In a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what's happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the suffering of judging mind.
Even going through the motions is a way of establishing a new relationship with our inner life that is caring and tender, versus one that is judging, distancing or ignoring. This is the beginning of being capable of intimacy with others.
Along with judging myself harshly, I'd also always seen the truth of goodness in me.
If I'm judging the attachment, myself, or another person, then I create separation.
