Do you welcome all that comes to you or do you resist everything? If you cannot resist anything, you cannot welcome anything. You cannot resist everything and you cannot welcome everything. You do not welcome all thoughts that come to your mind. When you welcome a thought, it means you find it good and act on it. If you act on all thoughts that come to your mind, you will end up in a mental hospital or in prison.
So, you resist or ignore some thoughts and you welcome other thoughts. You need discrimination in life. Welcoming and resisting is a swing in life. Welcoming is essential for expansion and growth, and resistance is essential for maintenance.
But what you resist persists, isn’t it? If you resist a cold, it does not persist. If there is no resistance in your body, you cannot survive. Your body resists some things and welcomes other things. Where resistance is weak, persistence results. Weak resistance makes opposition persist.
A strong resistance erases the opposition. Strong resistance leads to valour, power and samadhi, equanimity. It brings in you the strength of a warrior. Nothing can tempt you, nothing can obstruct you, and victory is gained without fighting. Where there is strong resistance or total welcome, victory is gained without any fighting.
