On giving away one's possessions
For some years now, around 15, I have suffered from a phobia about the wind. This is unfortunate since the house I live in is perched on the hill above the sea, fully exposed to the prevailing winds, and regularly gets lumps torn off it by the winter storms! Needless to say, I spend a fair portion of the winter as a jibbering idiot!
The reason I choose to expose my weakness to the world, is because it is not MY weakness. Phobias and other undesirable emotional states hang around when you make personal possessions of them. I know that I am not afraid of the wind; I love the wind. This is the key to getting rid of the phobia. So, this phobia is not mine, I do not want it, take it away, and the Que, and my subconscious, will do the rest. All I require now is patience, and knowing that, even when the fear gets to 'passing out' levels, it does not matter.
So, don't take things seriously and don't make personal possessions of them.
And, I should add that the phobia no longer gets so bad that I pass out. The ploy I have described is working.
This discussion could, and should, go on to what people consider to be their personality traits. OK, just one example: visual artists are very fond of the idea that they cannot tell you in words what the painting is about, and that, ina way, is why they are artists. That visual art is their form of communication. So much so that it has become almost the mark of the beast: if you can communicate in words, you cannot be a real artist!
Well, of course, this is bollocks, but by making a personal possession of such a disability as inarticulacy, they are hanging onto it. Really, it is not natural for a human being to be unable to express themselves in words! And, what is more, it is not natural to be blocked from learning to do so ---- none of us is 'born that way'.
The reason I choose to expose my weakness to the world, is because it is not MY weakness. Phobias and other undesirable emotional states hang around when you make personal possessions of them. I know that I am not afraid of the wind; I love the wind. This is the key to getting rid of the phobia. So, this phobia is not mine, I do not want it, take it away, and the Que, and my subconscious, will do the rest. All I require now is patience, and knowing that, even when the fear gets to 'passing out' levels, it does not matter.
So, don't take things seriously and don't make personal possessions of them.
And, I should add that the phobia no longer gets so bad that I pass out. The ploy I have described is working.
This discussion could, and should, go on to what people consider to be their personality traits. OK, just one example: visual artists are very fond of the idea that they cannot tell you in words what the painting is about, and that, ina way, is why they are artists. That visual art is their form of communication. So much so that it has become almost the mark of the beast: if you can communicate in words, you cannot be a real artist!
Well, of course, this is bollocks, but by making a personal possession of such a disability as inarticulacy, they are hanging onto it. Really, it is not natural for a human being to be unable to express themselves in words! And, what is more, it is not natural to be blocked from learning to do so ---- none of us is 'born that way'.
posted by joan @ 2:48 AM
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