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The Fear of Life

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Quick Facts

-Some of us are so used to pain and ‘dark energy’ that we’re afraid of the light (positive emotions, people, experiences, etc)!

-We can expose ourselves to this light by meditating, and we can disidentify from our fear of it! Doing this is very healthy for our mental state.

Intro

Following my post on the fear of death, I’ve observed many, many people who are also afraid of life. Often I’ll try to lift someone out of their rut and they won’t budge, but in a way that screams “I want to be here because it’s where I’m comfortable.”

Some specific examples are trying new things, seeing things from a new perspective, and feeling good about themselves. Too many people are averse to doing these things, it’s actually hurting our collective existence on our lovely planet earth!

What Is The Fear of Life?

From my perspective, the fear of life is the fear of:

-Feeling better (higher) than you do right now.

-Trying things you’ve never tried before, especially if you’ve been told they’re fun and healthy.

-Seeing things from a new perspective, especially if the new perspective is better than your current perspective.

Case in point: I once worked with a man who was (still is) a workaholic. One day I mentioned how I used to be a workaholic when I was younger, and that I used to believe I had to work all of the time. I was about to finish the sentence with, “but I realized there is more to life than just working” when he interrupted with “well, you’re right!” In a tone that screamed, “I know what’s coming and I don’t want to hear it.” He wanted to hear what he believed (that we’re supposed to work all of the time) and didn’t care to hear about my higher perspective. That’s most likely the fear of life in action. Sorry dude, you’re a cool guy, but your mind is very, very closed.

I saw the fear of life in myself a few times as well! When I was working my first job my co-workers (and even some customers) would compliment me on the work I did, only for me to shoot it down. I truly didn’t believe I deserved to feel good, and I was afraid that even if I did I would do a poorer job than if I was feeling crummy.

And of course, the many times I sat down and talked with people about the truth of the world. Maybe one out of one hundred listened, the rest reacted with fear, anger, or otherwise ignored me. Most people wouldn’t even give my words any thought, even if I was talking to them because their actions were hurting me!

So, the fear of life is fairly easy to spot, and it’s everywhere. It’s the act of consciously staying in a low state of mind and body because of “fear of the light,” perhaps because it’s foreign and new.

Do We Really Fear Life? If So, Why?

As I’m writing this post I’m asking myself the question, “are these people truly afraid of feeling better, or are they afraid of something else altogether?” It could be that they’re simply afraid of the unknown, or perhaps they’re angry because they believe their mind cannot wrap around the perspective that’s being shown to them. But then, have they never taken the risks? Have they never faced their fears, been victorious, and felt the positivity on the other side?

And, if we put this in a literal perspective, the only thing we can fear is life because life is all that there is. I like to narrow it down to mean what I’ve explained above, however, the only other thing to fear besides life is death, which I’ve written on the fear of death here.

Some of us are afraid of being afraid, however, I don’t think that being afraid of being afraid is as detrimental as being afraid of being conscious, because I think it’s easy (and not very rewarding) to face our fear of fear, but it’s difficult (and very rewarding) to face our fear of consciousness.

And why, exactly? Partly because we’re wired to be creatures of habit, and partly because of the programming and conditioning we’ve been subjected to since a young age. We often get accustomed to feeling a certain way (or we get accustomed to feeling in a certain pattern/cycle) and any perceived changes are then seen as foreign, therefore worthy of skepticism, and even criticism! Sometimes the skepticism is understandable, but sometimes it’s held by people in a low state of being towards those in a higher state of being, and these are the kinds of people I want to address in the following section.

How Can We Stop Fearing Life?

It’s extremely easy to stay within the “black vibrational void” and not be able to experience any other form of life. In fact, some people believe they have no choice and are doomed to be “depressed” forever. But what’s the solution to this?

The easiest, quickest, most efficient, and safest way is by sitting alone, accepting our fear as it is, and then consistently choosing to feel the way you wish to feel! It begins with the abstract (you speaking/thinking the words) and it turns into a felt reality once you choose to go in that direction. Please keep in mind that if you have physical pain, a better solution may be to sit and accept the pain. This is much more difficult than accepting emotional pain, however, it’s still beneficial since accepting your pain will allow you to consciously choose the emotions you feel.

Then, you live in the experience! 

After doing this it’ll be much easier to do it again, and again. Then it becomes much easier to go explore (in your mind and/or in the world) and face the unknown, which gives massive loads of confidence. Eventually, it starts a positive snowball that doesn’t stop, and you’re living exactly the best way you possibly can, all of the time! 

