Why These Emotions Increase Resistance | Acceptance & Surrender In Chronic Illness Recovery |

All of these things increase our resistance, our resistance to what is so. And resistance is like this rubber band. At the top of the rubber band is the expectations we have of life, or the expectations of getting well and being well. And the bottom of the rubber band is the real tension happens when we have high expectations. We keep saying, come on, it's not fair. Why aren't I getting better? That just increases our resistance, which increases the tension and the tightness in our muscles. Whereas when we let go of expectations, as we're healing from these conditions, let go of those and accept and surrender where we're at, the tension loosens and things become easier because that tension itself is compromising our immunity.