Reducing Existential Fears

An “existential” fear arises when we can’t find meaning in life or no assurance that the world is a nurturing, supportive, or good place to be. It can haunt us and destroy our quality of life with endless,unanswerable questions about God, the universe, and life’s purpose. Normal reassurances, reasoning, and simply staying busy doesn’t remove their nagging presence in the background of our thoughts and lives. What to do?

Ticks

Things annoy you and frustrate you every day. Why? Because they are annoying and frustrating or because you perceive them as annoying and frustrating? What if you changed how you saw those things? Would that mean you were passive or stupid, or would that mean that you are wise enough to not make things that aren’t about you, about you? Here is an opportunity to think about what you can do differently to not let the annoyances of your daily life rob you of your peace of mind.

Dealing with Procrastination

“You know the solution. You just aren’t self-disciplined enough to follow it. If you worshipped at my altar for maybe fifteen minutes every day, making the appropriate blood sacrifices to the proper deities, they would no longer haunt you. You only worship the gods you want to worship, and the others are calling out for attention. Make tending to my altar part of your daily puja. Make it a spiritual discipline. Make it alchemical: turning the lead of your secular life into the sacred.”

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