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# Accepting non-peace
- URL: https://www.gilespcroft.com/accepting-non-peace/
- Published: 2025-01-21T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-19T16:06:38.000Z
- Description: How to find peace when nothing is peaceful 😎
- Author: Giles P Croft
- Tags: Acceptance, Anxiety, IMPLICATIONS, Presence, Principles, Psychology, Quick insight, Thought realisation

[Yesterday I suggested](https://www.gilespcroft.com/youre-not-going-to-get-peace-of-mind/) that “peace of mind” is a bit of a misnomer, because of this equation I made up:

💡

****The nature of the mind = Not-peace.**

It seemed to resonate, as I’ve had a fair few responses from it, from you.

Then, almost on cue, this quote from Eckhart Tolle’s book [The Power of Now](https://amzn.to/45iWKqR?ref=gilespcroft.com) cropped up on my Twitter timeline:

> *“Forgive yourself for not being at peace. The moment you completely accept your non-peace, your non-peace gets transmuted into peace. Anything you accept fully will get you there, will take you into peace. This is the miracle of surrender.”*  
> \~ Eckhart Tolle

😙👌🏻

Perfection.

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Now, if the nature of the mind is not-peace, and he’s saying accept non-peace, then he’s saying accept the nature of the mind; how it’s responding to stuff.

Which is the simplicity of the 3 Principles understanding.

Whatever situation you face—at work, at home, in your relationships, on your own, in your head—your mind is going to have a lot to say about it.

You might also notice that your mind is going to have a lot to say about what it’s got to say about the situation.

And, let’s face it people, it’s probably going to have a lot to say about all the stuff it’s saying about what it has to say about the situation.

… and so on …

♾️

The key isn’t to accept the *situation* (because [it’s not the situation you’re experiencing](https://www.gilespcroft.com/what-happens-how-you-feel/)), it’s to accept the mind’s ‘non-peace’ response *to* the situation.

And hey presto: peace.

💟

Giles

p.s. told you it was simple.

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