The greatest benefit of this realization has taken two shapes for me. They are close but still have a nuance. First, I realize I am not the victim of my thoughts, because they are thoughts – and therefore only mental energy moving around as opposed to “real enemies” to be fixed, changed or gotten rid of.
The next thing is I don’t have to be afraid of my thinking. Syd Banks said that if we realized we don’t have to be afraid of our thinking, that alone would change everything. The feeling of fear always follows thought – even if we don’t catch the thought we do get the wonderful system of feeling inside that tells us it is happening. The fear of an oncoming train and the thoughts paired with it- assists us in stepping out of harms’ way. Realizing that our thinking is causing us to fear things that are NOT happening (the interpreter) we can also step out of harm’s way. Its like hearing a noise at night…(neutral) and our mind takes off on intruder….or in my are, a bear and we are off to the races…remember only a sound – nothing more. AT first, going WOAAAA Debora – it’s a thought not a bear – was a practice for me and some day’s it still is – over time it becomes a compass for steering my life…when afraid – do nothing. Calm down and then look. The Bible speaks to “don’t be afraid “over 365 times (one for every day) so I think there must be something to it…that has been around for a long time. The deepening of this area happens when we know our true nature. Next week – more on that.
