Resistance is futile!

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9/25/07

The Borg from "Star Trek, the Next Generation," had it somewhat right in saying "Resistance is futile," although in the movies and TV series, resisting allowed the humans and others to continue to experience their life the way they wanted rather than the way the Borg wanted. Unlike the Borg though, Source Energy isn't restrictive or mind numbing, but rather liberating and allowing. While we maintain our resistance to the full flow of our Source Energy, we prolong our painful life experiences in degrees from subtle to severe. We can endure a lot of discomfort when we resist the flow of our Source Energy, but ultimately, Source Energy prevails, in one way or another, to erode away the resistance which reveals to us once again, who and what we truly are. And, in that revelation, we know and understand fully our being and power.

Want to come to a better understanding of resistance as it applies to you and your life experience? It is a good thing to be aware of the things that we do, think and say that build up our resistances, which accumulate over time, and blocks the flow of our Source Energy.

If you don't realize you are resisting and/or adding to your resistance in one way or another, you can't/won't let go of the resistance that you are accumulating. It remains within your vibrational field, in plain sight, yet hidden from your own awareness. Life is full of indicators which point out to us, what our resistances are, and realizing that there are indicators we can begin to be on the lookout for those indicators, so we can let them go, and/or dissolve them when they show up.

Here is an experiment that visually demonstrates Source Energy Flow, and the results of resistances. (You don't actually have to physically do this experiment if you clearly get the imagery presented, but physically doing this may have a greater impact on your understanding and therefore appreciation of the ideas presented.)

For this experiment you will need a large mouth plastic container such as a gallon milk container with the top cut off so there is enough room to put your hand comfortably into the container, or a paper milk container where the same large top opening is available.

You will also want some dirt, some sand, some small pebbles, and some large rocks/pebbles.

Find an empty plastic container, like a gallon plastic milk container, or some such thing. Cut off the top of the container so your hand can easily fit into the container. (Consider this container to represent you here in the physical manifestation as a human being. The large opening at the top represents our natural openness to the flow of Source Energy.) Next, take a pointy object like a Philips screw driver, and poke a bunch of holes (maybe ten or so,) into the bottom of the container. (The only way we can effectively flow Source Energy, is to have sufficient outlet for it to flow through us.) You can do this next part outside with a garden hose (may be preferred,) or inside over a kitchen sink or some such place where the water can flow freely without concern. Set the container on something which will allow the water to flow out the holes on the bottom of the container. Turn on the water so that it is flowing strongly, but not as high as it can go if you have a lot of water pressure. (This represents the flow of Source Energy.) Place the container under the flowing water. (This is what is happening with us all the time; we are constantly within the stream of Source Energy as it flows unceasingly around us and through us.) You will notice that the container eventually fills up, and even though there are holes in the bottom of the container, the flow is sufficient to overflow at the top of the container as the constant flow of water runs. For purposes of this experiment, adjust the water flow so that the amount of water flowing in is equal to the amount that is flowing out of the holes in the bottom of the container, in other words, reduce the flow so the water doesn't overflow out the top but is sufficient to keep the container full while the water is flowing into the container.

When we come into the physical form, we typically flow Source Energy without resistance, in other words, we are a perfect conduit which Source Energy flows freely through. As we grow up and begin to adopt the beliefs and instructions of our parents and/or care givers and others, we build up some resistance to the flow to the degree that we adopt the beliefs and instructions of those people. As babies, we accept without question the external guidance which is so strongly presented to us. To simulate this, take a hand full of small pebbles and pour them into the container where the water is constantly flowing. (The pebbles simulate the beliefs and instructions we receive which begin to restrict the flow of our Source Energy.) And this resistance over time, begins to feel natural so that we don't even realize we are holding resistance to the Source Energy flow. We forget what it felt like to have Source Energy flow through us unimpeded.

You will notice that with just this little hand full of pebbles being tossed into the container, the flow through the container is restricted, and this may cause the water to overflow out the top of the container.

As we get older, and accept/adopt more limiting and restricting beliefs and listen to the instructions and beliefs of our teachers, friends and social relations, we may add more resistance. So, to simulate this, add another handful of small pebbles and a hand full of larger pebbles. With the water flow unchanged, the addition of the 2 hands full of pebbles further restricts the full and free flow of the water through the container, so that with the same flow, more is overflowing out the top than is flowing through the bottom.

With this greater accumulation of resistances, it may become more apparent to us, that it doesn't feel as good as it used to. Again, over time, we become accustom to this level of resistance, and therefore even though it doesn't feel as good as it once did, we eventually forget what it used to feel like, and so this new level of resistance becomes our "normal" experience.

As we continue to interact within our physical environment, there are a lot of very little resistances that we pick up along the way that really seem insignificant, at the time, but these very small ideas and attitudes can be like the hands full of sand you next pour into the container. You will find that some of the sand is washed right through the container, but some of it remains. As you continue to put more and more sand into the container, eventually more of it remains, and less of it escapes through the bottom.

This is how it is with all the little ideas we pick up without consciously thinking about them through our exposure to life situation, TV, Movies, etc..

As time goes on, we also accept beliefs that are similar to the larger pebbles; these are often enforced through government laws and church and laws commandments. So put a hand full of larger pebbles into the container, and then another. Obviously, as this stuff is added, the water flow continues unchanged, yet less water is making it through the container to escape through the holes in the bottom, and more is overflowing out the top.