You can also jump right into the fire as I did… After going through my shitty childhood I landed my first job in (pretty much a) cutthroat kitchen, moved to west Texas and got a job at a high-end country club (where we served 800+ people on the Easter of 2019), moved to East Texas to get a better job, failed, then moved to Austin to be a delivery driver… All while sleeping in my car!

I also faced my fear of life by doing mental work… Whenever a fear would pop up I’d disidentify from it and ask myself, “why do I feel this way? Is it rational, or should I let it go?” That combined with some other “sorting out” of my mental stuff greatly aided in making me who I am today.

I’m not saying you should be as unconventional as I was (or put yourself in as much danger as I did), but I am asking you to face your fear of life in whatever way you see fit. I’m asking you to do it consistently, and even to let it snowball in a positive direction as time goes on! I have provided the process, now I’m asking you to follow through 🙂

Final Thoughts

I love feeling good, and sometimes I still feel a strong urge to go back to the fear and suffering I once knew. Maybe I should consciously break that habit, and now that I think about it, I have been slowly breaking that habit as time goes on.

Also, if you know someone (if you’re friends with them, if they’re your family members, etc) who is dead set on being afraid all of the time, I encourage you to see them as an opportunity to develop your own ability to be positive in their negative presence, and/or a person to avoid as much as possible. You have every right to not spend time with them, after all 🙂

Conclusion

Thank you so much for reading my post! I’m truly grateful for your presence, and I’ll see you next time!

On Death

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Quick Facts

-Death is often considered the ceasing of physical existence, however, death can be considered in a psychological sense as well!

-Going through egoic and psychological death is very healthy for us!

Intro

Death is such an interesting topic. So many people are frightened of it, and many people embrace it as well! But what is death? Can we consider death to be anything else besides what we traditionally associate it with? Even if we could, should we?

What We Consider To Be Death

As it stands, almost everyone believes that death happens when a living being ceases to live in the physical world. When our breath is gone, our heartbeat stops, and we permanently stop moving others consider us to be “dead.”

This can be thought about all kinds of living things – squirrels, trees, dogs, rabbits – when they permanently stop moving, they’re “dead.” 

Also, some people are smart and remark that someone seems “dead” or “brain-dead” when they exhibit a lot of black energy. They are beginning to refer to death as a mental state rather than a physical state.

What Death Can Really Be

While we think of the above as death, there is another perspective I want to write about! 

When a tree dies, for example, it goes into the soil and becomes fertilizer for other plants and trees to grow on top of it. Since its nutrients are being used for another tree to grow can anyone say it actually died?

Some people argue that death and decay can only truly happen if we don’t let the earth reclaim its own, by putting our bodies in caskets, for example. When life “dies” it becomes the grounds for new life, and anyone/anything that disrupts that process is asking for trouble! The earth only has so many resources, after all.

Others argue that death simply doesn’t happen, and that life always carries on whether it be in physical form or metaphysical form. 

And lastly, speaking of the metaphysical, death can refer to psychological/emotional death. We tend to hold the same beliefs, emotions, and fears for a long time, and they grow in intensity the longer we identify with them. When we disidentify from them and release them from our being we refer to this as ‘ego death,’ and it often feels like death when a feeling that intense becomes replaced with another intense, positive feeling.

Why Death Is Good For Us

Most of us are afraid of death and dying! I see a lot of people who harbor a subtle (sometimes not-so-subtle) fear of death, and I want to argue towards the contrary – if we’re afraid of death and dying all the time our quality of life will dramatically decrease on the mental and physical levels. It’s the same for any kind of chronic fear, but it’s especially true for the fear of death since most of us fear death more than anything.

In fact, the act of death itself can be seen as rather… Unceremonial! When we take the emotional context away from it it’s rather simple and painless. This is me talking about the physical death, but what about the metaphysical death?

When a large but detrimental (outdated) part of our psychological/emotional being is disidentified from, we often become a different and better person entirely! We feel better, we treat ourselves and other people better, we are more likely to think and perform well, the list of benefits goes on and on. While metaphysical death can feel painful, I assure you, anything that deserves to be slain in the mind probably wasn’t worth identifying with anyway. Learned from? Maybe. But not identified with!

However, this kind of death is intense and, often, unpleasurable. Digging up traumas, old emotions of the past, and subconscious/suppressed pain hardly ever feels good in the moment, especially if it comprises a large part of our identity. However, if we’re willing to let it go, feel the intensity, and come out on the other side, we’ll have gone through a kind of death that’s very important to our well-being!  

