Noting the conscious presence of
the remotest hypertension—yes, it’s okay to admit we get anxious—we have an
important opportunity. Only in the current instant can we relax—or, more accurately, be in a state of relaxation.
The Madness In Anxiety
We worry numerous times,
consciously and unconsciously, 50 minutes, 30 minutes, and 10 minutes before an
important appointment. We pace up and down frantically within ourselves. Where
is that energy going? It’s going to waste.
Yet we may all do it. We all fall
for the lizard-brained venture proffering tension that has no good purpose.
There must be something better we can do to relax better.
There is madness in us all, and
certainly the specific madness of getting ourselves wound up over the avoidable
is poignant.
The madness in much of our anxiety
is as much about the inner conflict as anything. We battle with different concerns
on different levels within different spheres, and all this goes on within the
one organism: us, alone.
There is the mind grappling with
the heart; the conscious with the unconscious; thinking versus feeling; the
present versus the past (regrets) and against the future (fears); the
intrapersonal clashes with the interpersonal; there are polar differences
between time and space, etc.
No wonder there is anxiety and
hypertension when we must harmonise so many realms of being. Little wonder we
may be occasionally angry, confused, and upset. Being conflicted within is a
common human challenge.
Toward Spiritual Unity Within
The goal for poise in pressure
situations is that we might feel more relaxed in our thinking, decision-making,
and enjoyment of life. The idea is that, in any of these events where tension
comes, we might otherwise be able to accept the tension and serenely move on in
handling life better.
This accepts that tension is part
of life, as are conflicts, and in acknowledging that we will be conflicted
within, we don’t fight the conflict and make it worse, as if to panic or resent
it.
Spiritual unity has to be about
being open to life. Only in accepting the difficult can we be at peace with the
difficult. We see other people arranging peace of themselves in difficult
circumstances, so why not us?
Poise in the moment of pressure in
order to relax has no angry fight about it, but it does fight gracefully for
unity within. It’s about advocating a safe place for ourselves, and not
exposing ourselves to overload, impossible relational dynamics, or task nuances
beyond us—as much as possible. We do what we can to protect ourselves. If we
won’t protect ourselves nobody else will do it for us.
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Hypertension and modes of anxiety
threaten to rob our joy and awareness from our present moments. When we
acknowledge the concern and allow it to sit there, calmly thinking about it, in
perspective with the best of our lives, we can enjoy more poise in pressure and
be more relaxed.
© 2012 S. J. Wickham.
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