The fear of being abandoned. The terror of
being lonely forever. The anxiety of being utterly dependent upon another. The
panic of unbearable vulnerability and exposure. The dread of the looming death
of yourself and everyone around you. These are the great fears that come as you
wake, as you fall asleep, and as you dream through this life.
But perhaps the greatest fear of all is the
fear of being loved. We don’t really see it this way, though. For when you are
really loved, when you are entirely seen, when you are fully held, it is the
end of your world as you know it. You will never be the same. You will never
again be able to pretend that you are other than perfect and precious as you
are. And that is terrifying.
Life is always seeing you in this way.
You long to be loved, to be seen, but
please know that the implications are immense; they are cosmic. To allow
yourself to be loved in this way a part of you must die. Everything you thought
you weren’t must be surrendered. You must let go of the stories of the
unlovable one, the awakened one, the special one, the imperfect one, and the
despairing one. Love wishes to reveal your nakedness, to remove your clothing,
and to burn away all that is false and less than whole within you. What you are
is a raging firestorm of creativity, sensuality, openness, warmth, and
kindness. Love will never stop until you know this.
In this way, love is a destructive process,
for it comes to re-order everything you thought you knew. But will you step into
this sweet annihilation? Yes, something will be shattered; actually, everything
will be taken away. All that will be left is your wholeness and your raw,
tender heart. This is your gift to this world.
From Many Voices, a Sounds True blog
