Below are the best resources we could find featuring joseph goldstein about acceptance.
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Finally, my mind just settled into the realization that accidents happen, and a mantra suddenly appeared in my mind, one that has served me well since: anything can happen anytime.
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Why be unhappy about something if it can be remedied? And what is the use of being unhappy about something if it cannot be remedied?
Our mind becomes more spacious, more open, and happier as we move past our avoidance and denial to see what is true.
If we’re more accepting, more peaceful, less judgmental, less selfish, then the whole world is that much more loving and peaceful, that much less judgmental and selfish.
The wonderful paradox about the truth of suffering is that the more we open to it and understand it, the lighter and freer our mind becomes.
Our progress in meditation does not depend on the measure of pleasure or pain in our experience. Rather, the quality of our practice has to do with how open we are to whatever is there.
One of the most radical, far-reaching, and challenging statements of the Buddha is his statement that as long as there is attachment to the pleasant and aversion to the unpleasant, liberation is impossible.
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