Acceptance Is the Opposite of Arrogance
spirituality·@void·
0.000 HBDAcceptance Is the Opposite of Arrogance
Shortly before becoming a convinced Steemian I wrote a [story](https://steemit.com/craniosacral-therapy/@void/the-body-knows) about my experience with craniosacral therapy. Today, when walking in the forest nearby, I started remembering the experience again. The overall stress in my body started to fade away. A great acceptance appeared instead. What happened there? To put it simply, I started listening. It made me laugh how arrogant and ignorant we can be. I could see how my mind and the everyday experience in general works. How I am assuming I know how to do this and that and I know the best what needs be done. Today, in the forest, I was trying to relax hard when I noticed that I am actually telling my body to relax like I know exactly how to do it. I discovered that what I am doing is actually completely upside down. I was told to stop, calm the mind, be silent and listen. Let the body speak, let the forest speak, let the whole universe speak. Invert the flow! Move to the receiving side! What a simple yet great discovery! It turned my inner arrogance into great acceptance at that moment. Later on I checked what the word **arrogance** actually means, where it comes from. Going all back to Latin, it is based on **arrogō**, which also means **to assume**. This made me laugh again, because it was fitting the situation too well. From my perspective, to be stressed about anything means to not accept the situation as it is. And we do not accept the situation as it is because we assume we know better how it should be. Then we feel the urge to change things, to fight the reality. And that creates the inner tension. To invert the flow and let the present moment come close means to weaken the ego, to stop assuming and start listening. Then the acceptance can come and the space is open for any stress to melt and go away. So really, just try to listen. Go to the receiving side. Be the most stupid creature in the world. Be taught by everything around and inside. Then you will stop being arrogant and a great peace will come. <center>  </center> Picture by [James Cattlett](http://theartofjamescattlett.yolasite.com/)
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