Acceptance and Will

[zenmaster]

What is acceptance of his action? If we try to stop his action, in order to remain true to our own polarity, then we aren't accepting it, are we? But we can accept him, without accepting his action.

I see it as accepting the individual, regardless of the action we perceive. We can accept ourselves (what we've made conscious of our 'Self'), so we accept other-selves. I think it's also possible to be more conscious of any act, and do what is necessary to change it, without 'depolarizing'. It's just that we are necessarily 'entwined' with another's act to the extent we are not conscious of it, because it is manifesting something we have not yet accepted.

Obviously, the individual can't accept something with which they have no conscious awareness. Interestingly, it does seem that it's possible to reject something in awareness, however. The effective conscious rejection is the STS polarization.

Remember, you're always acting upon yourself in any case, hence the particular situations (of evaluation) with which we find ourselves in the unity of creation.

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I would add: Acceptance has the power to transform that which was previously denied or suppressed. Utilizing the will to choose acceptance is what provides the power for that transformation.

I think that's also generally how learning and healing takes place.
For example, a misunderstanding (or 'distortion') from childhood is carried into adulthood, then is revisited, made conscious, and accepted. Immediately the weight is lifted and more energy is available. But what was missing all along? First it was lack of recognition and suppression of some part of self. We also recognize analogous dynamics at work in others, or more deeply, we 'are' those dynamics. Therefore we may have acceptance for the other seeker's beingness.