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# Re: Recurring fear

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- To: BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com
- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] Recurring fear
- From: Newbieonekenhobby <newbieonekenhobby@...>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:04:25 -0800 (PST)
- In-reply-to: <006b01c2be56$a2decad0$5aa37fd8@ownerbqacdlzy6>

    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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