How to assess resonance and patterns in relationships. Do the relationships, friendships, jobs, and environments in your life create resonance or dissonance? In this thought-provoking episode of the Effortless Living podcast on life mindfulness, hosts Susan Thompson and guest Blake, discuss the critical practice of evaluating whether the people and situations you engage with harmonize with your core patterns and values or clash against them in discord.
The central concept is becoming self-aware of your unconscious patterns - the ingrained habits, beliefs, and behaviors forged from your childhood upbringing and life experiences. These patterns shape how you naturally move through the world. Then, make it a practice to actively judge if new potential relationships (romantic, family, friends, colleagues) or environments (jobs, groups, living spaces) resonate in synergy with your authentic patterns, amplifying your flourishing. Or, if they create dissonance - draining your energy as you resist against misaligned forces.
Using rich analogies of musical harmony, our hosts illustrate how surrounding yourself with resonant people and environments allows you to vibrate at your natural frequency with more flow and ease. While dissonant relationships and situations require constant resistance and struggle, creating stress and disruption in your life. Much like trying to force mismatched puzzle pieces together.
They emphasize curating the elements of your life with conscious choice rather than automatically accepting the path of least resistance or endlessly battling uphill against ill-fitting circumstances. Regularly assess whether a relationship or environment is nourishing and supportive of your growth, uplifting you and creating fertile soil for your gifts to thrive. Or if it is a dissonant, toxic source of friction that tears you down and inhibits your flourishing.
Build habits of deeper self-awareness and radical self-responsibility to make empowered decisions about what relationships, jobs, living situations, and communities you wish to participate in and cultivate. Create више resonance and harmony by pruning commitments causing dissonance. Seek enriching alignments with people, places, and circumstances that resonate with your healthy patterns and values, allowing you to thrive as your most vibrant self.
The path is a personal spiritual journey of mindfulness to open yourself to life's fertile resonance everywhere it blossoms for you.
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