SoulFruit Offering #2: What is Your Highest Intention


The Journey

One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice,
though the whole house began to tremble
and you felt the old tug at your ankles.
"Mend my life!" each voice cried. But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do, though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers at the very foundations,
though their melancholy was terrible.
It was already late enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen branches and stones.
But little by little, as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly recognized as your own,
that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world,
determined to do the only thing you could do,
determined to save the only life you could save.

~ Mary Oliver

Sometimes when we are confronted by resistance it is because there is a discrepancy between the mind and the heart. The analytical mind is ready to make the change, yet when the time comes to begin something new or make the change, something within stops us and we resist to even taking the first steps utilizing some of the tactics mentioned in the previous post.  If this pattern continues, we may begin to put ourselves down or wonder what is wrong with us and begin asking ourselves, "Why can't we just do so and so?"

Oftentimes for me,  the resistance I feel, is specifically emotional resistance. In order to move through emotional resistance it is important to connect with my own personal spirit and have a conversation with my spirit regarding the changes I am wanting to make.  

 What I have discovered is this:  When I'm in resistance, I am to a certain extent ignoring or disconnecting from my spirit. However, when I connect to my spirit, and begin a conversation with my spirit regarding my HIGHEST INTENTION around the change, I notice that resistance dissipates. Instead of pushing or forcing myself to do things, an opening occurs within that instead invites the change in.

If there is something you are resisting, go into meditation and connect with yourself and begin the conversation with your spirit around your intentions. Invite your spirit to be part of the change!

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