If there is anything we’ve learned in these challenging times, it’s that resiliency is not a given. It must be earned. Facing life’s challenging experiences will develop resiliency… if you face them with courage, patience, and a little faith. However, if you want to grow your capacity for resiliency then there is no substitute for a developmental practice. Any practice that is committed, long-term, and keeps you at the edge of your comfort zone will gradually develop your physical, psychological, emotional, and yes, even spiritual resiliency.
Spirit Is Always, Already Resilient
Any developmental practice will gradually, and consistently take you to the edge of your comfort zone… and just a little beyond. It is in the zone of “a little beyond” that you grow. This growth zone is also when your resiliency grows. In this sense, our capacity for resiliency is relative and equal to our growth and development.
But there is a place within you that is not relative, but rather absolute. It’s a state beyond time and space… a state that was never born and will never die. In fact, it is your spiritual core and its very nature is resilience. Spiritual resiliency is your birthright.
For your relative sense of self, resiliency must be earned. That’s why we practice. But when it comes to your spiritual nature, you are always, already resilient.
On April 30th, 2020 I lead a session on “Spiritual Resiliency” for the “Embodying Resilience” day-conference. The below video is an excerpt from that session where I lead a voice dialogue process looking at our relative resiliency, the edge of our comfort zone, and that space where we are already, always resilient.
Enjoy!
Question: What practices do you have for developing resiliency? And what is your experience of the state of always, already resilient? join the conversation by leaving your questions and comment below.
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