There’s no negotiation with darkness or anything aside from our love nature. When it comes to the duty of keeping consciousness at hand, we cannot accept anything that deteriorates either the body or the mind no matter if it’s for a short-term or the long run. If any obnoxious behaviour is enforced upon us, we need to be prepared to deal with it in a conscious and meaningful way, removing any doubts regarding what we need to do to end any harmful action coming towards our direction. It’s by attaining higher levels of peace of mind, and being totally sure of what needs to be done, that we can relax and understand no one—or nothing—is able to do anything with us without our own permission. And if we provide no permission, any violation of that invisible agreement is considered an invasion of our private and personal space, which needs to be responded accordingly when it has the power to cause any deterioration of our well-being and peaceful stand. Acceptance isn’t becoming submissi...