Faith, fear and attention
Eroded faith opens the way to unreasoned, illogical fear, fear that our unbridled imagination creates, manipulates and magnifies. The root of this fear resides within our thoughts, which for the most part lean towards catastrophe, doom and gloom. We think that we have no control over it, that it is a mandatory concomitant of life, and because everyone suffers from it to varying degrees, we surrender to its vile nature by trying to coexist with it. When fear gets unbearable, we try to get away from it through entertainment, alcohol, or any substance that promises to mitigate its destructive effects on us. Thoughts are a continuous stream of flowing water, when we try to stop it, it slithers and slips from between our fingers. We end up fatigued, bitter and distraught. When we relax and surrender to the flow of the stream, we become part of it, we move with it without analysing its temperature or the colour of its water. If we start thinking about the creatures lurking at the bottom of t...
