Sometimes I get very scared.
For someone specific, for myself, or for all people at once.
“What do you do with fear?” my therapist asked me.
The list came out like this:
Walking in nature
Grounding in the body through meditation, breathing, or exercise
Watching the flow of feelings and thoughts
Active imagination, as Jung taught
Prayer
She listened and said, “In fear, there is no God.”
The phrase lit up inside me like a neon sign in the dark.
When I was sick as a child, the same nightmare came with the fever. Something tiny collided with something unbearably vast. The mismatch of forces drove me mad.
Compared to the Unknown, any of us is small, weak, and finite. It’s like trying to stop a tornado on your own. It would be strange not to feel fear.
Only the Absolute can meet such monstrous force.
At the point of despair, a man yields and calls for help—any help. I remember during the hardest psychedelic ceremony, I whispered “Help!”, even though I was sure I was shouting at the top of my lungs. Oops.
But if the call is heard, a Source opens inside you. Your limitation expands into infinity.
What is there to fear when God is with you?
If the word troubles you, choose another: Tao, Void, Cosmos, Self.
The main thing is this—you are no longer alone.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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