I am a believer that all paths lead to the top of the mountain. Then comes the question, if all paths lead to the top of the mountain why does it seem like I am getting nowhere?
Great question.
I call that the comfort zone path. The path that we find or plow which circles around and around the mountain seeming to get no where. First let me say that I am also a firm believer that there is no where to get (more on this in a later post). Yet, this getting to the top is such a great metaphor to explore.
That feelings of getting no where, judging our own path or having expectations of what it should be seem to be related. My most simple feedback would be to stop judging it and get present with it. Possibly more easily understandable, and by that I mean more readily accepted by those of us who want clear cut instruction ons what to do, might be to move towards whatever we are currently moving away from.
Metaphorically that might look like stopping on the path. Maybe we have been running away from something that is asking for our attention. It might look like taking a fork in the road that we have previously overlooked or avoided. It may be stepping up to a path that requires more "effort." By effort I mean stepping into something outside our comfort zone.
Our "getting to the top" metaphor implies moving upward, which in the physical sense requires a physical exertion. Metaphorically our mental exertion may be into a quieting of the mind which may seem counter productive until tried. It is a movement that can, just as physical exertion can be, uncomfortable. Spiritual exertion seems an oxymoron or a conundrum. It brings us back to the getting no where but instead being present here.
