Journey To The Inner

Fear can take many shapes and sizes, from the primitive fear for survival to the more “refined” psychological fears and anxieties. Somewhere in that range are found most of our “common” fears that shape and condition each and every one of our existences. However, all of these fears are only the product of our mind. The fear for survival comes out of ignorance, a deeper kind of ignorance; psychological fears and anxieties are literally rooted in our brain, directly linked to the “malfunction” of vital glands embedded inside our brains or maybe there are due to some traumas deeply hidden inside the subconscious level of the mind; while our common fears are more or less unreasonable tricks of our mind.
Among the lines of text spread across the pages of different books I found a few interesting remarks related to fear/fears:
“Face the thing you fear and it will cease to torment you!”
“To fear is equal to becoming a magnet for the object of your fear. When your fear stops, the attraction also stops.“

Very late in the evening I was walking down a street. Eventhough I could drive home, I decided to pack my car into the pocket of my coat (!!!) and walk instead. It was a late, dark evening and as I turned a corner I spotted a big, black, fearsome dog in the distance. Although I don’t usually fear dogs, this time I felt caution was needed. So I started to unpack my car from my pocket in order to drive by without risking an unpleasant encounter with the dog. However, before I could do anything I saw the huge silhouette of the dog running towards me and in an instant it sank its teeth into one of my shoulders and made a small mark on the other, after which it disappeared. Instantly I realized who the black dog was and what lesson it taught me. It was the black Kali helping me understand that what I fear will come true and that it is necessary that I transcend this limiting feeling. Also the pain from the bit came as an absolution from something else I had to experience that might have been more painful.