Litany against fear
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
~Dune
I recited the litany against fear twice and reasoned with my unfunded fear. I don’t understand why I’d feel fear, I only wanted to do a handstand in front of a wall as a backup in case I fall. Technically speaking, there’s no way that I’d fall and get hurt with the wall catching my feet if I overestimated the momentum.
Still, the fear is there, as clear as daylight. No amount of logical reasoning can steer my emotions away from feeling that. All I can do is recite and reduce the fear, trick it to momentarilly look the other way, then throw myself upside down while it’s not looking… I smirked while the devil fell for the trick and rejoyced while I enjoyed the 5 second of limbo upside down. I am surprised that I can last that long.
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