Acceptance
Description
Acceptance is the steady willingness to meet reality as it is. It softens reactivity, reduces struggle, and frees energy for wise response rather than resistance.
Ted's Take
Resonant drone settling.
Emotional Expression
A river flowing without resistance
Emotional Quote
Happiness can exist only in acceptance. — Camus
Related Music
Maha Mrtyunjaya Mantra Call and Response
This ancient mantra is known as the Great Victory Over Fear and Death.
It invites us to release what binds us — not by fighting it, but by surrendering into something larger.
Chanted softly or aloud, it creates a sonic sanctuary where fear cannot live.
The mantra reminds us that we are more than our temporary experiences.
Just as a ripe cucumber gently separates from the vine with a small twist and pull, we too can release the grip of suffering and return to the sweetness of our essence.
This is the practice of Īśvara Praṇidhāna — surrendering into the divine flow and remembering:
Not me. Not mine. I am not this fear.
Use it to calm the nervous system, to transmute anxiety into reverence, and to remember your immortal nature — whole, radiant, and free.
Maha Mrtyunjaya Mantra
This ancient mantra is known as the Great Victory Over Fear and Death.
It invites us to release what binds us — not by fighting it, but by surrendering into something larger.
Chanted softly or aloud, it creates a sonic sanctuary where fear cannot live.
The mantra reminds us that we are more than our temporary experiences.
Just as a ripe cucumber gently separates from the vine with a small twist and pull, we too can release the grip of suffering and return to the sweetness of our essence.
This is the practice of Īśvara Praṇidhāna — surrendering into the divine flow and remembering:
Not me. Not mine. I am not this fear.
Use it to calm the nervous system, to transmute anxiety into reverence, and to remember your immortal nature — whole, radiant, and free.
Lakshmicha
To Make the Personality More Pleasing
When Lakshmi melted into his heart, Vishnu’s nature changed. Even though he was noble in thought and action to begin with, the depth of his change in those qualities was incalculable. Her grace and subsequent union with his heart enabled Lakshmi to become Vishnu’s spouse, or patni in Sanskrit. Thereafter, his already noble personality changed and became gentle
and pure in every way without relinquishing power. The following mantra will similarly bestow pleasing qualities upon your personality. Although it is a long mantra, you will find that it is easy to learn and a delight to say. Early in my career as a spiritual teacher, I used this mantra to help erase any blemish on my personality that might stand in the way of my doing my job properly.
