Nothing Can Wobble You Off Balance

I once went to visit Mrs Tweedy, an elderly Russian mystic-guru, who was popular in the 80s. After meditating together, she wanted to know if I had any questions. I asked her whether it matters if you panic at the point of death, whether that would spoil your chances of retaining your spirit or vice versa as you crossed over. She fixed me with her startlingly clear, bright blue eyes and said emphatically in her thick Russian accent, “You must never panic, my dear.”
Panic is insidious. You rarely notice it creeping up on your from deep in the belly till it’s already got hold of you. Often you are gripped by it in a low-level form without realising. The main sign is a tendency to inhibit the exhalation, to subtly or not so subtly hold your breath. This is done unconsciously to fend off the panic but all it does is perpetuate or exacerbate it. As soon as you notice and allow your diaphragm to let go so the breath can flow again, the panic starts subsiding.
Panic releases adrenalin into the system. Adrenalin is addictive. Hence the tendency to panic (and to hold the breath): to fuel the addiction. Acknowledging this, you become aware you have options. You can choose to lessen the panic or you can choose not to panic at all but to breathe and relax instead. You may not take these options but knowing you have them, in itself, starts to undo the compulsiveness.
As with all uncomfortable states, knowing it’s you, yourself, who generates them, as opposed to having them visited on you from without, instantly empowers you. Being empowered you feel able to make choices about which state to generate.
Choosing to relax, breathe and expect the best in any one moment and holding constant to that choice, will gradually engender a fairly stable level of calm no matter what’s occurring (or isn’t occurring) around you, however it will not prevent the wobbles. The trick is not to panic about them when they arise and the trick to that is partly in the breathing and partly in actively, consciously choosing relaxation instead.
Choosing and getting the choice to stick involves retraining your mind to think affirmatively, something I go into in more depth in today’s BAREFOOT JOURNAL – check it out.
Meantime, may you feel so relaxed today and tonight, nothing can wobble you off balance.

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