This Fear Means You Are Close to the End | Aswin Sundharam | Romancelovesophy

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When we hear that there is no seer, no witness, no one who experiences anything, something inside us becomes uncomfortable. A subtle fear arises. You see, the mind does not hear this as truth. It hears this as a threat. The mind believes that its own existence is equal to existence itself. So it silently assumes, “If I am not, nothing is.” This is why the idea of “nothing” feels terrifying. But here is the thing. The fear is not about nothing. The fear is about the mind losing itself. It cannot imagine a world without its presence, so it creates a dark image of emptiness and becomes afraid of it. In reality, it is only afraid of its own end. On the path of reality, this fear is not a mistake. It is the gateway. When we turn within and trace the sense of “I,” the mind begins to sense its