Question: It is easy to say that you need to free yourself from resistance. It's much harder to do. I still don't quite understand how to stop resisting. And even when you say it is achieved through surrender, the question still remains: "How?"

Question: It is easy to say that you need to free yourself from resistance. It's much harder to do. I still don't quite understand how to stop resisting. And even when you say it is achieved through surrender, the question still remains: "How?"

Eckhart Tull's answer: First be aware of your resistance. Be present when resistance arises. Observe how your mind cultivates it, how it labels the circumstances, you and those around you. Notice the thoughts involved in all of this. Feel the energy of the emotion.

By observing resistance, you realize its futility. By focusing all your attention on the now, you turn unconscious resistance into conscious resistance, thereby destroying it.

You cannot be aware and unhappy, aware and negative at the same time. All forms of negativity, sadness, suffering are signs of resistance, and resistance is always unconscious.

The power of now

ECKHART TOLLE 🐈