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Obstacles
Obstacles
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As we begin exploring higher levels, obstacles may impede our progress.
These obstacles may arise, they do not need to occur. They are mentioned so we can recognize their mechanisms and disperse them, instead of wasting energy on them.
Obstacles are unhelpful emotional attitudes. They make situations appear in a negative or depressing light. They induce feelings of misery, gloominess or despair and divert attention towards irrelevant feelings that block expansion.
Obstacles have nothing to do with challenges. Though they also trigger intense emotions, obstacles can be dissolved instantly and so thoroughly that they never disturb us again - if we so desire.
All obstacles are instantly neutralized if we change our attitude towards them.
It further helps to be patient once they occur and to wait for their foreseeable dispersal while we continue to expand.
