17 Overcoming our negative intention by identifying with our spiritual self

As we gradually make progress on our path, we become more alive and more honest in our feelings and ability to relate. We “sacrifice” old reactive patterns and discover that nothing good has been given up and plenty has been gained. It’s hard to remain skeptical… At some point in our journey, we are going to run into a wall. It’s made up of our previously concealed but now quite conscious negative intentionality…

In our unhealed psyches, we unconsciously want whatever it is we fear. Further, whatever we experience, we also unconsciously want. All these teachings are built upon these immutable facts. We need to recall this when we come face-to-face with our basic attitude toward life that says no…

So much of the resistance we encounter—in ourselves and our companions—is due precisely to our not wanting to see that a senseless, destructive streak of negative intention is in us… We’d rather hold onto our spite and go on blaming some fate that has befallen “poor innocent me,” than to move from our position… When we do finally see this, it is not a tragedy—it’s a huge blessing…

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Bones, Chapter 17: Overcoming our Negative Intention by Identifying with our Spiritual Self

Read Original Pathwork® Lecture: #195 Identification and Intentionality: Identification with the Spiritual Self to Overcome Negative Intentionality