07-31-2017, 12:17 AM
massive resistance coming up. I'm pleased, I can see clearly the demons I'm facing and I'm being forced down an alley into a new and wiser character type in order to live with them rather than just plain eliminate them.
This weekend I was miserable with self animosity over procrastination and fear, suffering mad headaches and stomach issues; then I came across the works of Epictetus and they changed my entire perspective on how to approach these issues. After reading these I turned on the TV to see Dr. Strange was on just at the point where the Ancient one says 'no one ever eliminates their demons, we simply learn to live above them'.
Long term I think it's true that we can reconcile with our fears and traumas and thereby in effect permanently removing how they compel us to do things we don't really want to do, for now it suffices to learn the skills of side stepping them.
I've procrastinated massively and now I've found that at my presentation I'm going to be assessed for a promotion as well - so no pressure. I don't have time now to prepare anything impressive, but that's not now the goal, the goal is to ingrain this new perspective as a foundation for the rest of my life.
This weekend I was miserable with self animosity over procrastination and fear, suffering mad headaches and stomach issues; then I came across the works of Epictetus and they changed my entire perspective on how to approach these issues. After reading these I turned on the TV to see Dr. Strange was on just at the point where the Ancient one says 'no one ever eliminates their demons, we simply learn to live above them'.
Long term I think it's true that we can reconcile with our fears and traumas and thereby in effect permanently removing how they compel us to do things we don't really want to do, for now it suffices to learn the skills of side stepping them.
I've procrastinated massively and now I've found that at my presentation I'm going to be assessed for a promotion as well - so no pressure. I don't have time now to prepare anything impressive, but that's not now the goal, the goal is to ingrain this new perspective as a foundation for the rest of my life.
Your task is not to seek for Love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
