March 9, 2006
-
Fear
My appreciation to Megan for sending this in an email the other day.
Explore your fears
“Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why?
Just as the seed of health is in illness, because
illness contains information, our fears are a treasure
house of self-knowledge if we explore them.”– Marilyn Ferguson
In our world of duality, fear and love sit at opposite
ends of the continuum. Fear belongs only to the
personality because it believes in separation and
impermanence. The soul never knows fear because it
understands the unity of all.When fear arises, we can invite our soul to sit with
our frightened personality. What soul energies are
waiting to be acknowledged? When we bring higher
energies into the presence of lower energies, the
lower energies are transformed.“What is needed, rather than running away or
controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is
understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about
it, come directly into contact with it. We are to
learn about fear, not how to escape from it.”– Jiddu Krishnamurti
Comments (4)
if fear and love are at opposite ends, does that mean they cannot coexist? again, i need to talk to you on the phone. i just can’t seem to get out the things i need to say in written form lately.
oh, I replied to your comments on my site, if you didn’t notice.
It just means that you’d be stuck in a paradox if you felt both and knew both were true. Whenever you find yourself with both the time and the mood, just try and give me a call and hopefully I’ll be there to answer.
I did see the comments, I actually checked your place before mine just to see what you may have had to say. In Buddhism, one foregoes the quest for personal nirvana in order to help others attain buddhahood. It’s kind of the same with emptiness vs. wholeness. Everything has inherent emptiness, and just striving to be whole and attaining nirvana is a worthwhile goal, but can be seen as selfish if that is the end of the journey. That’s more or less why I believe that achieving wholeness and balance is just the starting point. Once that balance is being used to influence the lives of the people around you, that can be considered ‘good’ in the good vs. evil sense of the word. I like Buddhism.
ooh, I like that point.