More than Just Lines on a Map: Best Practices for U.S Bike Routes
Resistance
1. Resistance
We all have itin usfor eithera person,ora substance or a time or an eventora coloror foodor an
idea. Let us understandwhatisit(of course ! the way it flashedforme).
Everyone knowsandtoa certainextentagree that“You have onlythe rightto work;but not onthe
fruitsthereof.Don’tbe instrumental inmakingyouractionsbearfruit.Also,letnotyourattachment
be instrumental toinaction.
So we knowwe are notthe doers – We are guidedmomenttomomentasto where wouldwe be –
whatwe wouldbe doingandwhatwe wouldtalkingetc.etc. Nothingonthisplanetisevera
coincidence. Itisjusta wordin the dictionaryandeverywordhasto have a meaning…..nothing
more than that.
Havingagreedthat we are channelsforeventstounfold –example,Take anyone act
To reach one’sdestination –some vehicle orsomeone becomesachannel
To keepitin workingcondition –there are manydynamicswhichbecome the channel
Path isa channel
Time isa channel
Condition onthe pathis a channel
Intentionisachannel
So whatare we resisting?
Resistance iscertainlynotabad wordor bad deedjustthatit deprivesusof the opportunitytohave
a newerexperience. We are resistanttoour own selves. Whenanopportunityknocks,mostlyfor
leftbrainedpeople, whoneedtohave a logicfor anythingandeverything –mindwanders – why,
whatis the use,whatis init forme, doI have the time andinclination, whyshouldItake thatblind
plunge. Questionsgalore but whathappensisthatthe momentumislost. Eventsstill happenand
Life movesonand nothingstopsforanyone……..Foodforthought – Who is the loser?