The Insidiousness of Fear

[Diana]

...What remains then?  Is not the opposite of free will slavery or mindless passivity?...

Releasing the little will to that of the greater will. The will is still free. When one gives itself as an instrument to the One Infinite Creator, this is not giving the will away. There is no one else to give it to. It is still the same one that now has the will of the instrument. It was always the One Creator. The only thing that changed is the vantage point from which that will now operate that instument.

The key issue I have with this concept resides in semantics, which is a personal blockage for sure. I find it too close to dogmatic religious blindness to say I do the will of the Creator, or give myself "as an instrument to the One Infinite Creator."

What I can do—and here is the difference in semantics for me—is to recognize that the nature of this existence is predicated upon an underlying matrix of energy, intelligent energy which is the active, or explicated, component of intelligent infinity. I can accept that this is the milieu within which all life unfolds. To embrace this energetic reality as the most basic building block of this existence is not only sensible, but wise, and ultimately not something one could get around anyway. It is what it is. Within that field of infinite possibilities, going with the flow of the way this field is usable is the path of evolution. Resisting that flow is to become toxic as stagnant water does.

"A person with a “warrior spirit” seeks always to better herself. She does not rest on her laurels. She continues to learn and evolve because it is the nature of our universe to evolve. Change is constant and undeniable; the warrior wastes no time resisting the natural flow of the universe. To stand still is to become toxic, as stagnant waters do."