Elizabeth Eternal

Did you know that fear is not something that we were supposed to feel? Fear and fear-based emotions such as jealousy, anger, contempt, etc… were never supposed to be something we as humans were made to experience. Our brains quite literally do not have the inferstructer for those emotions.

Lets start with the basics, shall we?

Think about the things that are innate to us as humans. When we are born, our little tiny baby brains already know how to do a few things. Which is cool if you ask me. This includes our ability to breathe, find food, form strong connections, love, and the ability to evolve. There is an argument to be made for experiencing pleasure. However, that is widely debated among professionals…. I would like to believe we do, but I don’t have anything to back that up with so take it as you will. We don’t need to learn how to do these things though, because they are necessary to our survival. We find this and readily accept this concept in the animal kingdom all the time.

No one bats an eye when an elephant or a horse is born, and are up walking within the first twelve hours. Why? Because it is necessary for their survival. We don’t question it. We don’t ask why or try to make them different than what they are, because if we want the species as a whole to continue, we know that they will need to have the ability to walk.

Those things that are innate to us, are necessary to our survival. We NEED them. What we do not have the ability to do, is experience fear. Our brains do not know what to do with it. And therefore, fear is not a brain thing, it is a nervous system thing. The fact that we don’t know what to do with fear is why we form such strong aversions to it. This is where trauma that lingers lives. We create a story and a coping mechanism that keeps us from experiencing that emotion again. Then it slips into the subconscious and we get to live with it until it’s dealt with.

Why is this important to understand.

First of all, it is an important concept to understand so that we are propelled forward to evolve. As I stated in this https://elizabetheternal.com/the-action-of-evolving/ blog. Evolving and learning are necessary components to the growth of our species.

But today, I want to talk about fear. Fear is a necessary part of the human experience.

I said what I said. I will pause for dramatic effect.

*Insert lame elevator music here.*

Contradictory I know.

But it is so fucking true!

How do we evolve if we do not experience some form of resistance? How do we appreciate life, and have deep pleasure, if we dont know what it feels like to have anything else? How do we overcome and become the people we were meant to be if we first do not have fear?

I believe that the fact we do not possess the ability to hold fear in ourselves without first creating the infrastructure for it is the whole point! I know it goes against like everything the spiritual community says on a regular bases, but I fucking love fear, and even have a soft spot for fear-based emotions. Because this means personal growth!!! Its a good thing.

I mean… it does not feel like a good thing at the moment admittedly, however, it is indeed good.

We need life experience. The good, and the bad, the painful, the scary, the weird, and everything in between because it allows us the ability to grow and evolve and experience pleasure, and satiation at greater heights than we would have ever experienced without it. It is my personal belief that this is why we have not evolved further, to know how to accommodate fear innatly. At this point, we really should have. The level of evolution we have experienced as a species is INSANE! Fear is something that most people experience literally from the moment they are born. So, naturally, that should evolve. But it hasn’t. I think the resistance we experience with these emotions, is just as important and necessary to our survival as what IS innate to us.

If we are spiritual beings having a physical experience. Then there are the things that those spiritual beings signed up for. It is all good in the grand scheme of things. And we love it.

It’s tough now. but it is apart of the process. Apart of the beauty of life.

I live in the freedom consistently, that life is school, and every time these emotions come up, it is an opportunity for personal groeth and to reach new heights of pleasure and satiation.

But hey, I am just a women trying to make it, so what the fuck do I know?