The Wisdom of Surrender Resistance tends to strengthen the energies it attempts to oppose by giving them power and energy. We all know the feeling of being haunted by an issue, no matter how hard we try to ignore it, avoid it, or run away from it. Sometimes it seems that we can get rid of something we don’t want by simply pushing it away. Most of the time, though, the more we push, the more we get pushed back. There are laws of physics and metaphysics that explain this phenomenon, which is often summed up in this pithy phrase: that which you resist persists. Resistance can even strengthen the thoughts and feelings it is attempting to fight by giving them power and energy. Additionally, resistance keeps us from learning more about what we are trying to avoid. In order to fully understand something, we must be open to receive some of its energy. Otherwise, we remain ignorant of its lessons. There is a Tibetan story of a monk who retreats to meditate in a cave only to be plagued by demons...