This website is about the value of love, spirituality, the potential of the mind-body connection and the connection with all things. These are my daily thoughts about my life, my feelings, and my spiritual journey. I post these "Daily Journals" on a regular basis, so please come back often to read my latest posting.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Dealing With Fear
I spent a good portion of the day identifying and dealing with/feeling fear. I experienced a visceral, almost nauseating feeling that something major, on a broad scale and extremely unpleasant is about to happen. As usual, my fear is that I will not be able to cope with the change when/if it comes. I generally refer to my fear as “galloping fear”, since it can basically fasten to anything (finances, relationships, future events, etc.). Again, as usual, the fear feels very real, and I treat it as real, but the fact is that it has no real substance. The event may not happen and the fear only happens in advance, when I think about the coming event, never when I am actually going through it. What I do is go into meditation, focus on the fear and let it flood my body, a very unpleasant feeling. The feeling is very familiar at this point and I just let it go on until it dissipates. The feeling is very strong and real, it is also illusory.