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If we look at resistance from the standpoint of pure energy, it is a holding or fighting off of something we fear usually.  We know that fear is False Evidence Appearing Real.  However, when we experience its intensity we can forget that in the moment.
I have worked with my own resistance for a long time.  It is indeed an "old friend" that I recognize.  It was a long battle for me in the beginning trying to convince myself to relax and let go.  There were layers upon layers.  I used to judge my success as a human being on whether I was fully able to let go.  When I wasn't able to let go, I thought there was "something wrong with me" or that I was doing something "wrong."
The only true way to peace is to accept what is in front of us, no matter what it is.  We are always and only learning to bring parts of ourselves home and connect with our heart on a deeper level so that we may be co-creators with our inner selves or essence.
The pain represents those places in which we are preventing ourselves from what we have asked for in our lives.  We believe we are separate from that which we are.
When we actively seek to bring that same force or energy of resistance with practices that make us feel what we are longing for, we start to build a bridge to that deep peaceful place within.

We all experience places of resistance along the path to more peace and love in our lives.  We all experience the loud fear or defensiveness when challenged with moving toward our inner heart. 
What if, instead of putting on the brakes, we open the door and greet it with a heart full of gratitude?
What if we welcome and truly cherish the time we spend with this particular challenge as a bittersweet reckoning of the past, with an opening toward more freedom in the future or space for what is waiting to come in for us?
What if we accept and embrace that this is a message that we have been asking for, a sign, a piece of us returning home, and experience this challenge with joy - even if we are sad or mad or confused . . . ?
What if we remember that we are living in a time when we are truly divining and designing a beautiful new life for ourselves?  The recipe is being prepared moment by magical moment by the glorious life force that is you and the Universe.   Let's enjoy our becoming.