Seven Days Bound By a Promise

So the wild horse of self destruction seems to go in any direction it wants. Big and powerful, you are at its mercy. So what can you do?

It is difficult to introduce the idea that the power of this seeming compulsion is really just the thinker’s commitment to their own thought of weakness as their self identity. You think of yourself as weak, yes? This seems an immutable part of your character, yes? Then, you have invested what is actually your strength in weakness, and that manifests in a powerful psychological compulsion to harm yourself. Capische?

In other words, the compulsion, no matter how you have been thinking of it, is entirely your own. You don’t like it and you hate it, because you are committed to your image of yourself as a victim of forces beyond your control.

Conversely, the emergence of a friend, who exacts a promise that empowers you and commits you to face your compulsion, is a sign that you are no longer satisfied with being at the mercy of forces that seem to control you. It is a very good sign. It signifies, however dimly, the choice for life.

How to deal with it? The compulsion is internal, yes? It is a psychological, actually psychic, force, yes. It seems scary as hell, yes? Yet, your mind is a kingdom you must rule. If you summons the courage to demand that this force present itself to you, it will rise like a giant wave that will then splash harmlessly on the rocks and recede into nothingness. This seeming dangerous and impenetrable force can stand anything except being called out by its thinker. You, as its thinker, can and must do this, if you are to see its complete lack of substance.

Is this a daunting task? Yes. Can you do it? Absolutely. Is there help available? The entirely world looks for just this fearlessness for guidance. In drama, it is portrayed as the heroine in The Hunger Games. It is the stuff of songs and legends. These are the subliminal messages awaiting your discovery. Happy hunting.

G.W.