THE MECHANICS OF FEAR
Anxiety is not a mistake. It is energy waiting to be flipped.
When a person is terrified of something. And he cannot escape the fear through distractions or soothing thoughts. But instead remains facing it and agrees to feel it. A deep internal process occurs.
The Nature of the Signal
The anxiety itself is merely an expression of Dinim (Judgments). These are forces of constriction. Pressure. Difficulty. They descend upon a person from their spiritual root.
When a person stands inside the fear. And refuses to disconnect from it immediately. But instead “deepens his thought.” He is actually raising this energy back to its source.
The Sweetening
At the source. Those “harsh judgments” are no longer harsh. They belong to a spiritual level called Bina (Understanding). That is where they are sweetened.
In their spiritual origin these forces are simply energy of depth. Of internal movement. Not of threat.
Therefore with fear and anxiety. It is possible. It is required. To “sweeten the judgments at their root.”
The Flip
This does not mean you should go looking for fear. But when fear already appears. You have the option not to fight. But to pass through it with your consciousness.
Instead of the fear remaining a sensation that floods the body. It becomes a mechanism that lifts you into a deeper awareness.
The fear. The very thing that hurts. Is at its root a massive spiritual power.
When a person remains present. There is a chance this power will flip. From Judgment to Mercy. From pressure to internal expansion.
Translated from the Hebrew wisdom of Ruth Kedem.