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What Is the Opposite of Drawing Toward?

11/16/2017

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Most of us were trained to make money, get possessions, gather belongings and generally acquire stuff. Maybe I'm the only one, but I grew up thinking that a better job, more money, a bigger house and a family to love meant success in this life. And so we work hard to draw resources and people toward ourselves, like we are trying to annex them to ourselves, making us bigger, stronger and more substantial.

But of course these things and people are not ourselves, and when we confuse the two we can become conflicted about our own identity and purpose. I find myself asking: if this effort to draw things toward the self generally ends in conflict, what is the opposite?

PUSHING AWAY
The obvious answer is pushing things away, which can bring our sense of self into sharp relief. As we separate ourselves from all other things, we can see clearly what delineates me from not me. An issue, though, with this approach is the way that it isolates us from other people and the world. We do not exist in this world alone. We must interact with food, nature and other people to survive.

Is it possible to balance the two approaches, or find a middle path?

THE MIDDLE PATH
Any middle path is difficult to traverse since it requires constant awareness, balance and adjustment. We tend toward extremes in almost everything we do and think, so we will alternate between periods of "drawing toward" and "pushing away." Finding middle ground may mean adjusting in a new direction at any given time. This requires diligent awareness of our mental state.
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1/25/2018 03:09:52 pm

Hey guys!!! MAN! Thank you! I stumbled upon this today and felt it SO timely. I've been in this exact same "middle path" journey - discovering the art of drawing in and pushing away & what that does for my identity. I've found, for the msot part, it's been sucha great healing process!! Despite the fears and insecurities that the "pushing away" brings, I so feel this is a key element for bold and big living. I'm grateful for those things coming up because that means they're on their way out! Thanks for sharing. I hope you don't mind if I share my thougths on this on one of my upcoming Insta Posts. I will tag you guys in it of course.

Much love always!
Pia

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