Acceptance of oneSelf
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Self-acceptance is a potent idea and is central to most of my therapy work. In fact, as I have reflected upon my life I have realized that it has been a central theme. --- At aged 21 I sought and entered into therapy - to rid myself of my guilt-shame, to make sense of and move beyond my adolescence dramas and pains. I did not know what to expect of therapy or my therapist, who was also a Christian priest. It turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life. A deep healing occurred as a result of the unconditional acceptance of (my) self (UAS) invoked in me by my therapist‘s UA of me.
--- Part of the self-transformation that was occurring for me in my twenties was about questioning the very nature of "self" as a separate entity. --- Ramesh says, "If you do not accept, you will suffer" --- Resistance to what is only prolongs and perhaps worsens our suffering. --- At this point Albert Ellis‘s work converges with that of the advaitist mystics. --- Accepting this, because we deeply understand it, enables us to realize that there is no-one else to blame, not even ourselves - the end of guilt, shame, blame - and the dawn of truly enlightened "self" acceptance. --- In complete Self-acceptance there is no choice, only being and the illusion of non-being. --- All our struggles with self-acceptance are simply movement of the caterpillar larvae within its cacoon, part of the process of metamorphosis into the beautiful butterfly latent within the self. --- To be or not to be, is that a question, and if so who asks? --- Thus enlightenment is not an end, just the end of an outmoded way of seeing and being, and the awakening into the ever-present OneSelf.
Self-acceptance is a potent idea and is central to most of my therapy work. In fact, as I have reflected upon my life I have realized that it has been a central theme. --- At aged 21 I sought and entered into therapy - to rid myself of my guilt-shame, to make sense of and move beyond my adolescence dramas and pains. I did not know what to expect of therapy or my therapist, who was also a Christian priest. It turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life. A deep healing occurred as a result of the unconditional acceptance of (my) self (UAS) invoked in me by my therapist‘s UA of me.
--- Part of the self-transformation that was occurring for me in my twenties was about questioning the very nature of "self" as a separate entity. --- Ramesh says, "If you do not accept, you will suffer" --- Resistance to what is only prolongs and perhaps worsens our suffering. --- At this point Albert Ellis‘s work converges with that of the advaitist mystics. --- Accepting this, because we deeply understand it, enables us to realize that there is no-one else to blame, not even ourselves - the end of guilt, shame, blame - and the dawn of truly enlightened "self" acceptance. --- In complete Self-acceptance there is no choice, only being and the illusion of non-being. --- All our struggles with self-acceptance are simply movement of the caterpillar larvae within its cacoon, part of the process of metamorphosis into the beautiful butterfly latent within the self. --- To be or not to be, is that a question, and if so who asks? --- Thus enlightenment is not an end, just the end of an outmoded way of seeing and being, and the awakening into the ever-present OneSelf.
7 Comments:
Sounds very Buddist and no doubt you also beieve in the separation of self from the Ego ? or letting go of the ego?.
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Hi denis. It's Nicholasand Katherine here from dancing. Finally got onto your web site. Ihad to start my own blog thing to leave a message, don't know if I'll ever get around to doing a schmicko thing like you've got going here tho ;-) see you next week. Hope you have a good time down at Nanga (are you guys going?)
Hi it's Nicholas again. I just found out how to read your whole thing cos I was looking for the bit where you put in the Bible verse you were telling us about. Just out of curiosity, where abouts in the Bible did you get that quote from?
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Very interesting. Too bad you stopped writing so long ago.
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