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One of the great lessons we can learn from ancient spiritual seekers is their observance of natural laws and rhythms. A seasoned mystic flows effortlessly with life while observing and obeying its laws and rhythms. Honoring the changing seasons, experiencing and listening to bodily rhythms of digestion and elimination, all while understanding and welcoming the aging process. Flowing with these and other changes instead of resisting them are the hallmarks of people who have a deep sense of the spiritual, the numinous, the unseen.<\/p>\n

Resisting Life Causes Unhappiness<\/h2>\n

In contradiction, general unhappiness and grief often relate to how much people resist life and struggle with life\u2019s laws and rhythms.\u00a0Still, we do it anyway. In fact, we do not need researchers to tell us that human beings are continually resisting and struggling against the laws of life; we only need to look around and observe our own lives and the lives of people we know.<\/p>\n

The Clues are Everywhere<\/h2>\n

Watching the nature of their surroundings, the weather, the animals, the water, the earth, and the people, ancient mystics of all traditions came to understand themselves more clearly. You can make these same discoveries if you start observing and flowing.<\/p>\n