The appropriate thing to do is to welcome it. Bruised, damaged energy requires welcoming in order to clear it and restore health. This gives us back the parts of us that have gone into retreat during traumatic times in the past. When the energy block is cleared there is more of us present, more of our talents, more of our intelligence, more creativity and more emotional capacity to participate.
When ‘nasties’ rise up we need to react counter-intuitively, or seemingly so. Our mind tells us to resist for all we are worth. It is wrong, but we’ll never know that unless we challenge it by actually doing what seems to expose us. If we don’t do this, the mind becomes preoccupied with the demons within, imagining that every ounce of strength is needed to hold them down. The mind believes it is under attack. It takes on a siege mentality.
It is important to see the mind for what it is: a powerful instrument always useful when used appropriately but never the last word. Wisdom is the last word and where wisdom comes from is anyone’s guess. It doesn’t matter what theories you hold about its origins, what matters is that it can be relied on to release you from the jaws of incipient madness because it knows something that the mind cannot fathom. It’s reference is a larger one. Wisdom works from the big picture. The mind is only a part of this big picture.
So locate the epicenter of the anxiety within your body – to the best of your ability – and, instead of wrestling with it and holding it down – breathe in and relax your hold. See what happens. Your mind will tell you that to release this hold will result in almost instant annihilation. It will tell you, in a high-pitched voice, that you will surely be overcome. It tells you that this is much too big for you to handle. Ignore it.
The mind cannot be the authority on it’s own source. It’s basically out of line. The mind is the bucking bronco, You, the big YOU, and your wisdom are the rider.
