“He who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.”
– Isa Upanishad, ancient Hindu scripture
Fear is a block, a stop sign, a limiter. It often halts our progression foward as that is the purpose it serves, to warn us of threats and danger. Sometimes our fear is triggered by the unknown, by change, causing us to become stuck in our current experience.
But what happens when the things you are evading aren’t dangerous? What happens when those scary things are your chances to grow?
Every once in a while, you need to leap off that cliff and find out if you can fly. That leap of faith is what is truly scary.
Fear can be a boulder sitting in your way. Big, oppressive, insurmountable. It can hide what you really want, or it can be invisible itself, hiding, causing you to unknowingly sabotage yourself for fear of change.
Getting past fear requires trust. Trust that everything is happening for a reason. Trust that it’s okay to try and fail. Trust that it’s okay to be rejected, or hurt, and trust that you can try again. Trust that the universe has your back. Trust that this life is divinely orchestrated and when you are ready to learn, you can make it around that boulder. Accept the opportunity the universe has offered you and move forward.
It is often the leap of faith that we truly fear. The fear of the emotion that lives there, the pain that exists along the deep dive, and the fear that you aren’t enough to survive the fall. That is what lives in the space before the leap.
The fear is uncomfortable for a reason – to wake you up and get your attention. When you can pause and notice where the fear is directing your attention, that’s when the clarity comes and the path forward can become clear. You face yourself, you look deep inside, you feel the hurt. You realize that i was never really about conquering your fear, it was about learning something, knowing something you didn’t know before, knowing yourself.
