Perhaps Our Biggest Obstacle in Life
We are here to grow and evolve as beings.
You could say that in many ways:
- We’re here to become a better person
- We’re here to live our life’s purpose or spiritual path
- Our soul is here to learn our lessons of this lifetime
In this earth-plane existence, we are in human form, however, we are much more than just a human being.
I often hear the saying, “We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
I think that’s a pretty good way to say it, but, we’re even more than spiritual beings. The spiritual aspect is just one dimensional level beyond what we are most used to experiencing as life here on earth.
I like the term “multi-dimensional being” because that’s the best way of describing what we actually are.
I am a physical body = 3rd dimensional level
I am a mind/ego with thoughts and emotions = 4th dimensional level
I am a spiritual being = 5th dimensional level
I am a multi-dimensional being = all the above and whatever we are beyond the 5th dimensional level that we’re not yet even aware of (I’ve heard there are at least 13 dimensions that exist)
So, like Shrek explained to Donkey, we’re made up of dimensional “layers” and there’s a lot more to us than most people realize…
Now back to the point about our biggest obstacle. As I said, we are here to grow and evolve as beings.
At first glance, most people have no problem with that statement, it sounds like a good thing.
But, in order to grow and evolve, we will have to change, and here’s where we meet a huge obstacle. Change is a big problem for most people because:
- Change requires you to step out of your comfort zone and into new territory, try new things and practice new ways of being.
- Many people believe they cannot change or that change is extremely hard so they give up on trying to make changes in their lives.
The main reason change is difficult is due to the part of your mind/ego that strongly resists change. It is your built in survival mechanism and it is operating under the assumption that any change is a potential threat to your survival. Therefore, change must be resisted and avoided at every turn!
This mind/ego survival mechanism is your biggest obstacle to you being able to make the changes in your life that you really want to make. It may allow you to make some small, incremental changes for a short period of time, however, unless it (the survival mechanism) has changed it’s viewpoint or your relationship to it has changed, most likely what you’ll experience is the “rubberband effect” and the snapping back to old ways of being.
Sound familiar?
We call this self-sabotage, but it is simply what commonly happens as a result of this built in survival mechanism just doing its job (trying to keep you alive in the way it thinks is best).
It’s not really that you are sabotaging yourself, it’s that there is one aspect of your being (on mind/ego level) that strongly resists change because it thinks it’s helping to keep you alive by doing so.
So, this is what most stands in the way of you having the life you really want.
