I have been meditating with the “headspace” app for 17 days in a row…
Really cool stuff…
I can’t pinpointexactly why it feels good or right, but too many smart people recommend it, not to give it a solid try.
The guy that does the guided meditation on the “headspace” app is really, really good.
If you have any interest… download the app and try the “Take 10” – first 10 day program for 10 minutes a day.
Anyway, every few days he does a short cartoon or talk on how the mind words, and they are short and to the point (unlike yours truly ;-)
The other day, he says something along the lines of…
“Pay attention to the thoughts that cross your mind… do you meet them with
ACCEPTANCE
Or
RESISTANCE?”
WOW… That resonates…
Think about it…
Think about thoughts, ideas, situation, moments…
How do you MEET THEM?
ACCEPT or RESIST
What would happen if every thought that you had, heard, considered, you simply first accepted…
I know that is not easy…
This is why the Trump candidacy is so difficult for me… because I go so hard to RESIST… There is so little about him as a person that I accept in my vision and expectations of a “leader”…
I see and accept the value in many of his ideas, even the bad ones… I see accept the fear, but I resist his morality, his divisiveness, his manipulativeness, his ego-centricity…
Anyway, I digress… this was not meant to be a political post.
Think about the PEOPLE you work with… are you predisposed to “ACCEPT” some and “RESIST” others?
How do you show up, how do you FEEL differently when you are with one versus the other?
The fact is, if anyone you work with proposes something… you MUST accept it on some level… unless that person wishes the company harm, there must be some aspect of that idea that gives it merit to be suggested.
When you LOOK FIRST to ACCEPT, you look first to CONSIDER and EXPLORE… your body doesn’t FIGHT IT, but considers the possibility of it. That leads to questions and exchange.
When you RESIST FIRST, you look for the reasons why it feels wrong, and you argue it… your body tenses up, and doesn’t consider any possible value in it. That leads to arguments and defensiveness.
Truth is – some ideas are better than others… And, that is real and OK…
If we are mindful of how our brains work – and deliberately CONSIDER first, it builds trust, and may at times help us reach conclusions and see things that we would not have seen before.
I am not suggesting to ultimately agree with anything that counters your values, or your intellect.
I am suggesting that embracing ACCEPTANCE as the TONE of our mind, acceptance that our family, our colleagues, our own minds, our acquintances come from a place of good, and that their ideas, thoughts, suggestions have merit and value…
And, starting with ACCEPTANCE can change the flavor of our days,
And the flavor of our INTERACTIONS…
And, moment by moment, starting with acceptance might end up changing our nature,
Or the nature of those we currently tend to resist.
It’s not about relaxing your morals or your intellect, it’s about relaxing your opinion, delaying your conclusions, and giving your mind and those you co-exist with the opportunity to be considered and explored before drawing conclusions…
ACCEPT?
RESIST?
HARMONY?
DISHARMONY?
It happens on every thought… in every moment.
Open up...
to the possibility...
start with acceptance.
Nesto