How Do I Know Whether Resistance Is Psychological or Physical?

"In my understanding, the largest cause of suffering is resistance towards thoughts and feelings. But when my senses become heightened through awareness, they can be overwhelming. How do I work with this in systems requiring response? Rupert says: ‘When you are taking your stand as awareness, the seeking and resistance that characterise the separate self lose their hold over you. Previously, when you were taking your stand as the separate self, your attention was almost exclusively preoccupied with the seeking and resistance. Now you’re taking your stand as awareness. All the attention that was previously absorbed in your thoughts and feelings is now free. And you become much more sensitive. In those times when your perceptions seem to be overwhelming, just ask yourself, am I, awareness, really overwhelmed by the intensity of this experience? I suspect that if in those moments you really take your stand as the openness of awareness, the open resistance-less-ness of awareness, then even heightened sensations and perceptions won’t overwhelm you.’"

From event 30 August - 06 September, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 30 August–6 September 2025

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