Week 3 - Roadblocks to Truth + Rise Above Resistance
I am thrilled about week three! So far, we have identified our struggle story and have begun to put in place how we are showing up for ourselves. Now in week three, we are going to go deeper to better understand resistance and roadblocks to our truth.
Let's face it, when we are choosing to grow we have resistance, A LOT of it. You won't find resistance when you are with Safety and Comfort, you'll only find resistance when you start to question Safety and Comfort and choose Change, Growth to become a self actualized Being.
What are these roadblocks to truth?
They are mind projected resistances that we perceive as threatening to our well-being. The beauty is in knowing that our well-being cannot be threatened because you don't create well-being you are well-being.
A well being.
Roadblocks are signposts pointing you in the direction of your true self. They are only what you intend them to be. What you think of them will reflect how you experience them. Know that you have the power to decide in any given moment what you will allow to consume you or elevate you.
Begin by re-defining roadblocks as self instructing signposts - guidance on where in your life you are depleting your energy. Then begin to understand how you are doing that. Next take a step towards re-framing the roadblock a.k.a. blockage into an opportunity to grow and discover more of your authentic self.
The saying "What we think, we become" perfectly describes how AND what you are constantly thinking about manifests in your external world. So this week is all about understanding these roadblocks and creating new ways to respond to them.
Begin by asking yourself the question:
What area(s) of my life do I feel blocked in? How does this blockage feel?
When we feel blocked we aren't allowing our feel good energy to flow freely. We are trying to control it, manipulate it, adjust it and push it into place so we can feel the flow. However, you can't flow when you try to constrain or control. If you let go, it will flow.
A BIG roadblock to truth is RESISTANCE. Resistance is denial. Denying you from really seeing the truth of the matter and not what your mind is projecting the truth to be. Understanding the causes of resistance will help you to understand why you 'have' the roadblocks you do.
What is Resistance?
Resistance is a sign that something is ready to be released: an identity, story, trauma, emotional blocks, mental concepts, etc. However, we hold onto these things because in some way they provide us with comfort and safety. We aren't ready to release the very thing(s) that provides us with our knowingness of comfort and safety. Without them we think we would be bare, a no one or unprotected. Once you release them and stop resisting them - you begin to see and experience your true nature. Which is not something to fear, but something to celebrate.
It's our own magnificence that we are terrified of, so it's easier for us play small. What is easier for us isn't necessarily better for us. Easy is whatever you want it to be.
It can be easy to respond to resistance in a new way that is loving and supporting. In the video I share techniques you can use to respond to your resistance differently. When we respond to our resistance we are performing an act of self love; however, when we react to our resistance we are denying ourselves from receiving our love.
You give life to what you create and you create what you think.
IDEA #1: Don't believe everything you think.
Everything comes from a thought and not all thoughts are treated equally. The job of the brain is to think, but you don't have to believe everything you think. Understand that thoughts are just like passing clouds: some are gray, some are big, some are small, some are white, some are fluffy, some are transparent. Just like clouds thoughts come in all ways. However, you don't have to believe or listen to every single one of them. You can CHOOSE what thoughts you want to think about or contemplate about. Which thoughts will make you feel good? You can choose, so start becoming aware of what kind of thoughts you are choosing. It's your choice.
IDEA #2: You see what you look for
You filter the world based on your beliefs. The reason you notice some things more than others is because you filter out what you are looking for, and what you look for is what you will see. You will only see that which matches your beliefs. So you will distort, delete, change, ignore, generalize information to match your belief system. Then, you will attract these things to you and they will reflect back to you as your life experiences because you believe them to be true. What you hold to be true for you will become the truth of who you are.
Awesome and powerful stuff, right?
Share below with me ways you rise above resistance and how you respond to roadblocks?