Receptive, Not Selective

From the Anna K. Tarot, Justice; from the Meditation Cards, Nonresistance:

When you feel that you are being challenged, step into the center of the problem

Take the opposite line of reasoning

Resolve the conflict by understanding the other side of the argument

—Eric Oberg

Justice implies discernment, clarity, fairness and objectivity. Anyone who's been around for more than a few decades has likely experienced a biased judgment, one born of black and white thinking instead of viewing the whole context of a situation. (On the other hand, we might have been the one in the judge's seat.) Nonresistance asks us to avoid using force; like the martial art of Tai Chi, we yield and receive rather than using force in return. As Eckhart Tolle explains, "Nonresistance doesn’t necessarily mean doing nothing. All it means is that any 'doing' becomes non-reactive." By absorbing and redirecting, we can neutralize physical or emotional tension and maintain our balance. Then we can explain, without emotional fury, our side of things while sincerely considering the opposition's view.  

Action and Acceptance

From the Golden Tarot, the Six of Wands; from the Yantra Deck, Nonresistance:

There is a time for everything,

    and a season for every activity under the heavens.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

          There is a time to take action and a time to accept. It helps to remember the words of Reinhold Niebuhr: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice. ~Maya Angelou