The Three A's - Awareness, Acceptance, & Allowance

In meditation there are three main aspects being cultivated. These are what I call the three A's - awareness, acceptance, and allowance. Awareness is our natural ability to simply know what is happening in the moment. With awareness, we can dive into the present moment and experience what our lives are like right now; from sensations and emotions to thoughts and sounds, nothing is left out of awareness. Acceptance is the next A, and is crucial to any form of inner work. Acceptance allows you to face each moment, whether pleasant, painful, or neutral, without resistance. By accepting things as they arise in the moment you are creating a peaceful mind; a mind free of grasping for things to go your way all the time, and also free from aversion caused by resisting things you dislike. Naturally acceptance leads to the final A, allowing, aka letting go. By allowing whatever arises to be there, you are able to simply let it go - allowing it to be what it is, nothing more, nothing less. Whatever is present will arise and cease all on it's own. When you allow whatever has arisen in your awareness without judgment or labels, it's nothing more than a passing experience that neither needs to be suppressed nor acted on. As your practice deepens, the three A's will slowly become part of your everyday life, and rather than living habitually, you will learn to act out of an awakened mind - a mind that's aware, accepting, and allowing. Trust me when I say, it's a much more peaceful way to live. What are you waiting for...WAKE UP ALREADY!