Accepting the identity of a disorder or disease
The label of a disease or a disorder (new ones are being churned out every second just like technologies)
works severely and in the opposite direction of well being. People
battling with a disease are doing well with all the symptoms until their
disorder gets a name or diagnosis. Now having to deal with the enormity of
this horrific name a new battle begins. The identity of an illness makes
the job of coming out of it so much more difficult. Once an identity it
becomes the other- separate from us- spurring a new battle between the I and the it.
This separation only fuels fear and the feeling of losing control. The
disorder that never existed or was only a weakness or a mental pattern
now gets the opportunity to really develop. Labels and identities never
help. They only keep redefining who we are and we are constantly changing.
There is only one fear- the fear of unknown
Fear
is a strong tendency rooted in disorders. There is only one fear- the
fear of unknown. Knowing removes the unknown just like light drives away
darkness. It helps to
remember that this weak mental pattern is only one of the million mental
patterns in us, just one path in a network of many paths. All we need
to do is to familiarize ourselves with it and stop using it. Make a new
path. It is a lot of hard work and begins with a willingness to see
inside ourselves honestly and objectively. Moving from gross to subtle realities like this is also the
essence of the practice of Vipassana meditation- the path of complete acceptance which helps us establish Right View.
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