Do You Resist What You Want?

I know, it's actually kind of ridiculous.

But it's true.

We all resist the very things we want at some point and time.

Why is that?

Well, I'm not going to go too far into that today. But I will say we live in a society saturated with paradigms that:

1) Tell us it is not OK to want what we want
2) Tell us it is not really possible to have what we want

In addition, we have this fear of actually being in our joy. Say what? Yes, we fear being in our joy. Marianne Williamson puts this another way, "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us."

A key to attracting what you want in life is to follow a path of least resistance. To do this, you need to know what resistance is and how it shows up in you. If you want to know less resistance, and attract what you desire, you need to learn how resistance shows up for you. By recognizing it, you are able to transcend living in automatic and fear mode, and with awareness make new choices.

When you follow the path of least resistance, you learn how to use resistance as a queue for shifting your attention and direction, therefore allowing yourself to be in the flow.

SUGGESTION: For those of you that like exercises/want to explore this further... you can write down any or all of the following:

1) How do you know when you are resisting? i.e. What do you feel? What happens?
2) What do you do when you are resisting? i.e. What choices and actions do you take?
3) Identify what resistance feels like in you. What does it feels like in your body?
4) Create a list of things that you think you resist. This can include people, beliefs, circumstances, places, actions.

Another idea: Start paying more attention to how resistance shows up in your life. Take time to notice how and when it comes up. Does it occur daily? Does it happen around certain people or circumstances?

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Kendra E Thornbury, MA, inspires and guides people to be fully alive through coaching, training, teleseminars, workshops, writing, resources and more. http://www.spiritalive.net
http://www.lessonsinlawofattraction.com/