Words from the Master

Fear of the ego suffering is also the reason why people get afraid when they go into meditation. When you go into meditation, there is always the fear of losing yourself – to Existence, to the Existential Energy that is surrounding you. So you hold on. You resist meditation. Instead, if I tell you to chant something, you will happily chant. There will be no fear.

Your ego is so afraid that it will dissolve. If it dissolves, all the labels with which you identify yourself will also dissolve. This is too much for your ego. You become nobody! So you resist and remain somebody at least to yourself. This resistance is purely the fear of your ego. You are so scared of becoming vulnerable, of becoming porous.

Fear is also the reason why people talk so much in social circles. If you just observe people, they will feel so compelled to say something from their side. They will feel that they have to say something or else the others will take them to be inadequate. So they say something – even if it doesn’t make any sense. All these are subtle manifestations of fear that are difficult for you to perceive.

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This excerpt has been taken from the book: Guaranteed Solutions.