Topic: Stop Doing this One Thing and Start Being Fearless and Free (Classroom Talk 9/4/24)
Key to sailing through any crisis is learning to deal first with the fact of fear, instead of what fear says is the fact. What am I looking at when I'm dealing with what fear says is the fact? An event has taken place and fear says, "Oh my God, look at this!" But the event is gone, so what am I looking at? Am I looking at the fact? No.
When it comes to our wish to make real changes in ourselves, good intentions cost (us) nothing... and that's why the road to hell is paved with useless coins. On the other hand, making a conscious effort to change -- in the moment that calls for it -- comes with the cost of seeing ourselves as we really are. This awareness shows us not only the possibility of being released from our worry and fear...
There's a reason why we all love stories about ancient maps, sunken ships, and buried treasure. It's because these tales reflect a deep sensing we all have: that a hidden treasure actually dwells within us -- and if we could just find the way to discover it, our lives would shine every day with life's greatest wealth: the golden qualities of true confidence, unbounded energy, unfailing wisdom...
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Imagine if you could realize, when assailed by a sudden flash of fear, that within you is something that is not only capable of moving past it, but knows how to use it so you need never face that same fear again. That’s what you’ll learn here: how to look at and let go of every fear. Armed with this new understanding, you will no longer believe in the power of fear, which frees you from it.
The only responses to life's challenges that any of us "ride" are those we think can carry us to safety. Leaping onto the back of the dark horse of a fearful reaction, according to our old habits, is like entering a runaway carriage being pulled along by wild thoughts and pounding feelings.
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Classroom Talk: 1/1/2020 - Here is the real "secret" of starting over: No moment in this life of ours can be any newer than we are willing to be at the outset of its appearance.