Der Widerstand gegen Veränderung oder Wachstum ist beträchtlich. Die meisten würden lieber sterben als die Glaubensüberzeugungen umzustellen, die sie an geringere Bewusstseinsebenen binden. FU Power vs. Force, S. 235

Wenn einem etwas nicht gefällt, liegt das am Widerstand. Und wenn dieser Widerstand losgelassen wird, wird er durch Gefühle von Stärke, Zutrauen und Freude ersetzt. OU Das All-sehende Auge, S. 214

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Resistance to change or growth is considerable. Most people would rather die than alter those belief systems that confine them to lower levels of consciousness. Power vs. Force, S. 235

The ego puts up resistances and it struggles for survival. Therefore, when its proclivities arise, they should be viewed as a sign of success and not of failure. Instead of dismay, the surfacing of the ego's resistances should be taken as a sign of accomplishment. The inner search that characterizes the spiritual pathway is are capitulation of the evolution of the ego from prehistoric times up to the present, but this time there is the gift of freedom to choose differently. I. Reality and Subjectivity, S. 183-184

Spiritual research indicates that all suffering and emotional pain results from resistance. Its cure is via surrender and acceptance. Transcending Levels of Consciousness, S. 94

The core of resistance is the ego's carefully concealed illusion and claim to omnipotence and divinity. Transcending Levels of Consciousness, chapter 12, S. 217

Compassion for the self is an attribute of the Self. Thus, the last great resistance to be surrendered is the resistance to the ever-present Love of God. Transcending Levels of Consciousness, S. 354

A great resistance of the ego is the wish to control and derive pleasure from the ego's payoffs. Therefore, the ego creates resistances in the form of fears, including expectations of discomfort, loss from change, or fear of failure. These, however, represent spiritual pride, which also needs to be surrendered. It is an egoistic vanity to presume that Divinity is either pleased, not pleased, or disappointed with human frailties and proclivities. Transcending Levels of Consciousness, chapter 21

Spiritual evolution is the automatic consequence of watching the mind from the general viewpoint of context rather then content. Instead of trying to force change, it is merely necessary to allow divinity to do so by deeply surrendering all control, resistance, and illusions of gain or loss. It is not necessary to attack illusions but to merely allow them to fall away. It is not necessary, nor fruitful to use force by such mechanisms as guilt, nor is it necessary to try to pursue or propel spiritual evolution because it automatically evolves of it's own accord when the obstacles and resistances of illusions are surrendered. Transcending Levels of Consciousness, chapter 21

One often avoids situations based on presumptions and their subsequent resistances. An instructive practice is to pretend either in imagination or in daily life to enjoy certain activities and people and then surprisingly discover that the capacity for enjoyment and pleasure stems from within (i.e. joie de vivre). Experimenting with other attitudes and personality styles results in surprising inner discoveries. This type of 'role playing' is utilized in the group techniques of psychodrama. Discovery of the Presence of God, chapter 5 Clarifications, S. 103

Resistance subsides when there is a clear understanding that what is being surrendered is not of intrinsic value but is instead imagined to be of value solely because of the juice or payoff the ego extracts from that position. The principle of willingness needs only to be applied to the ego's payoff and not to the object or condition itself [...] one can ask oneself the question, Is this worth giving up for God? Discovery of the Presence of God, S. 118

Instead of resisting life, we go with life and surrender it to God. This is the wisdom of the Tao, which teaches that the willow tree bends with the wind, but the oak tree, which resists it, breaks. Healing and Recovery, S. 309-310

The source of resistance to spiritual endeavor is the narcissistic core of the ego itself, which secretly claims sovereignty and authorship of one's existence, decisions, and actions. Thus, despite one's best efforts, willfulness and desire for gain or control have continued to erupt repetitiously.
This pattern can be diminished simply by accepting that it is natural for the ego to be vain, greedy, hateful, prideful, resentful, envious, and more. These were learned accretions to the ego during its evolutionary development over eons of time. Therefore, it is not necessary to feel guilty because these primitive emotions merely need to be out-grown and discarded in the transition from self-interest to SELF-interest. Along the Path to Enlightenment. 365 Reflections from David R. Hawkins, S. 149, Reflection of October 7th

