Tag: conscious

Acceptance inside not outside

Posted on by philipdodson

Inner acceptance of ‘what is’ does not need to be confused with outward acceptance.

Accepting what is and others as they are and as this moment is, enables us to be at peace, however, it does not mean we agree with it or are happy about it. Of course, we might be, but accepting inside is not agreement. It just means we are making a conscious choice not to suffer from what is, something that can not be change.

If we then choose to voice our view or act, it is from a place of calm and free from egoic attachment to the outcome, and again, removing any suffering from other peoples’ reactions.

Surrendering to what has already occurred and what other people are is not being a ‘doormat’ or weak, it is strength to be able to free ourselves from the resistance to what we can not change.

Inside is what counts as it is the only thing we can control.

The answer to every question

Posted on by philipdodson

The answer to everything in our life can always be found in this moment now. If we are not conscious and awake, then we are unconsciously in our mind and its thoughts. That means we are focusing our energies on the memory of the past or a projection into the future, neither of them exist outside our mind, they are not real.

So whatever the question is, the answer is to be in this moment. Now is the only moment we can ever do, feel, or experience anything…everything else is in our mind, where there are no answers, only never ending thought and its resulting suffering within.

Joy and inner peace are contained in this moment and come from our soul not from the mind. We can only access true freedom, inner peace and real experiences now. Everything else is in the unconsciousness of the mind and does not matter unless we choose to be stuck in that state.