Recently I have been re-introduced to an extremely effective life tool, one that I had conveniently, but temporarily, misplaced in my inner box of invisible gadget goodies that help me get through challenging times. The tool has to do with letting go of resistance. (See http://www.sedona.com/ for more information.)
We all experience resistance from time to time in our lives, some more than others. We resist joy. We resist abundance. We resist peace of mind. We resist hearing or telling the truth. We resist creating our unique art. We resist reaching out to others in times of need, either theirs or ours. It's not the issues that are the problems in our lives––it’s the resistance to them. The issues are simply a few picket fences along our path that require scaling, digging under, or mowing down, if necessary.
When we learn to overcome resistance, our lives begin to move with the flow of life, rather than against it, as The Sedona Method teaches. Author Robert Conklin said, “Resistance is thought transformed into feeling. Change the thought that creates the resistance, and there is no more resistance.”
Hmmm. Just change the thought, eh? Often easier said than done, Mr. Conklin. What happens if we change the thought and, whoops, here it comes back again?
What if we let go of needing to change the thoughts that create resistance, and spread them out on the dining room table for a closer look-see? In other words, what if we actually allowed ourselves to feel the resistance completely by putting it under a make-believe microscope for a minute or two? You’ll be amazed how quickly that which you were resisting is transformed into just a bunch of dust on the dining room table.
For over a decade I have encouraged people who have been in a grieving state for many years, to go and grieve some more, but this time, do it passionately, with intent to get to the other side of the grieving process. What is under our grief, pain, and fear is our peace of mind waiting to be discovered.
What have you been resisting? Is it time to look at it?
If so, then releasing it is the next step.
You have nothing to lose.
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Nicely put, Kelsey. Another way of looking at this is "acceptance." If I accept what is in any moment, I cannot resist it. Maybe that is passive resistance, rather than passionate resistance. At any rate, overcoming resistance is the point, and a good one.
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