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What does it mean?
Yeats says the soul finds happiness when it accepts its own will as heaven's will.
In plain terms
Happiness comes when you accept your own will is right.
What can you take from it?
Self-acceptance brings inner peace.

Where it applies

  • seeking peace
  • spiritual growth

Putting it to work

  • practice self-acceptance
  • cultivate peace

Questions to consider

  • What is true happiness?
  • How do you find inner peace?

Another view

It assumes inner will aligns with higher will.

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