This is fascinating. I love how open you are to tell us your own experiences with fear
Some of what I think I understood…
Fear is a simulation of the future based on the past that we experience in our present. it dominates over the reason because the amygdala is faster than the pre-frontal cortex and this is why our brain’s evolution favoreds fear over logic, When fear is observed without resistance , it loses intensity , it stops dominating and also it returns to being useful information for us.
Awareness creates space.
And in that space, fear no longer controls.
Saying “I am afraid” is not the same as acknowledging “fear is here“
And at some point fear is the best way of being brave !
If you are not afraid of jumping into the river then you are not being brave.
Reading this letter feels like cave diving alongside you—moving slowly and deliberately through places that are hidden, confusing, paralyzing and frightening. There are parts of this letter where your language is so precise and clear to me that it feels as though you are describing my own lived experience - an instant recognition YES. Other parts feel less familiar and more distant like the description of places I can understand intellectually or sense I’ve only briefly glimpsed, but can’t yet fully grasp with my whole being.
This letter helps me recognize which step I’m on in the journey from the fearful, all-alone cave and the world of "should should shoulds" toward swimming in the ocean of love where everything just IS IS IS. I deeply appreciate you revealing your own inner process with us!
I read this letter not being aware of fear in my body. That quickly changed! I followed the words down into my own experience, and it got literally harder to breathe…I had to slow down, and work through waves of intensifying discomfort. The words kept on guiding me.
At some point, I could no longer follow. I didn’t immerse inside formless love.
But I felt (and feel) a lot of hope right now, because I can sense SOMETHING lies beyond.
Sitting at the street corner where I read this letter, with tears in my eyes, passers-by must wonder what’s going on. And I find the whole scene humorous. Because we’re all one anyways!
This is fascinating. I love how open you are to tell us your own experiences with fear
Some of what I think I understood…
Fear is a simulation of the future based on the past that we experience in our present. it dominates over the reason because the amygdala is faster than the pre-frontal cortex and this is why our brain’s evolution favoreds fear over logic, When fear is observed without resistance , it loses intensity , it stops dominating and also it returns to being useful information for us.
Awareness creates space.
And in that space, fear no longer controls.
Saying “I am afraid” is not the same as acknowledging “fear is here“
And at some point fear is the best way of being brave !
If you are not afraid of jumping into the river then you are not being brave.
Beautifully stated!
Reading this letter feels like cave diving alongside you—moving slowly and deliberately through places that are hidden, confusing, paralyzing and frightening. There are parts of this letter where your language is so precise and clear to me that it feels as though you are describing my own lived experience - an instant recognition YES. Other parts feel less familiar and more distant like the description of places I can understand intellectually or sense I’ve only briefly glimpsed, but can’t yet fully grasp with my whole being.
This letter helps me recognize which step I’m on in the journey from the fearful, all-alone cave and the world of "should should shoulds" toward swimming in the ocean of love where everything just IS IS IS. I deeply appreciate you revealing your own inner process with us!
I read this letter not being aware of fear in my body. That quickly changed! I followed the words down into my own experience, and it got literally harder to breathe…I had to slow down, and work through waves of intensifying discomfort. The words kept on guiding me.
At some point, I could no longer follow. I didn’t immerse inside formless love.
But I felt (and feel) a lot of hope right now, because I can sense SOMETHING lies beyond.
Sitting at the street corner where I read this letter, with tears in my eyes, passers-by must wonder what’s going on. And I find the whole scene humorous. Because we’re all one anyways!
Thank you.