Resist: Decision Time

Dr. Robert V. Gerard
May 3
2 min read

By Robert V Gerard

When you resist, you invoke a compelling psychological process. At that moment, you must follow through with crucial decisions. Do I resist or not? Your awareness and defense mechanisms are immediately activated.

Picture yourself standing at the end of a cliff on a calm day. Suddenly, a breeze arrives and hits your face. Do you accept that and remain calm or react? If that breeze was a powerful blast upon you, you most likely react to resolve the situation. Replace the notion of "Wind" with that of "Energy." Identifying how the mental, physical, and emotional flow of energy affects you. Resolving how you will resist is also essential.

Something has antagonized you to resist. An element of life has approached you. It could be personal, social, factual, a belief, a thought, or most likely, some external comment, a temptation, or an ambiguity. When this occurs, you must move into the following process, which I call a "Pre-Self Confrontation Moment."

A "Pre-self-confrontation" is a crucial moment of rational thought and emotional evaluation. It's how you relate to who you are. It can be construed as a "mini-judgment time," asking yourself, "What am I going to do about it?"

Next, you have another decision: to find the cause, which can be externally driven or an anchor that points to something within. Each requires honest, rational thought.

The parameters for resistance could be based on three key orientations for resolving what you resist.

Personal— is resolving in service for your highest good?
Social— is resolving to pertain to the highest good of others?
Environmental— is resolving aimed at the highest good of the planet?

To resist is also based on the circumstances and consequences that you're potentially creating. How will your mental, physical, and emotional bodies adapt to the answers?

When you resist, you are blocking the energy flow. Therefore, at the "Personal" level, you must accept what you resisted, fix the matter with the resolution, and learn and grow. On the "Social" level, your resolution will influence others. However, you place yourself in an uncertain phase, not knowing how your resolution will be accepted, not knowing how others will respond. When you decide for the highest good of the "Environment," your resolution may be accepted or not, but it could prove beneficial and beyond you, as in wait and see.

If you resist any source of self-confrontation, you can explore the grounds for denial or determine what is deceitful about the facts and circumstances that affect you directly.

Getting to the point—resisting is a crucial psychological process that goes deep into the laws of creativity and the realms of survival. Regardless of everything, resisting coupled with a resolution is a learning process. It makes you accountable. The process of resistance is initially food for growth. It must be identified and corrected, and your actions must be verified.

Final note: The more you know your true self, the easier it is to deal with resistance issues. Having a clear mind and a loving heart are your best weapons.

Once done, the case is closed. Move onto life again.