The Metaphysics of Fear

Like many of you, I have been the victim of my own fear.

When you are courageous enough to step into your destiny you will be met with resistance and fear. Not everyone passes through. Some turn around. I hope this can help you continue on, in spite of fear.

For me, it usually rears its ugly head as procrastination or the need to "relax" constantly.

For the first time, I decided to question my fear. To rip it open and see what it screams out. To really dig deep and uncover what was underneath the same old words I would hear.

I'm tired.

I'm scared.

I'll die.

You would think I could stop there but I knew there was more. Fear can be a trickster.

I started to hear the words They won't support me.

Ah. That one was interesting.

I never thought I cared what people think BUT what I did care about and actually deeply needed was the love of others. And at the core of that, it spotlighted an even deeper need. A love for myself.

The key to overcoming fear is love.

I started to make a list of fears to send love to:

• fear of failure
• fear of change
• fear of losing myself
• fear of losing others
• fear of death
• fear of people not supporting me
• fear of embarrassment

WOW! I had a lot of fears attached to living my destiny. My true purpose. No wonder I have been procrastinating for so long!

I share these with you in the hopes that you relate and see you are not alone. Or maybe this will help you uncover your fears. The truth is, it does not matter what my fears are. It matters that I keep going!

By sending love to my fears instead of abandoning them, like I had abandoned parts of myself, it calmed me. It gently let me know that yes those are there, like they are in EVERYONE, and they are only trying to help me survive, but I do not need to listen to those anymore.

As helpless children, these fears helped us survive. We are now adults. We are in control of our environment. We no longer need to listen to the fear voice, but we do need to send it love.

It is time to claim your destiny! It is time to LOVE your fears and do it anyway.

The metaphysics of fear...

In one dimension, fear is your younger self. Fear is that darkness inside of you that needs to see the light. You can show your fear that hey, look, I did it, that wasn't so bad was it? The more you reinforce the good that comes out of doing, the more you will build self-trust and self-love.

It is time to dedicate more TIME to your destiny. It is time to step into those murky waters of fear, of the unknown, of darkness, of the uncalculated future.

I do know one thing. The present will be so full of passion and fear. You will need to expand to hold this paradox. Think in new ways. Heal in new ways. Be in new ways.

To simplify this - all you have to be is your true self, what is beneath all those fears. Your soul. The power that generates your inner sun. The sun of your sun.

Shine your neon, shimmering dark sun for all to see. Be vulnerable. Be raw. Be unafraid. To know you can co-exist with your fear and not kill it is so freeing. It will always speak to you and allllll you have to do is send it love and keep going.

I love spelling words backwards and figuring out the meaning because to me it always reveals secrets of the word or inversions so here is one for fear...

FEAR backward is RAEF.

RAEF or RAIF means someone who is merciful

Merciful means someone who has compassion for other people especially when he is in a position to treat them harshly.

This right here is literally telling you how to deal with your fear and what it wants.

I will leave you with that. Now...please go after what you are meant to do on this earth. Even if it scares you. This is your life and you may as well try and fail than not live at all.

Written by: Dana Kippel