Why We Shouldn’t Be Scared

Some of us mistake the fear of death as the actual act of death itself. Sometimes we say “wow, I feel like death” because the pain and suffering that we feel can be thought of to be like death.

In reality, however, there is no reason to associate pain, fear, and negativity with death. This is why I propose we shouldn’t be afraid of any kind of death! And what I mean by this is, literally, we shouldn’t identify with the fear of death. Perhaps we can feel the feeling, but we shouldn’t identify with the feeling and be the feeling. We should feel the fear and pain, accept it for what it is, then release it, because that provides a lot more wellbeing than simply staying afraid! 🙂

Final Thoughts 

My speculation is that we’re programmed to be afraid of dying from a very young age. TV shows, movies, commercials, our parents, other adults… I’ve even gone so far as to speculate that the government does this on purpose so it can keep most of us compliant and afraid. It makes sense since this is what an intelligent government would do if it was completely and totally void of morality or positive power and totally obsessed with gaining control and corrupt power, which is true for most (if not all) of the (at least American) government.

I used to think that all fear stemmed from the fear of death, however, I’ve recently been wondering if other fears are completely autonomous and completely okay with existing on their own. IE, she’s scared to meet this new group because she wants them to accept her. Why does she want them to accept her? Because she wants them to accept her. And the loop continues. I feel as if I cannot say the fear of death is the root of all fear, however, I can say that it is the root of a lot of fear, pain, and suffering, so I highly encourage you to disidentify from it by continuously repeating, “I choose to disidentify from the fear of death. I do not need to fear death anymore.”

Conclusion

Thank you for reading my article! I hope you found some value in it, and I’ll see you in the next post 🙂

2 Ideas to Help Prisoners Become Better People

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Quick Fact

-Prisoners are often angry and/or resentful, and letting them have a healthy outlet is an idea to help them become better people.

Intro

We have people in our society who are deemed too offensive to live among us. Violence, drugs, suspicious activity – you name it. Some people find themselves locked behind bars, whether they deserve it or not. 

I’m not here to plea the innocence of these people, but rather I’m concerned with their current state of being and how it can be improved. Today I will present two ideas that will improve the quality of life in prisons across America!

Idea Number One

He’s running down the street as fast as he can with the police in hot pursuit. He cuts through his neighbor’s backyard, waking him up in the process, and making him quite angry. The police eventually catch him and pin him to the ground, and force his hands behind his back. He’s handcuffed and, after due process, he’s sent to a jail cell.

Depending on the jail he may have things to do, or he may not. He may have recess, work, mealtimes. He may even have access to drugs. However, there is one thing that he probably doesn’t have access to, and that is a punching bag.

Yes, a punching bag. Let me explain!

Prison inmates often (if not always) harbor intense amounts of anger. If anger is allowed to build without release for an extended period of time it can manifest as a criminal act, since ignoring it doesn’t make it go away. 

It’s important to give inmates a way to release their anger. They shouldn’t have to sit and let it build up all over again because it

may very well manifest as another criminal act if they’re ever released. This results in a vicious cycle that isn’t helpful for anybody.

It’s also important to give them limited access to the punching bag on a predictable time schedule. This is for psychological reasons. If you give them a punching bag in their cell then they may never use it, since it’s always available to them. However, if it’s only available from 3:00 pm-3:30 pm every day, some of the prisoners will start to anticipate beforehand and be more willing to participate. 

Depending on the layout of the prison there can be punching bags in the main room, outside, the recess area, etc. The prisoners should be encouraged to punch the bags as hard as they can for at least 30 minutes, and this will help them live out their anger. This will make life easier for them and the staff who work with them every day.

Idea Number Two

We have AA, Alcoholics Anonymous. Almost everyone is familiar with the program since it’s been around for a long time. 

I think prisoners should be required to attend PA (Prisoner’s Anonymous) meetings. The reason for this is simple. When prisoners live together inside of prison they begin to make connections with each other. This connection building can make them even more dangerous if and when they’re released back into the world, especially if they’re still harboring excessive levels of resentment.

If it becomes a mandatory requirement for different prisoners of different backgrounds to sit and make connections with one another (especially with psychological professionals and guards in the room) there will be an absence of one nasty thing in particular – loneliness. We want our prisoners to heal, and the best way to do that is by teaching them how to make strong, genuine connections with each other so they don’t feel isolated and ignored, two feelings that can sometimes lead to violence and the sense of needing revenge.

