Are you afraid to look?
In managing my personal finances, I keep track of checking accounts during the workweek, and then I check investments on the weekend. This past week, stocks have been hard hit by the crises in Japan and Libya. As I was logging in to check some investments, I noticed a phrase going through my head: "I'm afraid to look."
I pondered this phrase and others like it. "I don't want to know about it." "Don't even say that." "Let's not go there." "Next topic!" "I don't even want to consider ____." And there are probably others.
We humans are full of fears and imaginings, but we seem especially afraid to look at facts. We don't like the idea of fact-checking and verifying. We are so attached to our individual mindsets and paradigms that we don't want them to even be called into question. We are afraid our thinking will be found lacking.
We are also afraid of the power of our thoughts and words. At some level, we sense that we have powers and abilities that we don't fully understand and are beneath our conscious awareness.
What if we felt afraid, and did it anyway? You've had that experience, haven't you? The awareness of the boundaries of your comfort zone being pushed against. . . it's scary, it's exciting, and it's a valuable situation to look at. In my own life, I can't think of too many examples of things that ever turned out to be as bad as I previously worried them to be. And the few that I can think of, I still wonder if I'm remembering accurately.
Non-dualism asserts that Truth is One and without opposite. In Truth, there is literally nothing to fear. Fear seems to be real here because we need something with which to contrast relief. Could it be that what we are really afraid of is that there is nothing out there to BE afraid of?? Maybe we're not afraid of being powerless, but of being powerful. Maybe we're running from Truth.
Is it possible? Could it be? Can you consider it? Can you ASK the universe (or God, or Jesus, or Ralph) to help you align your mind with truth? Are you willing to have your illusions revealed so you can (gently) let them go?
Or are you afraid to look?
I pondered this phrase and others like it. "I don't want to know about it." "Don't even say that." "Let's not go there." "Next topic!" "I don't even want to consider ____." And there are probably others.
We humans are full of fears and imaginings, but we seem especially afraid to look at facts. We don't like the idea of fact-checking and verifying. We are so attached to our individual mindsets and paradigms that we don't want them to even be called into question. We are afraid our thinking will be found lacking.
We are also afraid of the power of our thoughts and words. At some level, we sense that we have powers and abilities that we don't fully understand and are beneath our conscious awareness.
What if we felt afraid, and did it anyway? You've had that experience, haven't you? The awareness of the boundaries of your comfort zone being pushed against. . . it's scary, it's exciting, and it's a valuable situation to look at. In my own life, I can't think of too many examples of things that ever turned out to be as bad as I previously worried them to be. And the few that I can think of, I still wonder if I'm remembering accurately.
Non-dualism asserts that Truth is One and without opposite. In Truth, there is literally nothing to fear. Fear seems to be real here because we need something with which to contrast relief. Could it be that what we are really afraid of is that there is nothing out there to BE afraid of?? Maybe we're not afraid of being powerless, but of being powerful. Maybe we're running from Truth.
Is it possible? Could it be? Can you consider it? Can you ASK the universe (or God, or Jesus, or Ralph) to help you align your mind with truth? Are you willing to have your illusions revealed so you can (gently) let them go?
Or are you afraid to look?
posted by AWB @ 3/19/2011 06:44:00 AM
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