Question: A very interesting statement you made is that "all experience is due to resistance." If one goes on a long stroll through the forest and experiences the wonder of nature, is that due to the ego's resistance to reality? Can you clarify this further?
Answer: Well, the person is seeing the woods from a specific locality called I or myself. When that disappears the experiencing is not from a specific locality but more like a generality, as though you are the woods, not different than the woods So, it's a very high state to go into, a state of peace, and the witnessing begins to happen automatically of its own. And eventually, what happens is the sense that 'there is a personal I witnessing' disappears, and the phenomena are occurring spontaneously of their own without any reference to a specific observer.
Question: So is all experience due to resistance?
Answer: One can witness without experiencing.
Question: But what's the resistance?
Answer: [...] In ordinary life negative feelings are due to resistance, with the relinquishing of that in ordinary life you disappear it as an experiential phenomenon. […] For example, let's say there's a baby crying in the back of the bus, and it's annoying you. As long as you resist it, the baby's gonna keep annoying you. When you suddenly relent to it, it just melds in with the rest of the noise in the bus and doesn't bother you any more.
Question: Okay. So you're talking about surrendering to it?
Answer: Letting go resisting it, you know, its most phenomenal use is, of course, letting go of negative things [...].
Audio interview Untitled, presented by US web radio station Beyond the Ordinary, hosts Nacy and Elena, aired 14. September 2004

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Lass dein Leben zum Reibungswiderstand gegen Ungerechtigkeit werden! Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Philosoph, Historiker, führender Transzendentalist

Leisten Sie Widerstand! Schämen Sie sich nicht, über Dinge mitzureden, die Sie nicht ganz verstehen! Alles Wesentliche ist nicht verstanden! Peter Kafka (1933-2000) deutscher Physiker

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Truth, purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness, humility, unity, peace, and renunciation. – These are the inherent qualities of a civil resister. Mohandas Karamchand Mahatma Gandhi [LoC 760] (1869-1948) Indian sage, spiritual activist leader, humanitarian, lawyer, nonviolent freedom fighter
M. Gandhi integrated the teachings on nonviolence of Jainism, Henry David Thoreau's idea of civil disobedience, and the Bhagavad Gita's call to do your duty and fight for the just cause. The resulting fusion thereof changed the political arena of the twentieth century.

You are always seeking pleasure, avoiding pain, always after happiness and peace. Don’t you see that it is your very search for happiness that makes you feel miserable? Try the other way: indifferent to pain and pleasure, neither asking nor refusing, give all your attention to the level on which 'I am' is timelessly present. Soon you will realize that peace and happiness are your very nature and it is only seeking them through some particular channels that disturb. Avoid the disturbance that is all. To seek there is no need; you would not seek what you already have. You yourself are God, the Supreme Reality. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj [LoC 720] (1897-1981) Indian Hindu sage of the Advaita Vedanta tradition

An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out. Max Planck [LoC 475] (1848-1947) German theoretic physicist, founder of quantum theory, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1918

The resistance to any new idea is proportional to the square of its importance. Bertrand Russell [LoC 465] (1872-1970) British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, social reformist, pacifist, member of the Royal Society

Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the life of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples, crossing each other from a million different centers of energy, build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. Robert Kennedy (1925-1968) US American justice minister, Democratic senator from New York, civil rights activist, younger brother of the 35th US president John F. Kennedy

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear. Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) US American author, humorist

Resistance is a negative attraction. Guy Finley (*1949) US American self-help writer, philosopher, spiritual teacher, and former professional songwriter, musician, Podcast 56: The Essential Laws of Fearless Living, minute 26:08, InsidePersonalGrowth.com

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