Om Ganesha Namaste my Daughter Nirmal Do you realize how close you are to your Ma. You have never left the feet of the Guru, You hung on and on. I will eat your fear as the Mother Kali. I will bring you to my breast and soothe your fearful heart. Fear will disappear my daughter. I give you these words. I will love and teach you for the rest of my life and beyond. Now stop crying and do your work. Love Ma Jai Kali Ma Ki Jai
Nancy Grossbart wrote:
Namaste Ma:
Lately I’ve been thinking about the kind of “fear” that stops you. What is it “really?” Sometimes I “judge” it to be acceptable. Other times, not.
I know I have fear about “breathing”. When I think of drowning or suffocating, it really scares me. But I’ve never had a bad or even scary experience that makes this fear make sense. Other things that I could be afraid of because I have had a bad experience…like catching on fire when I was a small child…I’m not.
Yet the smallest thing, like being asked to do something simple and easy, can bring up a ridiculous sense of fear that I won’t be able to do it. Hopefully, I never let it stop me but it feels so strange when it comes from seemingly nowhere.
Does all fear come from the same place? Why are we fearful of some things and not others? Why are we fearful of some things sometimes and other times, not? Ultimately, is any fear acceptable? Is there a place and time where you have no fear? Or is it only about not letting it stop you?
Thank you for this darshan line.
Love,
Your daughter Nirmal