05-09-2012, 07:21 PM
Being the Eternal(to borrow someone's name on this forum 
) person that I have realized I am and that everyone is, is in stark contrast to my (more recent) former belief that I would simply cease to exist at death has further removed almost every remaining bastion of fear within me. I had already been consciously trying to remove all fear myself since I took the mantra from the Dune series by Frank Herbert quite deeply to heart at a young age of 12-14: I must not fear, fear is the mind killer.
Even more recently I came across an interesting concept that Fear is the opposite of Love, not hate. This resonated with me deeply and have taken it to heart, as it makes sense logically also (for me at least). This even further solidified my belief in conquering all fear within one's self.
So in the interest of trying to eliminate even more fear in all of you via example, I would like to clearly state a few things I am NOT afraid of: I am not afraid of being tortured. I am not afraid of being shot and killed. I am not afraid of being made a public mockery for my beliefs. I am not afraid of being on the "losing end" of another holocaust. I am not afraid of being arrested or imprisoned. I do not fear the unknown. It is my personal belief / opinion that this is why I do not find any of the postings about various conspiracy theories to be fearful, as they do not frighten me in any way. Actually, the knowledge of these typically do the opposite: I no longer even have the opportunity to fear a complete unknown; At least I have a vague idea(possibility/probability nexus) of what might happen.
Now, this does not mean I would not at least try to avoid being caught into any of those situations if I feel I don't need the catalyst at that time. Also, this does not mean I still don't fear in some way, at least occasionally: I know I fear my wife's reactions / words hurting me, for example. So I am NOT saying that I am better than anybody else or "perfect" while others are not.
@ahktu, That story of your past life was extremely touching/moving; Thank you very much for sharing it.
@GW_V, Your thoughts and words resonated with me, especially your thoughts on it being quite illogical to fear, as it often turns in to a stumbling block that is not necessary in any way for either path (STS or STO), to state it quite bluntly. However, I might humbly disagree / point out something to you though that you touched on: I do not believe that 100% of the time when something bad happens to you, you "deserved" it in some way. This conjures images of "sin" and "guilt" for me, which I do not like and think are puffed up, exaggerated concepts. I do believe, however, that nearly 90%+ of the time it is indeed self prompted, if not 99%. But if you zoom out to the big picture of the goings on our beautiful sphere and see such events as the holocaust and the rumors (along with the occasional tid-bit of compelling evidence) of a similar situation happening in the modern day, I must speculate that every single person involved in those kind of situations might not have been 100% "deserving" of them or asking for such a situation. What I end up seeing now is only catalyst, and that it is not inherently good or bad, since even the 'worst-seeming' catalyst can be turned into positivity. For example, watching the movie "Schindler's List" is a good example of turning the worst situation into the most powerful STO catalyst I can imagine for the main character in that film.
Zooming out even further to see it from the point of view of the observer of someone outside of this grand game we call Earth, I know that even the holocaust was merely catalyst for all parties involved to further the paths of either STO or STS, depending on personal choice.
) person that I have realized I am and that everyone is, is in stark contrast to my (more recent) former belief that I would simply cease to exist at death has further removed almost every remaining bastion of fear within me. I had already been consciously trying to remove all fear myself since I took the mantra from the Dune series by Frank Herbert quite deeply to heart at a young age of 12-14: I must not fear, fear is the mind killer. Even more recently I came across an interesting concept that Fear is the opposite of Love, not hate. This resonated with me deeply and have taken it to heart, as it makes sense logically also (for me at least). This even further solidified my belief in conquering all fear within one's self.
So in the interest of trying to eliminate even more fear in all of you via example, I would like to clearly state a few things I am NOT afraid of: I am not afraid of being tortured. I am not afraid of being shot and killed. I am not afraid of being made a public mockery for my beliefs. I am not afraid of being on the "losing end" of another holocaust. I am not afraid of being arrested or imprisoned. I do not fear the unknown. It is my personal belief / opinion that this is why I do not find any of the postings about various conspiracy theories to be fearful, as they do not frighten me in any way. Actually, the knowledge of these typically do the opposite: I no longer even have the opportunity to fear a complete unknown; At least I have a vague idea(possibility/probability nexus) of what might happen.
Now, this does not mean I would not at least try to avoid being caught into any of those situations if I feel I don't need the catalyst at that time. Also, this does not mean I still don't fear in some way, at least occasionally: I know I fear my wife's reactions / words hurting me, for example. So I am NOT saying that I am better than anybody else or "perfect" while others are not.
@ahktu, That story of your past life was extremely touching/moving; Thank you very much for sharing it.
@GW_V, Your thoughts and words resonated with me, especially your thoughts on it being quite illogical to fear, as it often turns in to a stumbling block that is not necessary in any way for either path (STS or STO), to state it quite bluntly. However, I might humbly disagree / point out something to you though that you touched on: I do not believe that 100% of the time when something bad happens to you, you "deserved" it in some way. This conjures images of "sin" and "guilt" for me, which I do not like and think are puffed up, exaggerated concepts. I do believe, however, that nearly 90%+ of the time it is indeed self prompted, if not 99%. But if you zoom out to the big picture of the goings on our beautiful sphere and see such events as the holocaust and the rumors (along with the occasional tid-bit of compelling evidence) of a similar situation happening in the modern day, I must speculate that every single person involved in those kind of situations might not have been 100% "deserving" of them or asking for such a situation. What I end up seeing now is only catalyst, and that it is not inherently good or bad, since even the 'worst-seeming' catalyst can be turned into positivity. For example, watching the movie "Schindler's List" is a good example of turning the worst situation into the most powerful STO catalyst I can imagine for the main character in that film.
Zooming out even further to see it from the point of view of the observer of someone outside of this grand game we call Earth, I know that even the holocaust was merely catalyst for all parties involved to further the paths of either STO or STS, depending on personal choice.