Poetic Meditation: The Alchemy Of Acceptance

The transformational power of acceptance, across every area of your life. Through a series of poetic reflections, this meditation guides you to see how this simple shift can reframe your entire reality. Learn to transform emptiness into radiant space, pain into a dissipating sensation, and life's greatest challenges into opportunities for growth.

Transcript

The alchemy of acceptance.

Emptiness can be a vacuum,

Cold and hostile,

Dark with danger.

Or emptiness can be radiant space,

Glowing with soft stillness.

And the only difference between them is acceptance.

A task may seem tedious,

A chore to rush through reluctantly.

Or a task may seem rewarding,

A process to relish with an attentive mind that reveals more richness the more present you become.

And the only difference between them is acceptance.

Pain may seem unbearable,

Searing through you from a sharp,

Concentrated point,

So that you have no choice but to resist,

To try to escape,

To push away the pain.

Or pain can be a sensation which you can move towards and merge with,

Which no longer has a centre and dissipates and spreads through your being,

Until it becomes soft and numb,

No longer pain at all.

And the only difference between them is acceptance.

Trauma can break you down to nothing,

Destroy the identity you spent your whole life building up,

Like an earthquake that leaves you in ruins.

Or trauma can transform you,

Break open new depths and heights of you,

Give rise to a greater structure and miraculous new self.

And the only difference between them is acceptance.

Life can be frustrating and full of obstacles,

With desires for a different life constantly disturbing your mind.

Or life can be fulfilling,

Full of opportunities,

With a constant flow of gratitude for the gifts you have.

And the only difference between them is acceptance.

Reviews

wonderful, thank you Namaste

Thank you I really needed to be reminded of this today.

Calming

Thank you Steve. I needed to hear your words this morning as I am in so much pain. Will be back to this one. 🙏💜🕊

Deep! I listened twice to truly absorb it.
It’s now saved to my poems playlist to revisit. ❤️Thank you!

I feel an amazing peace after reading or listening to your work. I quote or paraphrase you often when working with people who struggle, including myself. Namaste my friend

Delicious, profound and helpful! Would enthusiastically listen to an hour long version of this! Thank you for this little gem 🙏💛

Powerful. Thanks you.

Brief and powerful, thank you ❤

Just what I needed for quick attunement in the middle of my day! Thank you 🕉

Really liked this, very smooth reassuring voice. Thank you.

So true. Thank you.

Beautiful thank you Steve

So helpful, so obvious, but so hard to live! Thank you for this reminder.

Uplifting wisdom. Love it :)

Acceptance is most definitely the key to peace and happiness. Namaste✌

Beautiful ❤ Thanks

Wonderful, amazing for something so short.