Fear Taking Control of Life

[EyeoftheWild]

"...these fears that fell to my lot out of every day stirred a hundred other fears, and they stood up in me against me and agreed among themselves, and I couldn't get beyond them. In striving to form them, I came to work creatively on them ; instead of making them into things of my will, I only gave them a life of their own which they turned against me..."

R M Rilke

There is no end to the things that can feed our imagination: both positive and negative. We must, I believe, turn away from imaginings that seem to hold us captive to our fears; forcibly if necessary. This does not require discipline, bravery, or dogged determination. It only requires that we acknowledge who we actually are. Anyone who has gone through the initial stages of BFS knows what is really important. Life has been distilled down to it's very essence there is an innate sense of what life is all about.

If we keep this in the forefront of our thoughts, there is a beauty that begins to bloom. We recognize that, although we may be a speck of sand on a cosmic beach, without these specks there would be no sand, and hence there is an inherent value in each and everyone of us. Rejoice in this. Unfetter the imagination and it will lead past your health worries and into living life with joy and calm.

Cheers,
Basso

 

[alyLeoNCali]

Basso:

I don't know if I've ever told you before, but I very much appreciate your posts and relate to them. There is an upside to BFS, as you obliquely note. And there is a real community here on this board, where we are able to support each other through the sorts of things that our non-twitching comrades just can't relate to.

Thank you for your personal viewpoint.

P.S. A friend named his son Rainer (after Rilke).

--alyLeoNCali