Re: [BardonPraxis] Recurring fear

[Newbieonekenhobby <newbieonekenhobby@...>]

Many thanks, Rawn.

I'll do what you suggest.

<<I was consumed by the work>> : What's the name of
the new spagyric tincture ? :^D 
A bad one, I agree, but I couldn't resist (I just got
the Krummenacher book in my mail box).

Thanks to the other friends also.
NB

--- Rawn Clark <rawnclark@...> wrote:
> Dear NB,
> 
> I apologize for not having replied earlier but I was
> consumed by the
> work of getting the latest Lesson in the Archaeous
> series recorded and
> posted. I'm back now though. :-)
> 
> I really don't see any point in conceptualizing this
> recurring fear as a
> "larvae". It's simply a habitual learned behaviour,
> nothing more, and
> is best dealt with on that level.
> 
> Auto-suggestion would be helpful in addressing this
> habit with a phrase
> along the lines of "I am stronger than my baseless
> fears."
> 
> I also suggest that when you sit down to meditate,
> you begin with a
> meditation about your fear of disruption. Explore
> this fear and get to
> know it thoroughly. *And then consciously let go of
> it.* Simply
> release it and begin your regular meditation. Each
> time during your
> regular meditation that this fear presents itself,
> recognize that you
> are experiencing this fear, recognize that it is a
> pointless and
> unnecessary fear, release it and then return to your
> meditation. This
> WILL break the *habit* of this fear.
> 
> >> I know this sounds quite pathological, <<
> 
> No, it doesn't sound "pathological". ;-)
> 
> >> ...And I realize now that I was never 100 % in my
> previous practices,
> regardless of what I may have believed at that time,
> and that this fear
> was present at the back of my mind all the time -
> even outside my
> meditations. Always unconsciously looking above my
> shoulder, so to
> speak. <<
> 
> This would constitute an "interruption" of the
> mental exercises.
> 
> >> I obviously tried to look at the elements-related
> components (Fire
> and Air and Water maybe, not to speak about Earth
> :-), <<
> 
> To my mind, this would relate to the Earth Element.
> 
> >> How can I suppress that fear ? <<
> 
> Suppressing an irrational fear doesn't resolve
> anything in the long run.
> It might get you through the immediate moment, but a
> suppressed fear has
> a nasty way of resurfacing. An irrational fear must
> be *confronted*,
> head on, and *transformed*. Its power over you must
> be diffused through
> challenging it and thereby *proving to yourself* the
> fact of its
> irrationality.
> 
> My best to you,
> :) Rawn Clark
> 17 Jan 2003
> rawnclark@...
> rawn@...
> http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis
> 
> 


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