From calmdownmind.com:
Lethargy can be a force of resistance to “right action”. If there is a presence of lethargy, it’s difficult to follow the inspirations, within you, for action – it’s like your body is not being co-operative to your mind/thinking. Action is an integral part of physical living, and it’s also the nature of life-energy to be in “movement” towards new growth and expression, it’s just about ensuring that your actions are in the direction of your natural expression, rather than they coming from a place of lack/fear. However, to execute “actions” you need to be free of the resistance of lethargy. An affinity towards lethargy makes you less co-operative to your life-stream’s intelligence, and thus you are no longer in a state to actualize your inner inspirations, desires and calls for growth.
There is a period, during the phase of release (the phase of letting go of past accumulation, what I call phase 3 in this post – awakening, transcendence and the return of focus) when there is no real energy for active involvement, and there is a desire for some isolation and additional rest, to deal with the inner transitions involved during the release. During this phase (of release) it’s required to let go of the mindset of forcing yourself into undue action, and just allow your body’s desire for rest, and your being’s desire for some space of isolation, to allow for inner connection.
Some of us keep busy out of a fear of “inaction”.
Finding inner freedom from any form of fear is the primary foundation needed to live your natural expression – this includes finding freedom from your fear of inactivity. Whenever your movement comes from a place of fear, you will always enter into some form of struggle-based living. It’s very important to understand this point. This is the reason why a phase of “release”, where you let go of the momentum/grip of fear, is required before you can start living your natural expression. If you try to make yourself “active” without first releasing the momentum of mental/emotional fear, you just end up in a cycle of struggle where you have to constantly combat your inner resistances (created by fear momentum or ego-force) along with the resistance of lethargy.
Once you start sensing the presence of inner freedom in you, it’s indicative that you are coming to an end of the phase of release (phase 3). Also let go of all the pointers that were helpful in the “phase of release”, because now it’s time for you to start a different journey, a journey towards a “return of focus” to start living actively. Lethargy is also a “bodily resistance” – it has a physical element to it. So even if you are mentally (and emotionally) free of resistance, your body can still be a source of resistance. This is mostly because the body, including the brain, works on the principle of “habit”, so when lethargy becomes a habit the body develops an affinity towards it.
It’s easy to fall into addictions when you develop an inkling for lethargy. When you don’t have to deal with the momentum of mental/emotional resistance, it’s much easier to overcome the body’s resistance to activity (or its affinity to lethargy), however, it’s still a conscious choice that you need to stay true to – this choice is part of conscious living. When the resistance of lethargy goes out of your body you will no longer have to make a conscious choice about it and your body naturally feels more “co-operative” to living your action-based expressions.
Lethargy can be a force of resistance to “right action”. If there is a presence of lethargy, it’s difficult to follow the inspirations, within you, for action – it’s like your body is not being co-operative to your mind/thinking. Action is an integral part of physical living, and it’s also the nature of life-energy to be in “movement” towards new growth and expression, it’s just about ensuring that your actions are in the direction of your natural expression, rather than they coming from a place of lack/fear. However, to execute “actions” you need to be free of the resistance of lethargy. An affinity towards lethargy makes you less co-operative to your life-stream’s intelligence, and thus you are no longer in a state to actualize your inner inspirations, desires and calls for growth.
There is a period, during the phase of release (the phase of letting go of past accumulation, what I call phase 3 in this post – awakening, transcendence and the return of focus) when there is no real energy for active involvement, and there is a desire for some isolation and additional rest, to deal with the inner transitions involved during the release. During this phase (of release) it’s required to let go of the mindset of forcing yourself into undue action, and just allow your body’s desire for rest, and your being’s desire for some space of isolation, to allow for inner connection.
Some of us keep busy out of a fear of “inaction”.
Finding inner freedom from any form of fear is the primary foundation needed to live your natural expression – this includes finding freedom from your fear of inactivity. Whenever your movement comes from a place of fear, you will always enter into some form of struggle-based living. It’s very important to understand this point. This is the reason why a phase of “release”, where you let go of the momentum/grip of fear, is required before you can start living your natural expression. If you try to make yourself “active” without first releasing the momentum of mental/emotional fear, you just end up in a cycle of struggle where you have to constantly combat your inner resistances (created by fear momentum or ego-force) along with the resistance of lethargy.
Once you start sensing the presence of inner freedom in you, it’s indicative that you are coming to an end of the phase of release (phase 3). Also let go of all the pointers that were helpful in the “phase of release”, because now it’s time for you to start a different journey, a journey towards a “return of focus” to start living actively. Lethargy is also a “bodily resistance” – it has a physical element to it. So even if you are mentally (and emotionally) free of resistance, your body can still be a source of resistance. This is mostly because the body, including the brain, works on the principle of “habit”, so when lethargy becomes a habit the body develops an affinity towards it.
It’s easy to fall into addictions when you develop an inkling for lethargy. When you don’t have to deal with the momentum of mental/emotional resistance, it’s much easier to overcome the body’s resistance to activity (or its affinity to lethargy), however, it’s still a conscious choice that you need to stay true to – this choice is part of conscious living. When the resistance of lethargy goes out of your body you will no longer have to make a conscious choice about it and your body naturally feels more “co-operative” to living your action-based expressions.
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