Tag: Risk

What’s outside the circle?

Posted on by philipdodson

Outside the circle, it is scary

Not everything that we do will be brilliant, we are not a machine, we are a human being and we will make some fuck ups. In fact, the more we do not care and the more we let go of fear, the more fuck ups we will make as we will be doing more.

Doing something requires a risk, stepping out of the safe middle of the circle where everyone else is and going to the edges or outside the circle entirely and into the wilderness.

This requires bravery, a willingness to say to ourselves ‘this might not work’.

However, if we want to create our dreams and do something that really matters to us and others, then we have to be prepared to go outside the circle where it is scary.

What is the most difficult question to answer?

Posted on by philipdodson

The most difficult question to answer is one that we all seek to get the answer to in life. 

Will this work? Will it be successful? Will I……? Essentially, any question that involves anything beyond now.

The reason for that, is that ‘now’ exists, as the only time we know anything, as it is the only time we are alive and the only time we experience anything. When the future comes, it is now, always. But until it comes it is not real and therefore there can not be an answer. There is no future beyond our minds.

The lack of an answer is the challenge as it creates a psychological fear in us that we can not deal with. This leads to emotions such as worry, anxiety, apprehension, nervousness and so on, which in turn creates turbulence in the physical body and suffering in the mind.

The human mind thrives on black and white, it needs certainty and answers to save its poor little friend the ego from any risk to its existence.

We can not answer the question about the future and that is why it is the most difficult question and best left to never be asked.

A better question that we can answer and act on removing any fears is ‘What can I do now?’.