There are many shades of humans.

This is spread across the many combinations of

sex, inclinations, age, race, nurture, build, etc.

Independent of his shade,

ultimately, a human seeks to be Accepted.

This is the same as saying that

he craves to arrive at an end of sorts.

An end, that puts an end to his very many insistences to be this or do that.

This is also the same as saying that

he somehow seeks to be enlightened out of his brittle self

into a whole.

Acceptance is a label not used often.

But amongst the plethora of others in the spiritual or neo-spiritual context,

I will say it is closer to the Truth.

What is Acceptance?

Acceptance is about one thing.

To be on The Path.

Out in the world,

in society and human interactions,

Acceptance surfaces as its many colors.

I will first shine some light on these colors.

A relationship between a man and a woman

progresses towards Acceptance

when the woman begins to feel free.

Free of not just the domestic burdens,

but from her fickle self, her ever-changing present,

and her always-clinging past.

She will not feel this

until she sees Acceptance in his eyes.

This can only happen

if the man realizes what needs to be realized.

For only then,

he does what needs to be done.

In a parent-child setting,

Acceptance is very much about forgiveness at the start,

and letting-go towards the end.

A child will not feel Accepted,

unless his parents are not on The Path.

His notorieties will heighten,

and his demands will become increasingly unmanageable.

Not because of what he will do.

But because of how he will be perceived.

Or he will close himself off entirely.

Keeping everything locked up inside.

How can a child who is caged by the labels

of mistakes, right, and wrong, feel truly forgiven?

To Accept the child, no matter what mistake he commits,

is also allowing him to realize that he has wings!

To Accept the child, no matter what he is holding inside,

is also giving him the permission to reveal them innocently.

Such a child is automatically put on The Path.

In any and all other settings,

be it startups or business or corporations,

it is not that different, is it?

An employee with his wings clipped by being strapped

to processes, best-practices, rules, and regulations, is merely a slave.

So is his manager whose job is to manage hundreds like him.

So is the CEO or the leader, who has started this endeavor mainly

to feed his ego or as an escape.

Every single day of such a group

will be about running amok putting out fires.

For not a single one of them will do what needs to be done.

A group can only approach its supreme self,

when the individuals are released,

when they are allowed to climb out of the walls of their resumes,

and when they are Accepted enough to realize

that work is just another playground,

and not a test.

Acceptance, and thus full allowance

of an entity will not even commence

if the leader leading the group

does not care about being on The Path to be fully Accepted.

In all 1:1 settings,

ranging from a dog being petted by his owner,

to the Vice President reporting to the executive VP,

it boils down to Acceptance of the former by the latter.

Which once again, happens seamlessly when the latter wholly Accepts himself.

For an individual

to Accept himself is to realize

that there is NO OTHER path or "track" out there

that will give the human what he has on the current one

- a feeling deep in the bones of satisfaction and fulfillment.

To Accept himself is to Know it viscerally that he is on The Path.

To Accept himself is to Know,

that sooner than later, he will become The Path.

That he himself will become Acceptance in flesh and bone.

To be on ANY OTHER path

no matter how glorious or full of promise

is to constantly be pulled by the Mind hither and thither,

not feel whole, complete, and satisfied,

no matter how many are serving,

or served.

To be on ANY OTHER path

is to resist Acceptance Today,

and almost certainly, until the very last day.

Thank you.