Facing and Overcoming Obstacles

[qos]

The path is kind of strange right now. . . On the one hand, I feel like I'm just sitting still -- and I am in several key areas. But I'm also aware of making progress in other areas, the kind of progress that manifests in sudden shifts of insight. Maybe it's as if I'm not going forward but I am going deeper. The trick is to be sure I'm actually achieving depth, not just sinking into the muck of intertia. And of course it's not an either/or. The path has many levels.

I have a real problem with avoidance. It's as if I simply stop seeing certain tasks and challenges. A few months ago I was addressing that with dedicated attention to a couple of lists: my practice log, my goal list for my practice. Now I don't even see those documents anymore.

To try to overcome this, I'm working on a discipline of stopping to acknowledge that I'm getting caught up in an obstacle rather than actually working toward a goal. If I feel resistance or avoidance, I need to stop and really see what I'm scaring myself with.

LM, warrior that he is, has been helping me with this, urging me to fully face the obstacles and grapple with them, using the appropriate "weapons" to battle with each. Not pursuing my goals because I'm hiding from shadow-fears is not going to get me where I want to be.

Comments

[watcher457.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's also a matter of perspective. Every evening, write down a list of your accomplishments in any area you care to track, your spirituality, for example. That way you can see what you are doing, so as not to be down on yourself (negative emotions are rarely helpful in these situations), and if the list is skimpy, you can consider what you'd like to do to add to it.

Now, some people will just rest on their laurels and conveniently forget all the things they could work on adding to their list, but I don't think that will happen to you with LM and Ereshkigal keeping their eyes on you. Just a thought.

[geek-dragon.livejournal.com]

Man, hard to do everything!

I find myself shifting from one area to the next.

I feel the same way in a bit... but I've just gone through a "tower phase" so it's time for me to build better stuff in the blast radius.

[silverhawkdruid.livejournal.com]

I do sympathise with the avoidance thing. If there is one task I really must accomplish, I can guarantee I'll find umpteen other things to do instead! *grin*
Like now. I should be cleaning and shifting furniture but I just HAD to catch up on LJ first. LOL