Subverting Resistance: Breaking Through
A shorter half to the first stage. First comes the call to adventure, then comes resistance to following that call. If we accept the resistance, different calls will arise or, more commonly, the same call will manifest in different ways.
This is your subconscious going “Hey! Take note of this – we’re interested in pursuing this!”
So, fear is a motivator to make a choice: turn tail and head back to square one, or push through and continue.
There’s no time limit of being in this second stage – you are in a community of people all trying to achieve something, so we’re all in this together – so take as much time as you need here.
There’s a fantastic quote, from a very un-fantastic film called ‘After Earth’ which speaks about fear. Because the film is not that great (subjectively in my eyes, of course) you may not have seen it, but I’d like to share the part of the film that stuck with me below:
“Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity. Do not misunderstand me – danger is very real but fear is a choice.”
On Imagination
We’ve spent a long time probing our imagination in this section, and until you have a handle on this, I’d suggest working through the books and tasks within this section – reach out to the community within The Group, and start to make peace with the fears created in your mind.
In the next stage – Guardians and Guides – we develop on this concept of resistance and the power of our subconscious to begin rewriting our stories around success, what we want, and our capacity to attain what we want,
See you there!