SPECTRA

Who do we have to be to face fear with love?

How might we love our fears away?

To choose love over fear, it helps if I have recently enjoyed deep sleep, nourishing food, a bath, a hug, or a deep breath. If nothing else, a deep breath and a moment of pause can allow me to dip into the well of being foaming with love at heart center. Whereas a lack of breath, sleep, nourishment, water, or hugs is almost sure to bias me toward fear. Remembering this humble truth in the presence of one who is fearful is itself a condition that inspires me to choose love over fear.

Here in the Postmodern West mired in the totalitarian gridlock of coronavirus, we’re experiencing a crashing tidal wave of techno-stress and agora-loneliness. We have built a flabbergasting array of tools to prevent and assuage suffering and to connect each of us to just about anyone else. And yet, by any account, we are no happier.