“Acceptance is the only practice that works.”

There are many paths promising peace.  

Secret mantras.  

Twenty-minute meditations. 

Even drugs. 

But very few lead to freedom. 

So, what actually works? 

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The Illusion of Inner Peace 

Some techniques do bring temporary relief.  

They calm the mind.  

They create stillness.  

But they don’t undo the mind. 

And that’s the difference. 

The ego is clever. It loves techniques.  

Because as long as you’re “doing” something,  

you don’t have to feel what’s here. 

The Only Thing That Works 

It’s openness to life through the practice of acceptance and let go that works. 

Not improve it. Not fix it. Not escape it.  

Just to meet life, exactly as it is. 

Including the pain.  

Including the mess.  

Especially the discomfort. 

Because only when we stop resisting, can peace be known. 

What Transcendental Meditation Can’t Do 

Vishrant once followed the Maharishi.  

He was given a secret mantra: “Shrim.” 

And he chanted it for 20 minutes a day. 

But it didn’t bring freedom. 

Why? 

Because it didn’t address belief systems.  

It didn’t remove resistance.  

It didn’t open the heart. 

It just quietened the surface. 

And when the surface is calm,  

but the depths are full of pain,  

a seeker might believe they’re at peace,  

when they’ve only buried the noise. 

The Trap of Technique 

“The only spiritual practice that I know that the ego cannot hide in is openness.” 

Technique can be a hiding place.  

A way to avoid what’s inside.  

A polished mask on a terrified identity. 

But openness, real openness, is not just a technique. 

It’s a willingness to feel. 

A readiness to be fully vulnerable. 

And in that vulnerability, love floods in. 

Not sentimental love.  

Not romantic love. 

But real love. Unconditional love. 

What Teachers Often Miss 

“If a teacher isn’t teaching openness, they’re not teaching anything worthwhile.” 

Many spiritual teachers offer comfort.  

But they do not offer undiluted truth. 

They avoid talking about the darkness. 

And in doing so, they rob the seeker of the very thing that could set them free. 

Because awakening isn’t about control.  

It’s about undoing. 

And love is the only thing worth undoing for. 

Beyond Technique 

When Vishrant was asked what helped him awaken,  

he didn’t point to a single method. 

He spoke of surrender.  

Of 30 years of undoing.  

Of preparing the mind. 

And one day, it happened.  

Awareness became aware of itself and stayed aware of itself. 

The small self fell away. 

No one was left to enjoy it.  

What remained was peace. 

The peace of silence and stillness. 

The peace of existing as beingness. 

The Accident of Awakening 

“Enlightenment is an accident… all a person can do is prepare the ground.” 

No one can force truth. But we can till the soil. 

We can empty ourselves of beliefs, of resistance. 

We can make ourselves ready. 

And then, maybe, we’ll be struck by lightning. 

Maybe not. 

But we’ll already be relatively free. 

The Expansion of Happiness? 

Happiness is beautiful.  

But awakening isn’t about happiness. 

It’s about reality. 

And in reality, everything comes and goes.  

Even bliss.  

Even peace. 

What remains? 

Awareness aware of itself. 

No goal. No purpose. Just being. 

Just this. 

An Invitation to Stop Seeking 

You don’t need to find the perfect technique.  

You don’t need another mantra.  

You don’t even need to understand. 

You just need to be open.  

To let life in. 

Not someday.  

Not when it’s calm. 

Now. 

Come sit with Vishrant in Satsang.

Let the transmission of Truth be felt. 

Not taught.  

Felt.