Acceptance: Super Rich from Within

Source: Death to Stock 

One of the ways to end suffering is through acceptance. When we begin to stop wanting things to be different, we begin to release resistance.We yearn and learn to release resistance from our lives, the people in our lives, our work and our bodies. In all of these areas, we find a way to struggle but we can learn to release our insistence on resisting and fear and realize that we can accept what is and move forward in growth, in love, in joy and in peace.

Although I have thought about the notion of acceptance, I’ve have never thought of it as a release of suffering. When you think about it, there is some merit to this idea. Resistance causes a state of suffering, of not wanting something, of wanting to pushing back or resisting something; this causes tension in the mind, or dissatisfaction in life. If we work on our state of being, in whatever condition or situation, we are in, we are better able to negotiate that phase, place or situation that we find ourselves in. When we are pushing back, we are resisting and in a sense that resistance is a form of suffering. So letting go of suffering is letting go of resistance and the beginning of acceptance.

This post was inspired by Russell Simmons book called Super Rich!

This book is not about being super rich in all of its physical manifestations but rather what it truly means to be super rich from within!