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The Spiritual Practice That Helps Me the Most

Acceptance.

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David Gerken
May 14, 2026
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Let me state up front that I am not a high being. Far from it.

High beings are those like Ramakrishna, Ramana Maharshi and Neem Karoli Baba, people who shed their egos and became close to pure consciousness.

Me? I still fly off the handle when my teenage daughter makes my nine-year-old daughter cry. I have a ways to go…

The question I’d ask

But if I were you, someone interested in articles I write about traveling the spiritual path, I’d want to ask this question of me: Of all these things you write about, which work best for you?

The answer is that many work for me. But…

There is one that I find helps me the most. And it is this:

Accepting and not resisting what comes my way.

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