Feeling into the emotional space inside myself,
scared to find the fear/pain that was always there
I gingerly turn on the light and slowly realize
that there the space is empty, the fear is gone.
It is gone and I am free, free to relax the
vigilance, that always guarded against
the threat that this pain or fear would
be stimulated, would awaken to haunt me
This fear I put there to protect me from harm,
if I am fearful enough inside somehow I will avoid
fearful things outside. What strange logic?
How true to say “All we need fear is fear itself.”
How much we suffer from trying not to suffer,
doing unto ourselves before someone else does unto us.
We create more of what we seek to avoid,
carrying fear around all the time so as not to
have anything fearful happen to us, some time.
And finally being fearful we create events,
or draw in people that will confirm this to us so
and we can say: see we were right to be afraid.
Setting aside the fear of fear, relaxing into our core
we trust ourselves to walk peacefully in the world
Even if we don’t eliminate all possible events
we are only afraid when we need to be
not of our own depths so we can’t sleep well at night.
Most of the time we can know peace and joy,
the door is open to happiness,
feeling safe in our own being, we connect freely to life and love.
Blessed be.
Setting aside the fear of fear, relaxing into our core we trust ourselves to walk peacefully in the world. Even if we don’t eliminate all possible events we are only afraid when we need to be, not of our own depths so we can’t sleep well at night. Most of the time we can know peace and joy the door is open to happiness, feeling safe in our own being, we connect freely to life and love.
Blessed be.
(© 3/2008)
