How can our relationship with fear deepen our practice?
In this rich talk, Dale Borglum explains
that in fear, we are separated from our feeling of unity. Yet, all true
contemplative traditions teach that the end of the spiritual path
brings us to the realization that all is one.
He speaks of the two main spiritual paths: Devotion and Self-Inquiry.
Both
share the practice of meditation to realize oneness and the fact that
we are not the contents of our thoughts or experiences.
To approach that sense of oneness, Dale shares several methods for dealing with fear, including:
- BECOME GROUNDED - inhabit the part of our body that is supported by the ground beneath us, even as we experience life events. The goal is to pay attention FROM being grounded, rather than paying attention TO being grounded.
- THE TANTRIC 3-STEP
- Be mindful of the feeling: feel the fear rather than just think about it.
- Feel compassion for the part of yourself that has become lost in fear;
- Tantra practice, experiencing being at one with an enlightened being.
- DEEPEN YOUR FAITH - believing that we are whole already and can let go of the concept that everything needs to be fixed.
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