This is a sweet validation for me. For some weeks, I have been practicing 'No resistance and no insistence'. This is an antidote for me to fight years of conditioning of being excellent, hard-working, punctual, in control of the outcomes, efficient, productive, and whatnot. I remind myself of the river when I get stuck somewhere. The river does not resist the boulders, never does it insist. It just figures out the way, sometimes from around the boulders, sometimes taking them along, it just knows to flow. When a negative emotion grips me, I don't try to fight it out nowadays as I used to do earlier. Nor do I victimize myself, I will just be there. And wait for the emotion to get over, having some time alone helps. Softening makes me listen to the silence inside.
On Jan 25, 2025 Shipra wrote :