On the path of truth we have the responsibility to protect ourselves from falling prey to self-concepts or ideologies that curse us into believing we are separate and ultimately unworthy.
Resilience—or resiliency—is interesting. Not as a concept or ideology. Resilience as a practice, applicable to daily life; people and situations that draw from and drain down our energy. Not as resistance or a boundary per se, but resilience as an inner resource—a skill to hone and honour that we can tap into, when something or someone attempts to hypnotise our consciousness or steal our vital life force.
It is important to mention here that this does not negate taking responsibility for how we perceive and respond to people and situations. We see life through real-eyes, as it is. Resilience allows us to move and relate from a place of authenticity, integrity, sincerity and truth-fullness, irrespective of—and unattached to—the outcome.
I came across this definition of resilience:
Resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.
This definition concludes:
“Psychological research demonstrates that the resources and skills associated with more positive adaptation (i.e., greater resilience) can be cultivated and practiced.”
So how do we “practice” and “cultivate” resilience? And what might we need resilience against? Psychic attack…? Occult forces…? Mental concepts, beliefs and ideologies…? Societal and cultural “biometrics”(/concepts) like perfection, are curses that condition us into believing we need to achieve certain accolades and acquire specific attainments, or prove approved attributes—to be admired by the ineffable, and adorned with an assortment of A-class assets. Says who…
And we’re all sold on the idea, until we’re sick and tired of being sick and tired—trying and striving and efforting and yearning and needing and wanting and desiring
and, and, and, and, and…
And as a humanity we are exhausted.
And our actual and natural yearning is for connection.
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