Fear
"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
-The Litany Against Fear, Dune, Frank Herbert
It appears fear is your greatest enemy. It is a strange thing with a bottomless hunger for you. A hunger for parts of you. For more of you.
For all of you.
If you turn your back it will take the container that is your life and empty it completely. It will evict you wholesale from this human form and all that will remain is a husk, a shadow wandering the earth, forever lost.
How then, can it be your enemy?
“To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.”
-Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Fear can be your greatest teacher. Look deeply into it. Become one with it.
What is hiding there?
Leave no stone unturned while you reside in its inferno. Let it char the flesh off your weary bones.
No part of you worth being will be lost.
Plant a garden in the ashes of your fire. Mind the seeds, the tender shoots, and harvest the sun-ripe fruits of your labor. Enjoy them. Share them.
You deserve them.
