If the general principles depict reality correctly, we can either accept them or reject them, but we cannot change them. As with gravity, you can ignore them, but you cannot avoid them. So, to feel a measure of inner peace and serenity while living in the world as it is, one might employ five ADTDA steps. There are only two rules to follow in their application to life: begin and continue.
1) Accept everything as it is moment by moment here and now – thoughts, feelings, behaviors, events, actions, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual from atoms to galaxies - including your personal reaction, because it must be necessary or it would be different,
2) Detach - physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually – disassociate and let go of what you cannot change and wish were different and forgive yourself and your adversary because it hurts too much not to; “you” did not cause it and “you” cannot fix it.
3) Transcend the need for control because the brain has a mind of its own, and the body must go where the mind takes it. All in the will of Most-High GOD will of course.
4) Don’t fight with GOD because you cannot win, surrender in courage and submission to your destiny and let go – but if you fight that also is inevitable because you must walk the labyrinth pathway you are given, and
5) Assume there are no mistakes, only predestined choices and uncertain but inevitable consequences linked in an infinite chain given by Most-High GOD, as everyone walks the labyrinth pathway within. Every decision may be a necessary learning experience in preparation for the life to come, if there is one.
Note: Those who would reject this accommodation of reality must realize there is no negotiating with Most-High GOD. It is the potter, and we are the clay. Acceptance does not mean liking or approving what is happening or being happy about it. It means acknowledging it and adapting to it without judging and taking action as you must. Detaching does not mean disconnecting. It means focusing on what is important with loving concern and compassion without contagious psychic investment. Transcending control does not mean descending into apathy or futility. It means reconciling surrender and courage to change in GOD’s will. Don’t fight with GOD does not mean giving up. It means letting go and acknowledging GOD’s will in all things, including our reactions to them. Assuming predestination does not mean avoiding decisions because no decision is a NO decision. It means making decisions and accepting the inevitable consequences and returning to Step 1. This practice completes the circle of Accommodating Reality Steps.
This new way of accommodating reality comes with a single, but very powerful affirmation for inner peace no matter what happens outside: GOD – Generator, Operator, Destroyer - grants me willingness to accept what I cannot change, the knowledge, courage and ability to do what I must, and the assurance that I am indispensable, although insignificant, to the universe.
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