Nothing Is Ever Stuck

©2010 Joan M. Newcomb

About twelve years ago I took a class with David Spangler, and he said in New Age circles there is much judgement for being 'stuck', that you have to keep growing and changing in overt ways.  He said 'nothing is ever stuck'.  I recall he used physics or biology as examples.  When something looks like it isn't moving, the atoms and molecules actually are.  Even something that has physically died is undergoing change as it breaks down and transforms into something else. 
 
This time of year (in the Northern Hemisphere) it seems like everything has gone dormant, and yet under the surface there's a lot of activity!  Seeds are germinating, getting ready to generate new life, which won't be evident until Spring.
 
A professional author I knew once explained how hard it was to time-clock the creative process.  So much writing gets done in one's imagination, prior to coming out one's fingertips and onto the keyboard.  You can be mulling about your garden, seemingly doing nothing, but work is going on.
 
In terms of personal growth, we judge ourselves for being stuck or feeling stuck, when in actuality all our issues are coming to the surface to be worked on.  Sometimes it may seem like an issue we've struggled with or thought we'd resolved before, and we feel discouraged that it's come up again.  In reality we're dealing with it at a deeper level.
 
Often we feel most logjammed just before we experience tremendous breakthrough.
 
What to do when you feel this way?  Sometimes nothing is the best answer.  Part of feeling stuck is when we go into effort and try very hard to get unstuck!  Effort blocks spiritual creativity.  Taking a break, letting go, allows the Universe to bring to us the change we're trying to manifest.
 
Resistance is another aspect of Effort and will magnetically attract what we don't want.  If we're resisting an issue, sure enough it will show up.  Releasing resistance, not fighting what is, can make it have less power over us and even disappear completely.
 
If you're feeling stuck over achieving a positive outcome, baby steps may be the solution.  We'll get overwhelmed imagining the end result and not even start.  Losing weight is a great example.  It involves changing eating and exercise habits and also your self image.  Trying to do that all at once is too much.  Breaking it down into - literally- bite sized pieces, substituting fruit for sugar, drinking only liquids with no calories, taking walks, can bring success as you grow into the new You.
 
Increasing prosperity and abundance has similar steps as well. It can require awareness of spending habits, being able to see or feel yourself at an increased income level, and letting go of old (sometimes family) patterns.
 
Usually, however, the only thing that is stuck is the voice recording in your head, telling you that you aren't or can't move forward.  When you recognize and dismiss your Inner Gremlin, you'll suddenly see how productive you actually are, and have the energy to take great leaps forward.  http://www.tamingyourgremlin.com/ has excellent suggestions for how to do this!
 
This week, should you feel motivated, try any of the above.  Do nothing, or do baby steps, and see what happens!

Nothing is ever stuck

©2008 Joan M. Newcomb

Today a friend of mine said that she had a growing fascination with glass. Did you know, she said, that glass is considered a liquid? It's just moving very slowly!

It reminded me of something David Spangler remarked in a class I was in some years ago - that nothing is ever stuck, there is always movement. In many New Age/Personal Growth belief systems there is judgment if someone seems to not be changing. There's great validation if one is constantly on a roller-coaster ride of overt transformation.

In physics there is always movement, as in nature there is always change. A tree falls and dies and immediately starts becoming support for new living things. This time of year in this hemisphere it seems like everything has gone dormant. And yet beneath the surface, roots are strengthening and seeds are germinating. In ourselves, in our lives, there is always growth, even if the external seems stagnant.

Sometimes we may feel we're spinning our wheels, or that no matter how hard we try, we're making no progress. However, on the unseen levels much is being created. We're sending out rockets of desire for future manifestations. And our Expanded Self is enjoying the experience of being the opposite of it's Infinite Beingness.

Often at the moment we stop trying, when we surrender into the 'stuckness', we make a quantum leap forward. It's when we let go of effort, a body energy that blocks creativity, that our spiritual intentions can take form.

This has been a challenging winter for most of us. Harsh weather and lack of sunlight makes the best of us want to hibernate. My suggestion for the next week is to let go of trying to improve your situation, or resisting whatever limitations may be facing you. Give yourself a break for an hour or a day or the next week. Zone out in front of the boob tube or do something non-productively entertaining. And notice what gets unplugged and starts changing without any active effort on your part!