Non-Resistance is the way of the Enlightened

Namaste.
Can u kindly elaborate on the 'non-resistance' disposition? Suppose something u dislike or untoward happens, do u accept it? I'd like to know how to deal with the 'thou shall not' principles that guide our existence.
Shalom
Gladys

Namaste Gladys,

The teaching is the following...
Existence is far bigger than you or me. No-one of us is the whole of Life itself but have individual lives within this Whole. Living in our ego-identity, we think that our life is the whole, and thus want Existence to fall in line with our desires and wishes in every moment, and when it doesn't we resist the moment and what-is.

It is a fact of life that literally everything in existence is beyond our control. In fact if you look deeply enough you find that the maximum you can control, and this too only happens with a lot of training, is your own action, your own feelings and your own thoughts.
Beyond this, no-thing and no-one is in your control.

Thus, since existence is largely made up of what you cannot control, it is obvious that things that you want will happen sometimes, as well as things you do not want at other times.

Resistance to anything will only provide more fuel for your ego, and feed the thing you resist itself, as you try to manipulate and maneuver things to fall in line with your desires.
Resistance to what-is will create more suffering and pain, for you and for others around you.

I still remember the day my Master asked me "What makes you think you are here to make everything go your way?"
It was a revelation for me and stunned me into silence and freedom.

All along I had been living life thinking that things should always go my way!
If you look deeply you ll realise that the whole world lives thinking the same thing, and because we always resist what-is, and want things to be just the way we want them to be, we always create pain, and suffer.

Non-resistance means that you simply open yourself fully to life, and accept whatever the moment brings. accept whatever arises, in you or in another around you, and then from a point of acceptance of the moment, you observe your options, choose the option that best leads to overall harmony, and take action on it.

You are still making choices, only from a state of non resistance to Existence and what it brings to you in the moment. You are responding to Existence rather than reacting to it, and in this crucial difference is the secret to happiness, joy, manifestation and enlightenment.

This is the way of the Masters.

Remember the 3 crucial words...
1. Accept (Non-Resistance)
2. Observe (Choice)
3. Respond (Action)
This is the teaching of the Enlightened Masters.

THE MASTER RESISTS NOTHING ! S/HE RESPONDS TO EVERYTHING !

May I suggest you read my book The Little Manual of Enlightenment (available everywhere) and also Enlightenment Made Simple (if you can get your hands on this one as its out of print) as in both of them I have written more about the subject of Non-Resistence. Thank you Gladys.

With love and light, I wish you enlightenment.

Vikas Malkani
The Enlightenment Specialist
www.theenlightenmentspecialist.com