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Acceptance, in
spirituality,
mindfulness, and
human psychology, usually refers to the experience of a situation without an intention to change that situation. Indeed, acceptance is often suggested when a situation is both disliked and unchangeable, or when change may be possible only at great cost or risk.
Acceptance may imply only a lack of outward, behavioral attempts at possible change, but the word is also used more specifically for a felt or hypothesized
cognitive or
emotional state. Thus someone may decide to take no action against a situation and yet be said to have not accepted it.
Acceptance is contrasted with
resistance, but that term has strong political and
psychoanalytic connotations not applicable in many contexts.
By groups and by individuals, acceptance can be of various events and conditions in the world; individuals may also accept elements of their own thoughts, feelings, and personal histories. For example,
psychotherapeutic treatment of a person with
depression or
anxiety could involve fostering acceptance
either for whatever personal circumstances may give rise to those feelings
or for the feelings themselves. (Psychotherapy could also involve lessening an individual's acceptance of various situations.)
Notions of acceptance are prominent in many faiths and meditation practices. For example,
Buddhism's
first noble truth, "Life is suffering", invites people to accept that
suffering is a natural part of life.
Minority groups in society often describe their goal as "acceptance", wherein the majority won't challenge the minority's full participation in society. A majority may be said (at best) to "
tolerate" minorities when it confines their participation to certain aspects of society.
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