Embracing vs Accepting

There are a lot of new age talks on "acceptance", advising people on how to take things as they are and "accept" them as facts of life.  But to be truly whole, we know that we cannot simply understand our phenomenal existence cognitively or intellectually.  Such a way to understand the spiritual meaning of acceptance will at best allow us not to fall into the trap of denial.  In fact, there are so many people who take their situations or experiences, notably the less desirable ones, as fate.  Looking at it from a different angle, would you also "accept" your enjoyable experiences like the way you do with unpleasant ones?  I suppose not.  Rather, you will most probably indulge yourself in bliss, merge with the moment and soak in joy.

The universe does not make a discernment between positive and negative, but just as things are; for there are no polarities in the truest sense.  When we encounter negative experiences and yet not wholeheartedly embracing them like you do with positive ones, there is actually a split happening within us.  It is like your mind is convincing you not to be in disbelief and yet your emotional part is telling you how much it is rejecting what you are going through.  If you want to be aligned in a wholistic manner, learn to bring those unacceptable experiences to your heart and tell yourself, "All is good, for better or worse, who knows?  But I would rather say it is for the better, for free will lies in my mind."

Drama

Caught in the drama so engrossed
I am an Oscar-winning actor
Only when I get so worn out
I yearn to be the scriptwriter
Then there are times when I am congruent
I find myself in the audience
Clapping, smiling, crying
But always at a distance
And in which role you want to play
You really do have the say
Be the actor to love
Be the screenwriter to create
Be the audience to be wise
Now, dance between the roles

The 84th Problem

Buddha said that all human beings have 83 problems, and of course it is not literally 83 but more how we all have to face human struggles and conflicts in a phenomenol way.  So what is our 84th problem?  It is that we want to get rid of the first 83 problems.  In other words, thinking problems is a problem is the real problem.  Rather than embracing them, humans have a natural tendency to evade or deny the undesired.  But whether you go into a tirade or bite your lips to swallow it, there will be no escape to tribulation.  Do you remember your last problem?  Do you have any other problems solved or unsolved before it?  The answer is definitely "yes".

This doesn't mean that problems cannot be solved or they won't go away by themselves, but just that there will for sure be other problems.  We can of course use the best of our logical and analytical attributes to tackle them.  But whether we can yield rewarding spiritual dividends from problems depend on whether we can find the meaning of life out of them.  What are you learning from the experiences?  What great qualities of yours are brought out with the encounter?  If you are uneasy with your problem, be kind to yourself by asking where that anguish comes from.  If you are having that "negative" experience over and over gain, ask yourself what is that thinking pattern that is so locked up in your head.

The quickest way to start the process of changing our perception in relation to problems is to give it a different name, would issues be better?