The Michael Motivation Cards

28 Stubbornness

 
28 Stubbornness
What this card means... Stubbornness is about when to say NO! and when to exert will power.
Overleaves:
Scopes:

“Hell no, I won’t go!”

Churchill and the definition of Stubbornness in the MIchael Teaching


Card messages in the Illuminated position.

+ Willfulness

(Dignity, Invested,)

  1. Willfully resisting change is warranted when the change produces needless pain or diminishes a vital principle. Churchill knew this and stood against a tyrant. Stand your ground!
  2. Willfulness is the determination to stay the course and not be swayed by outer forces. Careful not to confuse it with rigidity or absolutism. It might serve you to invoke willpower.
  3. If change has slowed to a trickle or none at all, then only will power will override stuckness!
Quotes reflecting the meaning in this pole
  • “Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning.” Aldous Huxley

Card messages associated with Shadow position.

– Obstanance

(Recalcitrant, defiant, unchanging, )

  1. Acting pig-headed, muleish or bull-headed is a signal that our animal-self is backed into a corner. Obstinancy produces nothing! It impedes progress, exerting a from of negative control. Perhaps you are fighting for the security of a prison? Are your heals dug in because you fear you might note cope with the advancing change? Get neutral. Learn how to do the thing you resist.
  2. Willfully resisting change is warranted when the change produces needless pain or diminishes a vital principle. Churchill knew this and stood against a tyrant. Stand your ground!
  3. Resistance is high because fear of the unknown prevents motion and garners anger to defend its immobility.
Quotes reflecting the meaning in this pole
  • “Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.”  Friedrich Nietzsche 
  • “Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.” Adlai E. Stevenson
  • “Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.”  Michel de Montaigne
  • “Obstinate people can be divded into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish.” Aristotle

Overleaf of the Michael Teaching

In Physics, Stubbornness would be recognized as the immovable object.

Cultural Meaning

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List of traits from the EPP

by Stephen Cocconi © 2012

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