*EMBRACE - see ACCEPT, PEACE, HARMONY, LOVE
My Love has embraced me so that I may not be separated from That, but to rest in my Beloved. It is thy Beloved who visits me; but He comes in an invisible shape, disguised, and incomprehensible. (Mysticism, p295)
In Buddhism the Middle Path stands for the embracing of opposites. (Further, p168)
We think that when we shine the light, darkness disappears, but in reality it is an embrace. Mindfulness will be strong enough to embrace your fear or anger and transform it. WE NEED NOT CHASE AWAY EVIL. WE CAN EMBRACE AND TRANSFORM IT IN A NONVIOLENT, NONDUALISTIC WAY. (Buddha, Christ, p124)
By embracing the pain, by looking into it and beyond it, I have come to see God's presence in even the worst situations. I prayed to God for the grace to handle my surgery and postoperative treatment faithfully, without bitterness or undue anxiety. God's special gift to me has been the ability to accept difficult situations. His special gift to me is the gift of peace. (Gift of Peace, p95-6)