What prevents you from doing your spiritual /personal development work?

[Preety_India]

I discovered this year that my own emotional state prevents me from doing spiritual work /personal development work. It's like a lot is left on the table and a lot of things that happen to me personally hinder my growth. 

What are your reasons that prevent you from doing spiritual/personal development work? 

 

[Bob Seeker]

Fear, negativity, unwillingness to expand, or to look at myself plainly can be uncomfortable.

it’s a lot to step into sometimes.

[Preety_India]

2 minutes ago, Bob Seeker said:

Fear, negativity, unwillingness to expand, or to look at myself plainly can be uncomfortable.

it’s a lot to step into sometimes.

I see. Totally relatable. 

Have you explored the ways to get rid of this negativity? 

What have you found so far? 

 

[John Paul]

Resentment, ignorance/lack of experience, fear/insecurity, level of health and consciousness itself, disorganization and chaos/lack of foundation and balance in lifestyle/natural backsliding to center of gravity, comfort/attachment

Edited February 17, 2022 by John Paul

[Preety_India]

1 minute ago, John Paul said:

Resentment, ignorance/lack of experience, fear/insecurity, level of health and consciousness itself, disorganization and chaos/lack of foundation and balance in lifestyle/natural backsliding to center of gravity, comfort/attachment

Really comprehensive. I hope you will be able to push them all away, overcome them and find your true path. 

Thank you for your response, that was detailed and comprehensive. Really wonderful answer. 

 

[John Paul]

@Preety_India

ya.... if only knowing all of the answers could help me cope with my self-created sense of "lack of support" and unwillingness to forgive.

[EternalForest]

Not knowing where to start or somehow feeling like I'm doing something wrong.

[Preety_India]

23 minutes ago, Marcel said:

I tend to notice getting myself caught up on little things and looping on them.

I think my most difficult roadblock is believing I can improve in the first place and selfsabotage. I tend to be to harsh on my self.

I turn the simplest things into super hard tasks and agonise on them and then not even do them from time to time ahhh 

Too much overthinking. Almost thought addiction to the point I forgot my environment and have a hard time focussing on a given task, switching in and out of it.

Time to get a bit gentle, am I right? 

 

[Preety_India]

21 minutes ago, EternalForest said:

Not knowing where to start or somehow feeling like I'm doing something wrong.

Yes this has been huge for me. I get mightily confused on where to start or feeling uneasy that I'm doing something wrong. 

 

[John Paul]

All relatable. 

[Preety_India]

4 minutes ago, Marcel said:

Definitely a good start.

I sometimes feel like this making things hard for oneself is some sort of self punishment. It’s like climbing an imaginary wall and being frustrated that you don’t get over it. 

Yes I can sense that. You're sort of abusing yourself by being too hard on yourself. A kind of disservice to your wonderful being. Why would you do that? 

I can think in your case you lack self love. 

 

[Preety_India]

@Marcel I'll be back with better solutions to your issue on the same thread. Please wait. It will take some time. 

 

 

[hyruga]

You are a spiritual being in a human body. No one can stop you from being spiritual or doing spiritual work because you are already divine. 

Just love and do good deeds and you will be doing personal development as a result. Love is the proof that God dwells in us. 

 

[Alex_R]

Struggling with addictions and self consciousness 

[DecemberFlower]

Lack of discipline Lack of Persistence mostly.. 

[Bob Seeker]

8 hours ago, Preety_India said:

I see. Totally relatable. 

Have you explored the ways to get rid of this negativity? 

What have you found so far? 

 

Abraham hicks emotional scale like @Nahm talks about, sitting and reflecting, music/singing sometimes.

also convincing myself I can have what I really want and writing it on dream board.

[John Paul]

@Bob Seeker

music/singing so underrated lol. I feel like music is my oldest and best/only real/true friend.

[itachi uchiha]

its like heros jouney. i resisted doing spiritual work until some event forced me to do it

also there are some artifical way or some ways by which u can start doing spiritual work with little effort without any external event forcing you