LIVING LIFE WITH THE BRAKES ON WHERE ARE YOU RESISTANT
OCTOBER 1, 2010
The resistance to the disturbance IS THE disturbance. ~ Siddiqui Ray
We all have that feeling of living inside a snow globe and having it shaken up resulting in utter chaos, stuff flying everywhere! Yeah. That happens. Yoga philosophy helps us to see that the stuff flying around is not the problem. The resistance to the disturbance IS THE disturbance. We may not be able to control situations or people but we are responsible for how we think about the situation, person or thing. And if our minds choose to fight which is resistance then we are in effect creating the disturbance. Does that make sense?
So how do we know if we are resisting life? Just ask yourself a real, simple question: “Are you happier today than you were yesterday, last week, last month?” Well, are you? And if you're not then you are producing resistance in your life because the Yoga Sutras say that our lives are constantly evolving towards greater experiences of happiness (if we get out of our own way). Let me put it like this. In Seattle in August I was driving my best friends stick shift Element on hilly, steep streets. I was so afraid at times I was going to roll backwards into the person behind me that once I got going I'd be driving around wondering why I wasn't going faster or smoother and then realize I was driving with my brakes on. (Ok don't tell him ok?)
But the question of resistance is one of whether or not WE ARE LIVING LIFE WITH OUR BRAKES ON. I know at times I have found this to be the case for me. Instead of a full blast effort something less because of fear, worry about what others might think or some other equally old story. And then this practice of yoga wakes me up and I realize that I am holding back and only making it harder. At that point everything changes and the flow returns and I feel grace carrying me once more on her easy current rather than fighting my way upstream. So today, take a good look at yourself, where are you living with the brakes on? And get out of your own way and try easier. It is what you think about your life that either creates the disturbance or lets you move forward gently. Love yourself, Love your day, Love your life! Silvia
The resistance to the disturbance IS THE disturbance. ~ Siddiqui Ray
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