TOTAL ACCEPTANCE
K. M. Kale
Total acceptance helps us
All dualities to transcend
And to the realm of non-duality
With steady steps to ascend
It’s to accept sorrow
As well as pleasure
Without running after one
Without avoiding another
It’s to accept honour
As well as dishonour
Without wanting one
Without resisting another
It’s to accept riches
As well as poverty
Without coveting one
Without despising another.
It’s to accept beauty
As well as ugliness
Without leaning towards one
Without shunning another.
Total acceptance is love
That flows to all existence
And makes possible communion
Of essence with essence.