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Elay Amitay Halevi argues that fear is often an addiction to a familiar story about yourself. The dread you feel before acting is worse than the act itself, and walking through it anyway reveals the freedom on the other side.
Elay Amitay Halevi argues that fear is often an addiction to a familiar story about yourself. The dread you feel before acting is worse than the act itself, and walking through it anyway reveals the freedom on the other side.
When you're looking at the thing you fear, you're thinking, oh, my God, that's going to be awful. When you're walking through it, you're thinking, wow, this is what I was scared of. And when you come out the other end, you're thinking, I can do anything. There are people who are living your dreams right now, and the only thing that is stopping you is a little bit of fear about something. That's probably just going to be a little bit uncomfortable, but it's probably going to really bring you so much pleasure, because it's going to set you free. The highest you, the most embodied you, is on the other side of this identity that you're addicted to, this fear, this suffering, and this story that you're addicted to.
