Stepping out of it

Anyone who is struggling with addictions such as alcohol, sex, gambling or drugs knows there comes a time when you have to make a choice and step out of it. It is painful, but unless you make this choice you know how this movie will end. Most reach a level of pain at one point when they say 'enough is enough' and turn their lives around. 

When the alcoholic passes by a liquor store, he can feel the temptation rising in him to stop but then decides to keep on driving. After repeating this exercise for a while you feel as if a muscle is building. Yes there is strain as the temptation is triggered in you, but eventually you know that you are strong enough to withstand it. You just flex your mental muscle.

Experiencing fear is not any different. You know you want to take action but there is the feeling of fear creeping up in you. You feel the fear and do it anyway as Susan Jeffers put it so nicely. Fear always arises when you push the boundaries. Traveling a spiritual path is like that as well. You one fine day decide that this is who you really are and then you go out and about to prove it. In a sense you are taking your old personality and discard it like an old skin. Just step out of it, it is as simple as that.