Post by stickmonkey on Aug 1, 2007 15:19:44 GMT -5
The Wisdom Of Surrender
Resistance Equals Persistence
We all know the feeling of being repeatedly haunted by the same issue,
no matter how we try to ignore it, avoid it, or run away from it.
Sometimes it seems that we can get rid of something we don’t want by simply
pushing it away. Most of the time, the more we push away, the more we
get pushed back. There are laws of physics and metaphysics that explain
this phenomenon, which is often summed up in this pithy phrase: That
which you resist persists.
Resistance tends to strengthen the energies it attempts to oppose by
giving them power and energy to work against. Additionally, resistance
keeps us from learning more about what we resist. In order to fully
understand something, we must open to it enough to receive its energy;
otherwise, we remain ignorant of its lessons. There is a Tibetan story of a
monk who retreats to meditate in a cave only to be plagued by demons.
He tries everything—chasing, fighting, hiding—to get the demons out of
his cave, but the thing that finally works is surrender. He simply lets
them have their way with him and only then do they disappear.
Now, this wisdom must be applied practically. We are not meant to get
ourselves physically injured. Instead, this story speaks of how, in
essence, our demons are inside of us. What plagues and pursues us on an
inner level has a way of manifesting itself in our environment in the form
of people, events, and issues that appear to be beyond our control.
But all these external expressions are reflections of our insides, and it
is inside ourselves that we can safely experiment with surrendering to
what we fear and dislike. It may feel scary, and we may find ourselves
in the company of a lot of resistance as we begin the process of
opening to what we fear. But the more we learn to surrender, and the more
the demons that plague us disappear in the process, the more courageous
we will become.
Hugs
raman an addict
clean and serene just for today in the NA WAY !!!!
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Resistance Equals Persistence
We all know the feeling of being repeatedly haunted by the same issue,
no matter how we try to ignore it, avoid it, or run away from it.
Sometimes it seems that we can get rid of something we don’t want by simply
pushing it away. Most of the time, the more we push away, the more we
get pushed back. There are laws of physics and metaphysics that explain
this phenomenon, which is often summed up in this pithy phrase: That
which you resist persists.
Resistance tends to strengthen the energies it attempts to oppose by
giving them power and energy to work against. Additionally, resistance
keeps us from learning more about what we resist. In order to fully
understand something, we must open to it enough to receive its energy;
otherwise, we remain ignorant of its lessons. There is a Tibetan story of a
monk who retreats to meditate in a cave only to be plagued by demons.
He tries everything—chasing, fighting, hiding—to get the demons out of
his cave, but the thing that finally works is surrender. He simply lets
them have their way with him and only then do they disappear.
Now, this wisdom must be applied practically. We are not meant to get
ourselves physically injured. Instead, this story speaks of how, in
essence, our demons are inside of us. What plagues and pursues us on an
inner level has a way of manifesting itself in our environment in the form
of people, events, and issues that appear to be beyond our control.
But all these external expressions are reflections of our insides, and it
is inside ourselves that we can safely experiment with surrendering to
what we fear and dislike. It may feel scary, and we may find ourselves
in the company of a lot of resistance as we begin the process of
opening to what we fear. But the more we learn to surrender, and the more
the demons that plague us disappear in the process, the more courageous
we will become.
Hugs
raman an addict
clean and serene just for today in the NA WAY !!!!
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.