Afraid of the Unknown
by
Stuart Wilde
 Q:
You talk about people being
afraid of moving into the unknown. How important is change in a person's life?
A:
Naturally we are scared to move into the unknown
because our personality relies a lot on the symbols, psychological structures,
and associations we develop. We become comfortable in a society, and with a
group of people -- work mates, family, and friends.
However, embracing change is a matter of
giving away or letting go of old traits. It's all a matter of lowering your
resistance and trusting. You can't become something more if you can't let go of
where you find yourself today.
Change
is perpetual. One way of evaluating your
spirituality is by the freedom and looseness
that you enjoy. It's the concept of being ready
for perpetual change, for change means that your
energy is oscillating quickly, your life is
fresh, and you are in an expanding evolution.
The
ego/personality likes to create rhythm and
structure. It seeks to hold you in place, where
it can feel safe, where you can develop
associations, observers, status, and importance.
The ego likes to nail you down. It doesn't like
anything unexpected happening. Boring and stale
feels safe to the ego.
The
spiritual traveler moves at speed, holding on to
very little, tolerating their challenges, and
accepting life as they find it.
Moving into the
unknown is a matter of melting the resistance
that one has to change, taking responsibility,
and being able to accept that nothing is
permanent and it doesn't have to be for you to
feel secure. For in the end, we will all change
and melt into something bigger and better.
That's
the nature of the spiritual journey, and that's
pretty cool in my view. Give yourself away today
to become something more tomorrow.
This
article is excerpted from:
 Simply Wilde
by Stuart Wilde with Leon Nacson.
Excerpted with permission of the publisher, Hay House www.hayhouse.com
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About
The Author
Author
and lecturer Stuart Wilde is one of the
real characters of the self-help, human
potential movement. His style is humorous,
controversial, poignant, and
transformational. He has written several books,
including those that make up the very
successful Taos Quintet, which are
considered classics in their genre. They
are: Affirmations, The Force, Miracles,
The Quickening, and The Trick to
Money Is Having Some. Stuart's books
have been translated into more than ten languages.
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