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172 - Practicing Acceptance

Secular Buddhism

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Acceptance, the Active Enabling of Reality as It Is

Acceptance is not approval. There is no moral judgment involved at all. Acceptance is simply acknowledging things as they are. It is the active embracing of reality as it is. That's it. And this is another tool called the oda loop. Anyone in the military may have experience with this notion or this uda loop, but it's decision making strategy that was developed by a military strategist named john boyd. But fundamentally psychologically, i should say, it's a similar thing. It's what arises when you want things to be other than how they are. The point is that i can handle distress or stressful situations or experiences in one of two ways. I can handle them uns

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