Fear has two depths. This is how I see it:
SkinFear and FleshFear.
First one is about concrete fears such as fear of darkness, fear of talking in public and so on. These fears are possible to get over by aware practice. Being aware about that particular fear and being motivated to practice it, and practice it. And practice it until there is a strong skill to overcome this fear, when it appears.
There is a deeper fear, which is abstract and which is outside our possibilities to train it by doing what we are afraid of. This fear could be fear of death, illness, someones possible abuse, fear of getting lost someone. These fears are in our imagination and yes these things would or possibly would happend to us one day, but we do not want to be afraid of that.
For fears, which are concrete and on a Skin Depth the way to get over them is by doing what we are afraid of. By training this fear, by learning how to control it.
For fears, which are abstract and on the Flesh Depth, deeper, we would use art. Art is the way to concrete our fears, to see how they look like, to see them. When we see how this abstract fear looks like we have more chances to find out our own way to get over that fear.
Being aware about what is going on in our mind and willing to work hard there is a chance for fearless life.
Oh, Femmi! <3
ReplyDeleteYou find and see the core of everything!
One thing I'd like to add is that Love is the central ingredient in handling your fears. It shows the safe way for the fears to come out. It can also melt the fears.
Thank you enkelini for your comment!
DeleteI have now idea how I manage to forget about Love, which is obviouse. You know, what about those people who didn´t find yet what Love really means? Like I didn´t know it still year ago?
How would I practice Love more not to forget about it and how could I explain to people what means Love?