When we are gripped by fear, our brain will tend to betray us. That is, unless, through serious work with one contemplative practice or another, we have become very skillful with the use of our brain-mind, we will tend to react to our fear with control strategies. These strategies may seem to make our world safer in the short run, but CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE OUR LIVES AND THE WORLD MORE UNSAFE IN THE LONG RUN!!!! That is, reactive protective strategies cannot help but create the very situation that we are trying to avoid. The psycho-spiritual physics of this is impeccable and testable. Just look around and you will see. Remember times when you have attempted to manage yourself or the world through proactive or reactive control strategies and examine the results (pause and reflect…). Have you created a situation that you are happy with? Have you created a life situation in which you want to live?
Still, the parts of us that deploy these strategies, they too are flowers in God’s garden. Their intentions are good. In the absence of wise and loving holding or guidance, their methods were stopgap measures that have outlived their usefulness, is all. Love the parts and they will let go of there extreme and mostly counterproductive methods and reveal their hidden treasures.