Conclusion 

Beyond these two ideas, we should aim to make our jails a place of recovery, not a place of stagnation. Or worse, resentment. If prisoners have a way to express their anger and a way to form genuine connections with other prisoners/people while they’re there, then everybody will have an easier time, staff, inmates, and the world alike.

Sincerely,

-Gabriel

The Philosophy of The Insecure Woman

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Many faces.

Insecurity.

Fear and anxiety. 

Depression.

Manipulation.

Stoicism.

These are all different expressions of the same energy.

The insecure woman, the one who harbors black energy. She is the one who often ruins lives or leaves them unfulfilled, sometimes to be malicious, and sometimes out of innocence.

Perhaps her journey is to become confident? But even the confident woman is not perfect. No, perhaps she can overcome her fears, as difficult as that may be. Maybe then her problems will be solved?

But often she acts out her black energy without thinking, without stopping to see the bigger picture. Too much adrenaline? Too much trauma? Why is her life not working out? Why doesn’t she have what she wants? These are all questions that the insecure woman can ask, however, logic does not seem to be part of her game unless it is used to keep her in her black aura.

They successfully ruin the world, if for no other reason than because of men’s inability to discern between and choose better women. They continue to multiply and reproduce, stunning as it is to my eyes. To be innocent and insecure is okay, but to be malicious and insecure is quite another, and too many of the latter kinds of women exist for my liking. At least with those who are innocent, there is the potential to mold them and help them be themselves, and there is hope. 

And what about those who are malicious? What to do with them? It seems like their biggest talent is to destroy the earth and people’s wellbeing, and these two things should always be uplifted and never destroyed. This makes them seem evil to me, a kind of evil that is not a necessary evil, a kind of evil that is disgusting and vile to my eyes, a kind of evil that is protected by the law and by everyone around it. Physical destruction is what it would take, and careful consideration by future generations about who they choose to be with. Is it worth it? Is it worth it to destroy the maliciously insecure and do our best to make sure they don’t appear ever again? 

The Philosophy of The Physically-Minded Man

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Fear and eternity, are these not the two emotions that comprise the physically-minded man? Is his being not gripped by the fear of death, the fear of losing his reputation, the fear of losing his love?

And God, isn’t he his saving grace? What about himself, who has the potential to shine brightly into the lives of others, but so often does not even know of his own will. Such is the state of the physically-minded man.

And his friends, they are just like him. Simply looking out into the world, looking at what needs to be done. They base their self-worth on the tasks they do and the people they provide for, for what better is there to do and see?

Rare is the mental state of the physically-minded man healthy and vibrant, for his feelings are diminished in his perspective and his dreams shan’t be paid much attention to. Any subjectively rich experience is brought up as a passing thought, never to be taken seriously.

But why are they so revered? Why is this simple man so respected and familiar? Perhaps his willpower and determination to get it done even at the expense of his own well-being. His well-being, which he often consciously degrades for no other reason than that “it tastes good.”

Alas, the man who is so revered is also so destructive, so respected yet so detrimental to the earth. When will he learn and substantially change his ways? Never, for this is the curse of the physically-minded man.

And what of his wife and children? Do they stay because they wish to, or because they must? Often it is the latter, some women prefer even the sharpest and most painful of rocks to no rocks at all. They cling to security and survival at the expense of their well-being.

And yet, this man comes across those of sound mind, heart, and being? Why is this? Perhaps it’s because those who are subjectively rich use the physically-minded man as a means of survival, if for no other reason than to boost his ego and reinforce his beliefs. Perhaps it’s even done out of a sense of revenge for the damage he causes others, and the ignorance he spreads to everyone around him. Such is the interesting part of the physically-minded man’s life.

Once his job is complete he finds a new one. He does not sit around and wait, he’ll create things to do without even thinking about it. The endorphins in his system are what keep him from falling into the deep depths of depression that await him as a consequence of no insight. Such is the fear of the physically-minded man.

Terrible? Awful? Unneeded? Unwanted? Maybe all of these things and more. Poor mental hygiene? Bottomless insecurity? No hope for change and insight? Most likely. The low-vibrational state of the physically-minded man will most likely only end once he is dead, and those of the mind breathe a sigh of relief before our attention is turned to another, perhaps even worse, case to be consoled.

Is there any hope? Any way to avoid the consequences of their actions? Very little, since they are all around us. Raise them right, teach them all they ought to know as children, and they will retain it for the rest of their life. Such is the state of the physically-minded man. But once they are mature, look out and stand up for yourself against them, especially if you are healthy and pure of heart.