084-Accept what is! - Buddhism in daily life

Accept what is!


To look at the daily madness, that is sometimes very demanding.
Crises, dangers, illnesses, financial uncertainties, unstable
political conditions, all in all very easy to lose perspective.


It is very difficult to keep a portion of "lightness", not to
wander through the days frightened and frustrated. But lightness,
how do you bring it back into your life, what feels light, what
doesn't?


How do you wake up in the morning, light, or feeling rattled?


On what occasions does a feeling of lightness come over you, when
not?


Can you name connections? How can you bring more lightness into
your everyday life and into your life?


Could it be that we have learned to be "serious", so that we have
lost our light feeling in the course of growing up?


The day starts with a fight with the partner, the kids don't
listen, the traffic is as tough as syrup, the boss is annoyed,
the customers are pushing, the food doesn't taste good, the day
ends with another fight about a parking space, we are so annoyed,
all lightness has vanished.


But how can we get back that invaluable good feeling, how to find
the lightness despite all the unpleasantness from the daily
madness? A simple answer would be to accept what is. Not to want
things and people to be different, but to take them as they are.
My child doesn't learn anything, good, my child is like that. My
job is no fun, well, then I start looking for something new, but
as long as I still have the old job I will accept the
circumstances.


What happened to our lightness anyway, when did it pass? As a
child we were so carefree, carefree and free, when did that
change?


Can you still switch off, get yourself into a childlike state? If
you are upset again then you should ask yourself if this thing is
worth worrying about at all, and especially if your feelings are
improving something, bringing something, or not just producing
hot air.


Then, in a second thought, you should try (again and again) to
define lightness, to put it into words, to describe it. How do
you imagine a life of lightness? How would such a feeling
probably feel, if it accompanies us cheerfully and buoyantly
through life?


And further, in a final step, what positive actions could you
take right now, in the medium term, and in the long term? How
could you learn to accept what is? In any case: The way is the
goal!





Those who accept the existence view are opponents of the
non-existence view


- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before
the year zero





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