Modern science teaches that evolution and transformation can arise out of chaos. Chemist Ilya Prigogine, challenged the scientific world with his disequilibrium theory. "When a molecule's implicate (existing) order starts to fall apart, the entity faces a moment of choice, the 'bifurcation point.' It can either go out of existence, or reorganize itself at a higher level to accommodate the new variables." Basically either change or die. Which you would think would be easy for humans to choose. As Crum describes it "understanding this chaos theory, it's easy to see why we often need to get lost in order to learn something new." But there's an important step to this, confusion. Confusion enables us to get centered, to give up trying to control the universe, and enter this realm of discovery.
Intuition. "The ability to acquire knowledge without inference and/or the use of reason." Intuition is like a Mosquito, as Crum describes it. "Intuition often flies directly in the face of the rationale of the moment, asking us to shift gears or change direction, which usually means confronting somebody or something making life more uncomfortable for all concerned." What does this mean? Well as humans our tendency is to avoid discomfort, by using guilt, or fear of losing approval, to "swat" the annoying feeling out of the way. "Why is it that it's usually after we are picking ourselves up from the bottom that we finally recognize the power of intuition?"
"Without a jot of ambition left I let my nature flow where it will. There are ten days of rice in my bag, and by the hearth, a bundle of fire wood. Who prattles of illusion or nirvana? Forgetting the equal dusts of name and fortune, listening to the night train on the roof of my hut I sit at ease both legs stretched out." -RYOKAN
When paralyzed with fear, you are basically stuck in time.
F.E.A.R
Fantasy
Experienced
As
Real
In fear you are trapped this illusion of time, between anxiety about something that might happen AKA the future, and something that you perceived did happen AKA the past. To deal with fear we must go into a place where fear isn't- The Present. Sounds crazy, but the present is where you are fully aware, fear no longer paralyzes you, making you able to respond appropriately with Power and Grace. The key factors to center are- Breathing, Seeing, Feeling. Center increases your awareness of how your fear is reflected in your body. Breathing relaxes the area you feel tension from your fear. To develop this awareness you have to ask yourself certain questions. "Where am I carrying this fear- my throat, stomach, neck, knees? Analyze it specifically- How big is it? What is its intensity on a scale of one to five? What color is it?" These questions heighten your awareness, your fear shifts, the tension within your body dissipates. Moving away from the future and past, and move into the present.
Have you noticed that every problem, or wall that blocks us from our center is due to our obsession of time. Whether it be the time on the clock or the past, present, future. It is the base of all our reasons to hold back and be reserved. It is the easy excuse we make for things we are too scared to accomplish.
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