Hahaha! That’s a good one!
On Dr. Christiane Northrup’s sub stack podcast, True North, she
asks her listeners to really think about giving up fear for Lent.
And, I laugh, because it seems totally impossible. Isn’t that what humans do? We get scared. And me especially. I had panic attacks in my twenties. And, I regularly have melt downs even now.
Aren’t we built that way so that we can move quickly when a growling tiger is at our heels? In other words, it’s built into the nervous system, in order to “protect us.” Simply stated it’s our biology.
Many of us have been recently schooled in the pure and simple fact that fear has been co-opted by evil-doers as a surefire method for introducing mind controlling propaganda that results in the action of the search for the panacea, which is conveniently provided by guess who? The evil-doers.
Fortunately I jujitzued that one! No mandate for me. No jab. Not this time!
But, see now, instead of a fierce tiger, or a bioweapon, I’m deathly afraid of what the evil-doers will come up with next! And, of course this is what Dr. Northrup understands. We sit on the edge of the destruction of the earth as we know it, and we wait. And not without fear.
What are we waiting for? The other shoe to drop? A savior? Permission to throw in the towel completely?
Or might we be waiting for our own resolve?
Justin Daws in his substack, The Plandemic Saved my Life, presents a profile of the suffering artist. Charles Bukowski chose to live like a bum because he could either “work at the Post Office and go crazy,” or “stay out here and play at writer and starve.”
The artist today, in the industrial growth complex, although admired on one level, is disdained on the other for giving up the trappings of society (the slave system for the elites) in the way Bukowski endorsed. Few of us could bear the pressure and the poverty.
Yet, what might happen if we all decide as a collective to admire and totally value that which is beautiful. Truly, that is what humans love most. What would happen if we all saw ourselves and each other as essential artists? And industrious creators?
Co-Creators — for we would, out of necessity, need to work with source, nature, and Christ consciousness. Nothing from materialism will help us. We’ve tried that. Materialism ultimately can only breed fear due to it’s finite nature.
Here’s what Steve Pressfield, Author of The War of Art has to say about fear:
“Each creative person experiences resistance in the form of fear when they approach their true work. (emphasis added) When you understand where that fear comes from, how it manifests in your life, and how a commitment to your work can give you the strength to push forward, you will be successful in living your dreams.”
I appreciate the opportunity to think about the artist as I consider giving up fear for lent. It looks to me like a decision, a real commitment must be made about becoming part of the co-creation of The New Earth. That is, if you consider that to be your true work.
Nothing short of this resolve can sustain resisting the temptation to succumb to fear.
Thinking of Jesus. And, I, like many of my generation was raised with the knowledge of him, but until this time, did not realize the absolute necessity of what he brought to humanity, and continues to pour upon us.
Think about his 40 days in the wilderness. He spent it fasting and resisting the temptation to abdicate his true purpose. Likely he was scared. He was human.
He knew what it all might look like, I suspect. Weighing the odds, listing the pros and cons was not an option for him. Only this—Listening, listening, listening, in the stillness of the dessert.
And waiting, waiting. Waiting for the resolve.
So, what does it look like for me? On a daily basis? Forty days of lent.
Listening and waiting…
Ok, I like plans. Here’s one:
Repeat as needed: “I am the Resolute Flame of Light.” (Thank you mentor Tim Wilde for this!)
When I feel the niggling feeling of fear in my stomach, STOP. Breathe for a moment—5 counts in and 5 counts out. Here I can use Tara Brach’s RAIN method
R—recognize the feeling, A—acknowledge it is here, I—investigate where it is coming from, N—nurture myself with positive thoughts about my RESOLVE.
Remember my Jim Karol book on memory? I will memorize 40 verses from Psalms or other poetry using the movement method called—Memitation.
I will pull those memorized verses to my consciousness when I feel the fear.
It can sound sappy, like “Whenever I feel afraid, just whistle a happy tune!” But we’ve got to do something, don’t we? Focus on the 7 essentials of Well Being for one—food, movement, creativity, nature, mind/emotions, sleep and transcendence.
We are human. And we can do this. Alright Dr. Northrup, let’s give up fear for Lent.
Lovely Elle, I will do this. Omnia ad Jesum per Mariam!
Just what I needed! Thankyou Elle. It all gets a bit much sometimes. Especially when alcohol was my vice and the readily available, in my face, accepted numbdumbing government prescription.