Resistance

How much of our daily "suffering" is unnecessary? What actually causes our suffering? And how much free time and energy would we have left at the end of our day if we just learned to stop resisting and learned to live to be happy?

In "Thresholds of the Mind", by Bill Harris, he makes it very clear that any and all suffering experienced is caused by our own decision to resist what is happening. The decision may be conscious or unconscious, either way, the resistance is what causes the discomfort.

Have you ever been around a person who was complaining about how terrible a situation in their life was? You try to sympathize with their troubles, but no matter how hard you try it just doesn't seem that bad. You may have even told them to "just forget about it" or "just let it be" assuring them that things will be okay. You know in you heart that most of their problem is the way they were looking at their particular situation. James A Ray tells us over and over again to find the good in every situation and that every failure is accompanied by the seeds of success.

Back in November I published a post titled "Just Let Go and Float". I think this is what Bill Harris is trying to tell us to do. We need to stop trying to micro-manage every detail of our life and start living it. Life is going to happen no matter what, so we might as well stop resisting and enjoy it. When we can live our life like a movie being played out in front of us we will be able to enjoy every minute of it.