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Acceptance of pain is the path to healing from "summary" of The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
When you completely accept this moment, when you no longer argue with what is, the compulsion to think lessens and is replaced by an alert stillness. You are fully conscious, yet the mind is not labeling this moment in any way. This state of inner non-resistance opens you to the unconditioned consciousness that is infinitely greater than the human mind. This vast intelligence can then express itself through you and assist you both from within and from without. The unconditioned consciousness can also be called the field of pure potentiality and pure creativity. When you no longer resist the present moment, you can also be said to be in alignment with the field of intelligence that underlies the entire cosmos. The pain-body wants to survive, just like every other entity in existence, and it can only survive if it gets you to unconsciously identify with it. It can then rise up, take you over, "become you," and live through you. It needs to get its "food" through you. It will feed on any experience that resonates with its own kind of energy, anything that creates further pain in whatever form: anger, destructiveness, hatred, grief, emotional drama, violence, and ev...
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