You try to save
yourself.
"You" try to save
"yourself." Here we refer to the false you -- the thought you. How can a false
you save itself? All it can do is save its false image of itself. This is important for you to understand. Try to understand it.
The false you is afraid of not existing. It doesn't exist to begin with. It never existed. Deep down, where your fear lives, you know this. This is what you most fear -- your lack of existence. Your nonexistence. You fear nonexistence. You fear not existing.
How do you try to save yourself from nonexistence? Stop now and think about this for a moment .... how does the false you try to save itself from nonexistence?
The answer is, the answer the false self gives is, "I fear, therefore I am!" You believe that if are afraid, then you exist. Your fear proves you are here. And there are so many things to fear! The list is endless. Every time you are afraid that you do not exist, you can reach into your basket of fears, pull out one, and say, "Yes! I fear: Therefore I am!" And you feel saved. Your fear makes you feel alive.
So many fears! The fear of dying, of the future, of the past, of that person, of not having enough money, of not knowing what to do with your money, of not being kind, of sickness, of losing your ability to walk, of dying, of losing that man or that woman, of the sun being too hot, of floods, of fires, not knowing your destiny, getting 'old'...the list never ends.
Since the list of fears never ends, what can end? YOU! You can end. The false you that believes in fear can end. Only when the false self ends can fear end.
You must understand. Understand that your fear of not existing controls your whole life. Isn't this true? Look deep. Look deep and keep on looking. Dare to look deep. Deeper than you ever have.
