Resistance to Goals

February 16, 2025 - Reading time: ~1 minute

One of the applications of releasing is dissolving resistance to goals. And it's very simple - deceptively simple.

Let me explain:

When we have a goal, we tend to fight ourselves unconsciously. There's almost always a belief getting in the way.

This comes from wanting. Sounds strange, doesn't it? Well, if you think about it, when we want things, it means that we don't have them - there's an unconscious sense of lack.

When we go for goals from a place of equilibrium - free from attachment to any particular outcome, we're free from wants that get in the way.

The most basic wants are the need for approval, control, security and survival.

When we release these wants, there is a tendency or a greater possibility for our goals to become realized.

Ultimately, when you fully let go of all these wants I've listed, there will be no need for goals in the same way that you once thought there was.

At that point, goals will arise spontaneously from your sense of peace or equilibrium.

In the next post, we'll look at attachment, aversion, and polarities.