CThe emotions that we have learned to fear. Anxiety is one of these. It holds our chest, takes away our breath, steals sleep. Nevertheless, According to imagine psychologyevery emotion, even the most disturbing, It is a messenger. Not something to fight or silence, but an archetype to listen to. An inner demon that does not want to dominate us, but wake up. In the language of dreams and mythsanxiety is often depicted as a shadow that insinuates itself to the margins of consciousness. But if we welcome it, stop acting in the mistress and turns into a guide. James Hillman, founder of archetypal psychology, taught us that the symptoms speak a symbolic language. Anxiety questions us: “Where did you lose contact with your soul? Where are you not listening to your truth?”
The anxiety that becomes ally
In shamanic yoga, anxiety is seen as a sacred fire: a vital energy that, if repressed, burns and consumes; But if recognized, can illuminate the Via. The body does not mind. For this reason, shamanic practice invites us to enter the inner space through slow movements, conscious breaths and symbolic rituals. When we sit with anxiety and give them shape (an animal, a wind, a color) stops being a chaotic energy and becomes a guide force.
In my book 1 minute a day, daily meditationsanxiety is faced as a tool to continue along the path that leads to awakening.
When anxiety knocks on the door, don’t drive it out. April. Faore at the table as a sacred guest. Ask her where it comes from and what she wants to show you. Often he just needs to be heard to become breathing, intuition, presence.
The demon as archetype
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In the esoteric Buddhist tradition, The “demon” is not an enemy, but an aspect of the self that claims awareness. The Tantric Masters speak of Māra, the inner forces that distract from the Via del awakening. But these obstacles do not dissolve with the escape: they turn with the presence. In meditation, When anxiety rises, we do not try to drive it out. It is observed, you can breathe it, you allow you to exist. And just in that moment, something melts.
A simple but powerful practice is that of the inner embrace: sit in silence, bring attention to the heart, and view anxiety as a frightened girl. Welcome it. Tell them: “I see you. You are safe. You can tell me.”
Anxiety is a call of the soul
After all, anxiety is a call from the soul. He reports that we are experiencing out axis, too far from our truth, Too identified with a role, a duty, a script. When we manage to be silent, in the body, in breath, in thoughts, We can go back to feeling what life really asks us.
And then, anxiety will no longer be an enemy to tame, but a threshold to cross. A demon who becomes angel, a crisis that becomes awakened.
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