‘The Obstacle is the Way’
I’ve just started a new weekly theme in my Facebook group, Warrior Training for the Sensitive Soul!
Every Monday, I share a ‘power thought’ for the week ahead. This can take the form of an idea or intention, a piece of philosophy even taken from the context of martial arts training.
The purpose is to offer you grounding, clarity and focus in the form of an anchor word or phrase that you can come back to over again if you lose yourself in mental or emotional overwhelm, paralysis, or if you simply lose your direction and discipline.
Create your own power thoughts at the beginning of each week or follow along in my group with me!
Here’s what our focus is this week:
‘THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY’
This power thought is taken from the title of Ryan Holiday’s book, but the thought stems from the Roman philosopher, Marcus Aurelius. He states:
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
This week’s intention is to watch your resistance to any obstacle or challenge that shows up or that you’re currently dealing with.
What if you didn’t fear the obstacle, what if you expanded your perspective around it?
Look closely at your thinking, at your mental conditioning — these old patterns on repeat, how can you transform what you see?
What if the obstruction, the resistance is guiding the way forward — to your next step?
Fear not the obstacle, fear only your approach.
– Persistence Academy.
What is on the other side of the resistance?
Actually stop and pause and think or write down an answer to this question! There is surely some treasure, some joy, some aspect of yourself that desires union! (Yoga). Answer what are you resisting, truly?
In boxing or sparring, you move in angles and dance around the opponent so they cannot attack directly, but sooner or later you have to engage by finding an opening at the right moment to strike. But first, you have to expand your (peripheral) vision — watch and flow with the moments — take action that is not expected to go through the opponent’s defences.
Meet what comes at you with an expanded sense of view rather than acting from the same old thinking. Consider all sides before you take action. See the bigger picture.
The obstacle is the path.
Let this power phrase flash in your mind in the coming days when you feel lost, stagnant or overwhelmed and know that where there is struggle, there is a path unfolding for you. There is some gift beyond the block.
You are the light, the consciousness walking through the darkness. You have agency. You are the way.
Payal
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