Again, eventually, this level of resistance begins to feel normal to us after prolonged exposure to it.

Then we get into the beliefs that really restrict the flow, such as negative emotional based attitudes about death, failure, hate jealousy, grief and powerlessness. To simulate these, put a couple of hands full of dirt into the container. As we continue to hold these types of attitudes, it is like we are putting more dirt into our container, so go ahead and keep pouring dirt into the container.

What will eventually happen; is the water that is able to be flowed through the container through the bottom holes will be tainted by the dirt, and will be polluted as it exits through the holes. And as more and more dirt is poured into the container, there will come a point where the flow out the bottom is so limited as to be only a trickle while the overflow out the top will be the major part of the flow. The restricted flow through the holes is like the inability to have your desires fulfilled. All that "stuff" restricts the flow so much that, if you get anything at all, it is likely not pure and clear the way you want it to be.

What does this experiment show you about you and your relationship to Source Energy Flow? Can you get an idea of where you are relative to these different stages of increased resistance to the flow? It should be of little interest to you where my flow is, how restricted or free flowing my flow is, but it should be of huge interest to you where your flow is and how much it is restricted or free flowing.

Consider we can't turn off the faucet of Source Energy Flow. It was always on, and it will always be on. It was always flowing strongly and it will always continue to flow strongly. That is the nature of Source Energy.

Consider also, that if from this very moment you never again added resistance to your container, eventually, (it could take a very, very long time,) the flow of Source Energy would clean away, little by little, every bit of resistance you've accumulated. And this would be and is a nature result of being in the flow, of allowing the flow to stream through us.

Now that we've got this container full of stuff that is restricting the flow of Source Energy, what do we do with it? Obviously, we may choose to start to reverse the process through which the stuff was accumulated. We have to adopt a more loving, allowing attitude to be our predominate life expression which means we move out of the attitudes that don't feel good. Little by little, we let go of our feelings of powerlessness and despair, which moves us up into grief, and that removes some of the dirt. Then we can move into guilty feelings and let them go, and that to removes more of the dirt, letting a little more Energy flow through is, As we let go of our guilt, we can then let go of our jealousies, then our hatreds and then our revengefulness, and so on and so on up the emotional scale until all the dirt has been removed and we begin to feel more relief in contentment. As we do let go of the resistances, a little at a time, the flow rewards us with feelings of relief. And, the constant flow of Source Energy makes it easier and easier to clear out and let go of all that "stuff" we've accumulated, which further increases the flow of Source Energy flowing through us.

Eventually, with continued attention and effort, we are rid of the resistance so that our energy flows through us freely, resulting in purer outcomes of those things we've desired.

We continue on this journey of cleansing through being more allowing which means as we become aware of the pebbles of our resistant, we remove them one by one, and even sometimes by the hands full. So instead of resisting or fighting against the things the pebbles represented to us, we turn around in the flow, turning towards what we want relative to that pebble, which dissolves the pebble and brings us closer to the fulfillment of the desire relative to that because more Source Energy is able to flow through us towards that fulfillment. So, letting go and allowing facilitates the removal of the pebbles large and small. This happens through our moment by moment life experience when we are faced with situations where we become aware of our resistance. These experiences don't feel good, so that is a clue that we've found another pebble that we can remove from the flow, by turning towards what we want and being allowing.

As we remove these obstacles, the flow returns. If we are persistent, we will find that it becomes easier and easier to see those obstacles and remove them quickly as they come to our attention, where at first it was very hard and took a lot of attention and effort with limited apparent results.

Allowing (or removing the obstacles,) is not pushing against what we don't want, but rather, turning towards what we do want, and therefore flowing with the Source Energy's flow. And glory be the day, when we are a cleared vessel for the flow of Source Energy.

Once we have once again cleared out all that resistance, we can then open the holes in the bottom of the container more, so that more Source Energy is able to flow through us, and as we open the holes in the bottom of the container, we turn up the flow of water, eventually, if a person so desires, they can completely open the bottom of the container, so that there is no resistance at all, and the energy of Source flows through them freely. In this way, the physical manifestation is the conduit for Source Energy to flow and express purely and perfectly in the physical manifestation. And this expression is blissfully, and joyously Divine.

How long does this process take?

That is a very good question, that I am sure most people want an answer to.

Unfortunately, there is no one right answer that applies to everyone. In a general sense I can say, how long it takes is up to you, how focused you are on becoming more allowing, how much "stuff" you've accumulated over the years, and how effective you are at becoming aware of your "stuff" and how effective you are in letting it go. This process is an adventure where, when you become aware that you are flowing against the current, you in that moment, turn back around, and go with the flow. Each moment where we find an upstream thought or belief or attitude, and turn around, returning to the flow, we've removed some resistance, and we can really rejoice in that. Each little pebble removed is a reason to rejoice, each large pebble remove is a reason to rejoice. Each turning downstream, going with the flow is a reason to rejoice. Because in each of those moments, we are allowing Source Energy to flow more freely, and each moment we are allowing Source Energy to flow more freely, the better we feel, the more we allow what we want to come to us, the more our life is fulfilling, the more good feeling experiences we have, and the more we come to experience our own power and freedom.

Without resistance, we are powerful and free beings. (Even with resistance we are powerful and free beings, it just is more obvious without resistance.)