fighting it is not going to change him. Saying no is not going to change it. It is just that. Knowing of it already is. Fighting it is insanity. It doesn't make sense. I cannot change what is by fighting it because it already is. And we're just accepting what is. And sometimes we might not be able to do that. Sometimes maybe there is a part inside of us that really cannot allow what is, That really cannot accept what is. And can we allow and accept that? That as well. Can you internally say? I accept. That I cannot accept. I allow that I cannot allow this to be as it is. It's okay. That I cannot accept this. And this brings again, You become aware of this space then around it. There is so much peace and calm and even peace. This immense sense of joy that is not dependent on any circumstances internally or externally. This immense joy of aligning ourselves with the present moment. Coming back to the present moment. And aligning ourselves, Meaning allowing it to be. This immense, Overflowing joy. Beneath all emotion. All the thoughts. All circumstances. We might still be in a situation we don't like. We might still internally, There might still be discomfort. Discontentment. And at the same time there is. Profound sense of joy. The joy of being. Nothing has shifted. The way I experience life. More than that. Coming back to what is. To the present moment. And then accepting it. Surrendering to it. Allowing it. Thank you so much for being here with me. And I'm so curious. What your experience. What this is, If you want to share, I would love to hear. And I'll hopefully see you in the next video.