By Charlie Gilkey
Be careful about how much power you give to the concept of “Resistance.” I appreciate how Steven Pressfield writes about it and uses it, but an overuse sets up the situation in which anytime we don’t want to do something, it’s Resistance at fault.
Understanding Resistance as an external force obscures the fact that we, ourselves, are the root of resistance. It’s our stories that place the weight on us. It’s our reactions and misperceptions that create the very monsters we then claim need slaying.
It’s us.
I’ve shared the following quote from the Tao Te Ching before in You Are Not Your Past:
The places where the troops camp //
thistles and thorns grow.
The line is not about troops and... More...
