God morning from a beautiful and sunny London. It has not gone unnoticed at the many people on this site that have documented their fear of the future. I thought the response I sent to one of our friends, might be useful to someone else with the same, debilitating thought process.
If you strip away all the scientific and intellectual banter we are so able and readily available to indulge ourselves in, the simple truth remains. You, me and everyone else who is reading this, have the capacity to not be afraid. Like any phobia, which presents itself as a fear, you can overcome it and actually thrive on the now and like many phobias, it’s learnt behaviour. http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation/mentalhealthproblems/anxietyphobias/anxietyphobias.aspx
The now when you think about it IS the future. As a tiny example, by the time you have read this, you are already in the future and so by projecting yourself in the right direction, you are steering your own very personal experience. If you are able to read this and make sense of it, in essence get it and have lost your way through illness, be it physical or mental, you are capable of controlling your perception and how you view world events… If only you will allow yourself. It is like learning to swim. The panic of not being able to swim will ultimately bring about your demise in deep water. If you are incapable of getting your head around what is physically happening to you at the time, you risk drowning! Relax, breath and you’ll float naturally! I grew up afraid. Afraid of the present and certainly afraid of the future. The anxiety I felt was debilitating and very real.
The interpretation of world events within the organisation is that, an interpretation. If you speak to a devout Buddhist, they will real off reams of doctrine dating back thousands of years that pertain to the time we are now in. Nostradamus, and practically every orchestrated religious theologian will be able to say we are heading for something. Of course we are! We are sucked into the future without any control over it. This in itself can be deemed scary. That said, you are in control of where you are and who you are right now. The thing to remember is that while you are dealing with the angst of fear, your energies are not available to hold you up so you can proverbially float enabling you to enjoy the deep blue sky, the sun of your face and the sheer sensation of being.
Many are in a state of inertia through sheer confusion. Stop and listen to yourself. Really listen to yourself. Take control of the inner you and make yourself calm. Today is good, and so is even better! If only you will let it. We are all going to pass on and die eventually and I for one don’t know anymore more than that, and nor should I. It is merely human arrogance to think we should. I know more need to know what is on the far side of the moon that I need to know, what the ultimate future holds for mankind. My responsibility to mankind and for myself is right now. It is here. It id this afternoon, this evening and tomorrow morning. It has taken me a while to get to this stage in my life and a lot of personal anguish and journeying, but I reckon I am OK. I am certainly happier. It is good to rest for a while and put down the heavy backpack of my ex dub persona! It’s great to drink in the view of life as opposed to battling with my destructive vices because I don’t feel worthy enough to be happy.
What I am trying to say is this; Think about something really really simple for a moment, think about trees for example! Think about the way the trunk holds it up. In your minds eye, look up into its branches as watch as the light dances amongst its leaves, and it gives way to the breeze. Watch as it sheds old leaves to make way for both rest and new growth. The thing is its life cycle is so slow we miss it. Generally speaking, a tree lives far longer than us and it grows so slowly, we can simply miss it. We just see a tree, when what we should be seeing is a living organism in control, a life that has moved each leaf and branch, in order to gain optimum light and energy within it’s own unique space on this planet. To make the most of what is on offer. It's a great life lesson for us to learn. The tree just does things so slowly we cant see its real life experience easily within our own time continuum, even though we share the same space. Again like many trees if you move them, they can simply wither away and die. It's like leaving the organisation; you need to realign your thoughts in order to gain insight. To gain clarity about bigger picture is no different, we can’t see the future, any more easily than we can watch a tree of 400 years old grow. We can only react to where we think we need to get to for the best of life’s light and energy. Think about it :O) Move your thoughts to where they best serve you. NOT the other way around. That way you can think and see clearly. It is not a problem it is a challenge to coin a very cliched phrase.
Although I am confident I was brainwashed throughout my child and early adulthood. www.objectivethought.com/atheism/cult.html I am now confident I am free to make my own mind up about my identity and who I am and what I believe.
Life is about change and I am changing and so should you. Dwell on the positives not the gloom of destruction, Focus on the light and energy of living. That is the godliest thing you can do…for both your present and your future.
Your friend Paul