Fear isn’t a sustainable fuel. It will run your engine temporarily until it breaks down from overwhelm. It will offer sensations of feeling alive until you realize how limited the fear-based lifeblood actually is.

The neutral mind won’t provide the same addictive heart-pumping, rapid-breathing adrenaline, but it will awaken your senses to what is, actually, in front of you — neither overly positive or negative — but what IS. The neutral mind is freedom, and with the capacity to witness the subtlety of life, in all its beauty and felt experience, this freedom and awakening will be the lifeblood that transforms your experience of being alive.

To actually taste and experience aliveness, pleasure, and freedom, allow yourself to step away from fear-as-fuel. You have the ability to choose what you feed. Give your body and mind the space to adapt and heal and regulate. Trust in the process of life. New information won’t change your perception; you already know what’s true and real. In the neutral space, you’re able to manage your own perceptions.

You are awaiting your presence.

Notice the energy you’re accepting and cultivating. Remember, the mind loves fear. Fear allows the mind to take complete control over our emotions and biology. The physical sensations and biochemical reactions become addictive. The more entrenched we allow the mind to get, the more the mind seeks to validate the fear through additional stimulation. It can be so easy to go down a rabbit hole when fear takes over. It’s very similar to filtering information to validate an existing belief, except in the case of fear, the information is sought out to create these addictive sensations — the next adrenaline rush.

So without necessarily changing anything (whether you do is completely up to you), just observe what you watch and read. Notice if it feels true and validating or if it’s creating a rush of fear and anxiety. I was listening to something yesterday that definitely elevated my nervous system and suddenly I was imagining myself with symptoms I never had. I had to step back, turn it off, and laugh at myself. The mind is a tricky beast.

Be aware of any language or commentary that makes you feel a sense of shame, or makes you feel like you’re a contagion instead of a human. This type of language is designed to lower your vibration and keep you in a fear state. If anything, we can use this time to develop deeper (even if physically distant) connections with loved ones and remind people how much we care. It’s impossible to know the future, we can’t predict how life will pan out, and change is the only constant — so it’s always the right time to express love.

If you feel yourself spiraling, take a deep breath and remind yourself that you are safe. There are many experts and perspectives out there and it’s impossible to know what’s true. But at your core innermost center, you are experiencing complete peace and bliss. Tune into that space deep within and give yourself permission to feel good. To feel safe. Listen to your intuition and trust your own inner knowing above all else.

I love you. Be well. ❤️