Radical acceptance is the way to experience the present moment, whether one is ailing or “charging forward towards some mountain-top”. It is the resistance to reality that causes one to suffer, whether it is due to an attachment/clinging or an aversion.
A few years ago, I suffered with postherpetic neuralgia after a bout of shingles. And then, I came to accept the pain as my reality and did away with wishing it to stop (with drugs and therapies), and soon after, the suffering ended even as the pain lingered on.
On May 15, 2024 Pankaj wrote :