To find ease, we must embrace the uncertainty that comes with unexpected/scary/big feelings when we engage in actions with unpredictable outcomes. Human beings are afraid of uncertainty because we are usually not interested in the truth – we’re interested in the elimination of uncertainty, and that fact alone causes us to believe things and do thin... See more
Resistance to anything – emotions, needs, hobbies, curiosities, feelings, impulses – prevents our mind from learning about their consequences. So we do the things we think we should be doing. This thing, whatever it is, takes a path of resistance with immense friction (and not the kind that shows us our edges).