Find Your Middle Ground

Tag: resistance

  • Resisting and Waking Up

    Resisting and Waking Up

    “It may look as if the situation is creating the suffering, but ultimately this is not so – your resistance is.” ~ Eckhart Tolle Wow – these are powerful words to read when we are experiencing acute pain, trauma or living in disturbing times. We are all human beings with ego-minds that are ready to…

  • Allow this Moment to Unfold

    Can you simply relax and allow this moment to unfold? 

Can you let go of evaluation and judgment, and simply accept that this is what is happening?   Remember it is only our resistance to the present moment that causes us to feel any pain. Acceptance creates the inner freedom and inner peace that we are…

  • Resisting and Waking Up

    “It may look as if the situation is creating the suffering, but ultimately this is not so – your resistance is.” ~ Eckhart Tolle Wow – these are powerful words to read in a time of pandemic, when so many of us are desperately trying to come to terms with living in a fearful changing…

  • Inspiration – Resisting

    “It may look as if the situation is creating the suffering, but ultimately this is not so – your resistance is.” ~ Eckhart Tolle Have you ever had a reaction of “What do you mean I’m resisting? … They are the problem!” We are all human beings with egos that are ready to duck and…

  • Be Present to Negative Emotions

    Go ahead and embrace the importance of negative emotion. Your emotions and the way you feel is your guidance system and it is telling you everything you need to know. If you feel negative emotion, then you are either resisting how things are in the present moment, resisting something that was in the past, or…

  • What is the Path to Freedom Here?

    What is the path to freedom here? The answer is clear the moment that I ask. At every fork in the road, there is a conditioned response and one that is unpatterned, bold, and free. The old known way is more comfortable, but the other path holds mystery and wonder. ~ Danna Faulds What a…

  • Its Time to Let Go

    ~ Know in this moment Life is about letting go without resistance. ~ With every exhale, As you fall asleep at night, You follow life’s flow. ~ Stop resisting life and holding on so tightly. Its time to let go. ~ As the last leaves seem to cling to the trees, I wonder what I…

  • Reflection – What You Resist You Become

      Whatever you resist you become. If you resist anger, you are always angry. If you resist sadness, you are always sad. If you resist suffering, you are always suffering. If you resist confusion, you are always confused. We think that we resist certain states because they are there, but actually they are there because…

  • * Want to Let Go More?

    Some very successful and accomplished people will sometimes ask me – How can I let go more? What do I need to do to be more relaxed? How can I be less impatient? What can I do to be more flexible?…My answer for each question is usually the same, whether it’s at work, in life…

  • The Gift of Letting Go

    “Sometimes letting go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on” ~ Eckhart Tolle Letting go can be more powerful that putting our energy into defending or hanging on… yet it is often hard to do. Sometimes we don’t realize that we are holding on to something, until we notice tension…

  • * Allow this Moment to Be

    Can you simply relax and allow this moment to be? 

Can you let go of evaluation and judgment, and simply accept that this is what is happening? Remember it is only our resistance to the present moment that causes us to feel any pain. Acceptance creates the inner freedom and inner peace that we are all…

  • * Resistance Wake Up Call

    In Carl Jung’s wise words “What we resist persists.” Noticing where we have resistance is a powerful practice. I keep thinking about how I want things to be a certain way, yet it’s out of my control. And rather than letting it go and letting it be, I find my thoughts still hanging on to…