3 Ways to Calm Your Fears
By Deborah Anne Quibell
I sat in front of a light-hearted Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoche and listened to him talk about fear. His own fear. He told us a story about crossing a high glass bridge between two towers in Malaysia. After five steps, he froze—completely paralyzed with fear, surely convinced that if he walked any further, he would die.
“A Tibetan Buddhist Master afraid of death,” I thought to myself.
I somehow felt relieved. There are certain things that we share as human beings, common threads of experience, and this seemed to be one of those comforting moments of recognition. Hearing that a highly evolved spiritual being was afraid of death allowed me to hold my own fear a little closer. (Phew! I am not weak or a spiritual failure if I have fear. What a relief.)
As I listened to the story unfold, I realized that he was imparting powerful teachings on coping with fear. Something we all have to face throughout our lives. And simply speaking of fear—and how it shows up in our lived experience—was greatly calming.
For a brief moment, I thought to myself, “This is the first step to calming our fears. Talking about them. With light-heartedness and in conversation.” So. . .
http://expandedconsciousness.com/2015/11/08/3-ways-calm-fears/
“A Tibetan Buddhist Master afraid of death,” I thought to myself.
I somehow felt relieved. There are certain things that we share as human beings, common threads of experience, and this seemed to be one of those comforting moments of recognition. Hearing that a highly evolved spiritual being was afraid of death allowed me to hold my own fear a little closer. (Phew! I am not weak or a spiritual failure if I have fear. What a relief.)
As I listened to the story unfold, I realized that he was imparting powerful teachings on coping with fear. Something we all have to face throughout our lives. And simply speaking of fear—and how it shows up in our lived experience—was greatly calming.
For a brief moment, I thought to myself, “This is the first step to calming our fears. Talking about them. With light-heartedness and in conversation.” So. . .
http://expandedconsciousness.com/2015/11/08/3-ways-calm-fears/