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The law of non-resistance indicates that whenever we resist some situation, we actually give more power to it. It's often stated, "what you resist always persists."

It happens because in resisting a problem or situation, we lend our energy to that situation. By nature, whatever we give our attention to only increases and attracts more and more energy. In feeling badly about the situation and struggling against it, we cause more of that issue or problem to flow into our life. As we struggle to solve the problem and possibly fail against its powerful increase, we begin to feel overwhelmed and anxious. As a result, the situation or problem only grows worse.

The law of non-resistance teaches us to surrender the futile resistance of a situation we don't want. Jesus was a teacher of the law of non-resistance. He taught "resist not evil", "the meek shall inherit the earth" and "turn the other cheek." Such teachings might leave us thinking we leave ourselves vulnerable to be trampled down in the great bull run that is life, but that is not the case. For thousands of years our human nature has possessed a tendency to resist all obstacles that rise up in front of us, to fight harder and harder until we at last find success. The law of non-resistance serves to remind us that we alone choose whether or not to create conflict in strife in our own world. Often times the only thing we are actually fighting against is ourselves. We could fight against our enemies and try to destroy them, or we could be still and ask ourselves who made them an enemy.

Who decided someone was your enemy? You did.

You decided to resist, to resent or to be angry. And only you can decide to reverse all of that and embrace it in love and positive energy. If we love our enemies, they cease to be our enemies. If we embrace circumstance as a means to an end, it can never be negative or painful. When the grass grows, it does not lament over a cloudy day and cry out for sunshine. It rests in the coolness. It drinks in the rain. It fortifies itself to bask in the rays of the sun when it reappears.

Through an understanding of the other natural laws such as the law of rhythm and the law of cause and effect, we understand that whatever negative issue we perceive to have manifested will cycle through and soon be replaced. We could fight against the tide and become exhausted in the struggle to swim, or we could hold our breath and wait for the coast guard or the surf to deposit us safely back on the beach.

All we have to do is shift our focus on what we do want and keep focused on emanating a positive frequency for what we want to attract to ourselves. After its gestational period, that seed of positive energy will once again take root in our life and blossom into good things. When we look back, we will see how the good was born even out of something which may have been momentarily difficult or unpleasant.