Fear or Trust

Fear is setting in all over the world today, a new pandemic virus is spreading all over the globe. It looks unstoppable, it may spread into every community on earth.  What does this mean for life as we know it?  Two out of 100 people who get this may die. Where will our collective psyche go on this issue? We have a choice, do we move toward fear or trust? Do we trust the life force in the human being to overcome this threat? Or, do we get bogged down in fear and weakness? These are some of the questions one could ponder regarding this latest health risk. We know that fear can make us incapable of thinking straight in a rational way. Under the spell of fear we can't critically think and look at the big picture . A people living in fear will give up their freedom for security, but in the end it only leads to slavery to the tyrants that rule them. They will have neither freedom or security.





What is fear? Is it a creation of our thoughts ? Is fear an emotion we feel, caused by thinking, when we project our mind into the future or past? Is fear caused by, a fault in our dependence on our finite individual abilities, and a lack of trust in the life source itself.? Or is it "Fear" itself that we fear? How do we face fear? Can we stand our ground and stare it down? I experience fear as a feeling that comes over me, a dark force of some kind . I feel it in pray and meditation often. I just observe it with my inner eye and see it as separate from who I am. I stare it down in a meditative state . I don't judge it I just observe it . It loses its power on observation and it dissipates like a morning mist.

The mind loves to concentrate on a problem. The stock market crashed 12% . (Update on March 31 stock market crashed 35 % over the past 2 weeks) Fear over this virus has taken over, on a global scale. Everything is connected, with global markets, the internet, travel...what happens in China affects us here in North America.

When there is a threat like this, which involves all humans on earth, in 2020, it tends to create unity in our collective consciousness, and that's a positive effect. We may be connected mentally over the internet, but, in a pandemic crisis, the first response by authorities is physical separation of those with the virus. In quarantine we become forced into isolation.  Nations restrict travel, towns and cities are in lock down. The global trade supply train slows down.  Everything can grind to a halt, in a worst case scenario.

I guess its only human to feel fear. Even if you are not concerned for personal life, you have family and friends who may not be able to survive this, possible threat. So, from this perspective there is lots to be concerned about.

Regardless, of our concerns, life has its own intelligence. Humans have been moving too fast, for too long. Knowledge is growing faster then wisdom. Humans have been living in too much Yang and not enough Yin on a global scale. We have become absorbed in much doing, without a proper balance of introspect. A forced slow down may do us all good.  When we slow ourselves down, and find balance, even in isolation caused by external forces, we may find an inner unexpected peace that passes understanding.

What is trust? It is the opposite of fear.  I say to myself often, when confronted by the latest arrows of daily fear.thoughts..I live by grace, trusting in Life powers, which I do not understand. I don't have future, there is only now. These type of affirmations cause the fear thoughts to fade from our attention.

This life force which runs the 'Life' program seems to have an infinite intelligence, and endless capacity for love. (Love in this cosmic sense is the cooperation of polarized forces for the good of the One Life).

When we do not realize this life source, in the body and  at the core of our being, we do so  at our own peril, we live a life prone to dis-ease.What does it mean to trust Life?  Grace is the spiritual freedom, we feel  in our inner being when we realize that life is a gift. Life comes through grace, its unmerited, we do nothing to deserve it. We don't have a life, we are life. For a time in space, Life moves in an individualized unit, in a biological vehicle. When the earth biological unit eventually fails, its energy source, the Life force is released from the form.  This life energy does not die, it is not a body, or a localized, separate, mind,  it merely transforms into a new state which we cannot know. Can we trust something we do not understand? This is the choice; we can live in fear, depending on the power of the little 'me' and its ability to run its separate life program or we can trust the true Life source with its super life program? This is something completely outside of the understanding of our intellect.  It comes down to Fear or Trust. The road less traveled is  this complete Trust in an indefinable life force. Trust in this mystery of Life may not bring an absolute certainty to the analytical mind but neither does fear-based living, with its anxiety.  Personally, I would rather live in trust then in fear.


 

Here is a link to another post on trust 

Not Knowing is Ok!

 



Friends and family who know me best, know that I have gone through a radical shift in my core beliefs over the past ten years. I dared to step back and take a critical look at what I was conditioned to believe most of my life. It was not easy. I had a lot to lose. I had to drop all my certainties. There was a risk that  friends and family would not understand. As I peeled back the layers of what I thought was fundamental truth, for at least 35 years, I realized that most of it was not real. I had been living in an illusion and so through a process of many months I slowly became disillusioned. With a more open mind I now feel freer then ever before. I feel a peace that passes all understanding. I realized that taking a critical look at your core assumptions is not a bad thing. Truth and reason are more important then a perceived belief system. Truth stands the test of time, and if you have a belief system that cannot be tested for truth, then you have to question ....why???. "Question everything " would be good advice to our children and grandchildren, so, maybe it would be good advice for adults as well.

We have become addicted to the need for certainty, and the belief that we are right. When we are convinced we know the only truth, we become closed minded to the views of others around us. Being open to new truth, and not being so certain in your conviction, is what sets you free. When certainty of belief is dropped, we realize, we don't know, and that is the most humble approach to living. Not knowing opens us up to the mystery of life. I started out seeking and striving to find truth, a process that lasted many years. I released the need to strive after answers to deep questioning recently and the seeking is diminished to the point where I am getting content with not knowing. This contentment with not knowing is a type of release that resulted in a great sense of freedom and truth. It was only when I gave up the striving that I felt a type of liberation.

Here is a link to another post I wrote on  truth   

and here is another,

 Not Knowing 


One reaches a point where there are no more questions and there's no more search. - John Butler