地のままの自分でいればいい Ji no mama no jibun de ireba ii.

What does this mean? ji is oneself, jibun is myself, as for ireba I understand
it is to accept (verb ireru)and "ba" is the conditional "if".

"地のままの自分" self in the same state myself "いればいい" is ok to accept so the final
translation is "IT is ok to accept myself as I am" IS this translation
correct?
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meaning conditionals
Meaning of 地のまま
The translation isn't far off the mark, but you got two points wrong.

・The 地 ("earth") here means something (or a state of being) that is natural,
unvarnished, unadorned. Hence 地のままの自分 = "one's self as it is natural"; "one's
natural self".

・いれば is a conditional form of いる ("to be"), not いれる.

A literal translation:

> If one is his/her natural self, it's fine.

Pragmatically speaking, what/who the subject of 自分のままでいる is and to whom 自分
refers depend on the context -- on who is addressing this sentence to whom (if
anyone). Also dependent on the context is what sort of communicative purpose
it has. It can be a general statement of an idea ("It's good if people are
their natural selves.") or it can be a piece of advice to an angst-ridden
friend ("Just be who you are. It's okay."), or it can be about the speaker
themselves ("I can be the natural me ,and it'll be alright."). A good
practical translation should take all these factors into account, and it
cannot be done without context.
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I think all of your partial interpretations are correct except for ireba.

**_ireba_** is to stay, exist, be (verb **_iru_** 居る), but not **_ireru_**
入れる.

The phrase could be said for everybody including you and me according to the
context.

So, the whole translation is like:  
- _It is ok to be yourself as usual yourself._  
- _It is ok to be yourself without pretension._

**_地｛じ｝_** in 地のまま is **_素性｛すじょう｝_** _one's true nature_ in this phrase.  
**_地｛じ｝_** is neither _earth_ nor _ground_ , but is **_素地｛そじ｝_** _material_
before being colored or decorated to [look better]{LLLLLLLLLLL }, and the
meaning of **_素性｛すじょう｝_** _one's true nature_ has come from the meaning of 素地.
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What's the provenance of this? "It would be good if you were to remain your
own true self" looks as though it might be a translation of Polonius's words
to Laertes in Hamlet: "To thine own self be true [and it shall follow as the
night the day thou canst not then be false to any man]" By the way, perhaps
it's worth reiterating that である= "is"/ でいる= "continues to be", "goes on
being".
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