Looking at acceptance from a philosophical viewpoint

In my college years I received a degree in Philosophy. I stumbled across a web page that talks about acceptance as seen by Jung. It's related to our acceptance of our total self, but I saw it as an important piece of also accepting the anxiety that we each face. This may not be for everyone, but I thought I'd share anyway.

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[Indigojoe]

Try Nietzsche or Whitehead and see how they think about this.

I believe that accepting and liking yourself seems to me to be the "cure" to anxiety.

If it were possible for me to actually capture the entire conversation I have in my head, that includes my parents ( long gone) when it comes time for me to go, do or be ................It would be a fascinating read. But the conversation goes at such a lightening speed I could not slow it down enough to actually

capture it and transcribe it.

Usually, when asked to GO somewhere, or do something, etc.......... my initial response is YES, and THEN the tapes begin to play from the dialectic of judgments, criticism, insults, put downs that came from those closest to me.

" you can't do that," You'll never be able to do that", " who do you think you are, that thinks you deserve that", " what is wrong with you, why are you so dam thin, or what are you eating that for, you put on weight like a whale" OR

" you are wearing THAT', and they laugh.

It is NO wonder so many of us have " anxiety".

We try to control our world as best we can, and we try to talk ourselves out of what was " breathed into us" when younger by people we thought were RIGHT.

It is all a dam shame Battersea922

At the core, acceptance is the answer, right next to Love. That is all there is.

[Hidden in reply to Indigojoe]

Hey Indigojoe...your reply brought tears to me. The bullying we all received in various ways from various people has made a contribution to the anxiety that we feel. I appreciate you speaking to this.

Get a recorder and interview yourself for the story you want to tell. Then transcribe. It will be something, I think, that you will be glad you did.

I had a career aspiration that required a masters degree. So I decided to take a bachelors degree in a subject that I enjoyed (philosophy). I was constantly harassed by friends and some family members who would say, "What are you going to do with that?", or "Talk about a waste of time." Only my parents understood what I was doing and why and were supportive.

I realize, in hindsight, that people who shit on you are highly insecure people who can't make a difference in their own life. Their objective is to try to make others feel shitty because they feel like shit themselves.

Have love for self and for others. Even those who shit on you.

Bat