Another chilling essay that makes you think from Patti at 37days.
"Leaving's not the only way to go.... Either commit to the swim or go" Unpack your boxes.
The fear that makes us resist change because we think we will die of the pain that change will bring keeps us closed in a box created by our own minds.
Sometimes the pain is so great, the threat to the ego we have constructed so frightening, that the mind will jump to anything to distract itself. in a frenzy, the mind will turn to something that soothes, drugs, alcohol, sex, gambling, internet surfing, books, TV, anything to keep from feeling the pain. Or the mind shuts down, withdraws, turns off.
It's the edge, people fear. What's outside the box.
Sometimes all it takes to break through the box is to imagine in your mind's eye, the fear itself. Imagine constructing the box that holds your fear. What do the walls look like? The ceiling? When you've finished constructing the box, construct the door. Now imagine a beautiful landscape outside the box where you're completely secure and loved. Then open the door, walk out and be free.
As you practice accepting the fear, then walking through the door you've created to where you feel loved and secure, you will move from one mind state to another more easily.
Fear contracts, love expands.
Posted by Jill Fallon at July 9, 2006 3:15 PM | Permalink