You must learn to get in touch with the innermost essence of your being. This true essence is beyond the ego. It is fearless; it is free; it is immune to criticism; it does not fear any challenge. It is beneath no one, superior to no one, and full of magic, mystery and enchantment.
Deepak Chopra
This is obviously far easier said than done; to get in touch with the 'innermost essence' of our being. I suppose what Chopra means is to feel truly comfortable with ourselves; to be fully at ease and at peace with who we are and what we believe. It also means there will be an absence of fear and for me, this is a very important concept. On this journey I'm taking to overcome my insomnia and understand myself better, I find that time and again what impedes me more than anything else is fear. It's strange - and I know this is something I've mentioned before - but I've never, ever thought of myself as being a fearful person. I've always been amongst the first to try something new, to bungee jump or parachute, to veer far from the beaten track. But of course, this isn't what he's talking about. Externally we can be adventurous but this doesn't necessarily serve as a mirror image for what is going on inside us.
Fear has all too often kept me awake at night, preventing me from sleeping. Fear has woken me up, fear has given me nightmares, fear has prevented some difficult memories from surfacing. The more I learn to control my fears, the more I will be able to draw from this magic, mystery and enchantment which we are all entitled to but we have difficulty accessing.
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