What Is
What is What Is?
Meeting the present moment exactly as it is, without resistance or demand that it be different. Acceptance is not resignation — it is acknowledging reality as the necessary starting point for any response. Fighting what is only adds suffering.
When you might feel what is
What Is is a specific form of acceptance, which itself is a type of present moment. You might experience this feeling in situations where present moment is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define what is.
Emotional Hierarchy
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Open Awareness WheelRelated Emotions
Resting attention in the direct experience of this very moment. The present is a...
Perceiving each moment as if for the first time, without the overlay of habit an...
Creating internal space for experience to unfold without interference. Allowing ...
Directly perceiving that every experience is already in the process of changing....
Watching phenomena come into being and dissolve back into awareness. Every exper...
Being embraced as you are, including your flaws, contradictions, and evolving se...