![]() ![]() Everything in nature is acquiescent to the plan of the Universe and works in harmony with it except man. Divine acquiescence means to be submissive to the divine will. As I read more about what that phrase means, I was blown away by the way the author elaborated on this concept, originally presented in the Baha’i writings:Īcquiescence means to “give in,” to drop resistance, to tacitly agree. Recently, a friend sent me an article about “radiant acquiescence” from World Order Magazine, a Baha’i publication. ![]() I’ve been thinking about the idea of surrendering to God’s will rather than clinging to my own, which has come up in my meditations. ![]() Even when I know this intellectually, it often seems difficult to emotionally embrace this reality, breathe through stress and watch things go differently from how I planned or wanted them to go … much less with acceptance and joy. It often takes some form of trauma or abrupt change in life for me to accept that I cannot control everything that happens. Lately, circumstances have forced me to accept God’s will rather than try to fight it. ![]()
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