Fear
Lurking in the nooks and corners of the web has its advantages. I found this somewhere written by a good soul called James Redfield. I don't know how practical it is but there is definitely some truth in it .
"The problem with fear is that it can be very subtle and sneak up on us very quickly. You see, a fear image is always about some outcome we don’t want to occur. We fear failing, embarrassing ourselves or our families, losing our freedom or someone we love, or our own lives. The difficult part is that when we begin to feel such fear, it often turns quickly into anger, and we use this anger to martial our forces, and fight back against whomever we feel is the threat.
"Whether we are feeling fear or anger, we have to realize that these emotions come from one source: those aspects of our lives we want to hold on to.
"The legends say that since fear and anger come from being concerned that we are going to lose something, the way to avoid these emotions is to be detached from all outcomes."
"How can we detach completely. This idea often sounds like an ivory tower theory to me. It may be a matter of life and death. How can we not care about that?
"I didn’t say not to care," he continued. "I said not to be attached to any particular outcome. What we get in life is always slightly different from what we want anyway. To be detached is to realize that there is always a higher purpose that can be found in any event, in any outcome. We can always find a silver lining, a positive meaning, that we can build on"
Lurking in the nooks and corners of the web has its advantages. I found this somewhere written by a good soul called James Redfield. I don't know how practical it is but there is definitely some truth in it .
"The problem with fear is that it can be very subtle and sneak up on us very quickly. You see, a fear image is always about some outcome we don’t want to occur. We fear failing, embarrassing ourselves or our families, losing our freedom or someone we love, or our own lives. The difficult part is that when we begin to feel such fear, it often turns quickly into anger, and we use this anger to martial our forces, and fight back against whomever we feel is the threat.
"Whether we are feeling fear or anger, we have to realize that these emotions come from one source: those aspects of our lives we want to hold on to.
"The legends say that since fear and anger come from being concerned that we are going to lose something, the way to avoid these emotions is to be detached from all outcomes."
"How can we detach completely. This idea often sounds like an ivory tower theory to me. It may be a matter of life and death. How can we not care about that?
"I didn’t say not to care," he continued. "I said not to be attached to any particular outcome. What we get in life is always slightly different from what we want anyway. To be detached is to realize that there is always a higher purpose that can be found in any event, in any outcome. We can always find a silver lining, a positive meaning, that we can build on"
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