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Let me ask you a question: If a dear friend of yours was going through a difficult time, what would you do to help them feel better? Maybe you’d kid around with them or tell them a joke. Perhaps you’d offer to do something with them to help them think about something else for a while. No matter what methodology you would employ, you’re really doing one thing, which is trying to help your friend think of something that helps them find an emotion that puts them at a little bit better of a place and which helps them feel a little bit better in general.
You’d know whether or not your friend is feeling better about their current circumstances based on the visual cues you’d pick up from them. You’d observe them to see whether they’re smiling a bit more, or whether they seem to be in a happier state of mind.
Just like we can use the emotions of other people to gauge their level of overall satisfaction, we can use our own emotions and feelings as a barometer for how much our resistance is getting between us and something wonderful. If we feel joyful, happy, enthusiastic, and excited, we are at a low resistance level and we are primed to receive the wonderful things we so deeply desire.
On the other hand, if we feel any emotion that is the opposite of joy, happiness, enthusiasm, or excitement, then it’s an indication that we are not primed to receive what it is we desire. We are actually resonating with something that is not in line with our desires. We’re giving energy with our thoughts to something that distracts us and moves us further from what it is that we really desire. Whatever we resist persists. We’re deviating further from what we want. These feelings are an indicator of resistance, and resistance will continually put us at a distance from accomplishing and getting what it is that we desire.
To resist is to fight the ways of the universe. The universe runs on laws, and if you resist and fight based on fear and apprehension, you are in essence violating universal law. To fight against “what is” is to fight against the universe. You’re stagnating the flow of abundant blessings that can come your way.
The key to overcoming resistance is just to treat yourself like you would your dear friend. If you determine that you are experiencing emotions that are anything other than positive, all you need to do is find an emotion through thought that brings you to a more positive emotion than you are currently experiencing. It doesn’t have to be a drastic change — it just has to be a change in the positive direction.
It’s all about self discovery. It’s about awareness of your emotions in the present — in the here and now. By staying in present awareness, you’ll quickly discover if your feelings are indicating whether you’re in line with that perfect version of yourself, the wonderful creator of awesome things and able to receive all the blessings life has to offer, or whether you’re resisting the flow of good things to you.
Use your feelings as a measuring device for how you’re doing. If you’re feeling less than wonderful, just seek out feelings that bring you to a little bit better place. That small shift in your thoughts will lead to better feelings, and better feelings will lower your resistance. When you lower your resistance, good things will come your way. Give it a try!
