5 Life Path | What You Resist Will Persist?

5 Life Path | What You Resist Will Persist?

I’ve often used the quote:  “What you resist will persist.”

And yet in the past months I have questioned that notion.

Yes, resistance as avoidance doesn’t just disappear or regress into the sidelines.

Whatever we want to avoid does have a tendency to persistently make its way back around.

Like when …  you go out for one drink and it always ends up being five.  (Resistance to practicing self-discipline)

Like when …  you know that the way your partner verbally undermines you when you’re with friends or family isn’t healthy or in any way all right with you and yet you continue to let it slide.  (Resistance to standing up for yourself)

Like when … you feel as though you’re marching into purgatory every day when you show up to work and yet do nothing to change jobs or improve your situation because, well, because.  (Resistance to change or to taking action)

And while “What you resist will persist” is often true, I’m finding there are times when it isn’t true.

When in actuality, active resistance results in a reconfiguration of the persistent issue.

This form of active resistance can actually transmute and reformulate the issue at hand.

The key is “active intentional resistance.”

Let’s use the gym metaphor.

In order to build muscle, resistance training is key.

The more weight, the more resistance.

The heavier it is, the more attuned your body gets.

The more often you engage in resistance training, the easier it gets to endure longer period of time training.

The more reps you do, the stronger and more resilient you become.

If we carry forward with this metaphor, we can revisit the idea that “what you resist will persist.”

How can we think about re-thinking what we resist and why we resist it?

5 Life Path: The Sensuous Freedom Seeker

As a 5 Life Path, here is your usual point of resistance:    FEELING CONFINED

• You will always be met with people, situations, and experiences that pull you into situations that test your feeling of restriction and containment. This can be within your family of origin, friendships, work colleagues, or intimate partnerships.
• Time after time you’ll be met with opportunities to explore your sense of freedom while using a strong dose of self-discipline to get there.
• The coping mechanism used is either being a rolling stone that gathers no moss (or much of anything else!) OR feeling overwhelmed, unfocused, and fearful.

RETOOL:  As you’re met with opportunities to step into a healthy level of freedom and to enjoy all of the sensual experiences your life has to offer, understand that this isn’t something to be avoided and you’re not being punished by continuing to have experiences that challenge your sense of restriction and open the door (continuously) that houses your greatest fear(s).  THIS IS THE POINT!

As you build your “freedom” muscles:  Focus on reining in self-indulgence, act upon your fearless and versatile spirit, and find your “root system” so that you can produce the results you want to create.