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<blockquote data-quote="Ishna" data-source="post: 151658" data-attributes="member: 2709"><p><strong>re: Sikhs Should Be Afraid of Nothing</strong></p><p></p><p>My fears are of failure, making mistakes, and causing trouble for others.</p><p></p><p>Growing up from the ages of 8 to about 20 I had obsessive compulsive disorder. It originated (I believe) from some crap that happened when I was a child. From the age of 8 I had compulsive hand-washing. Grew out of it slowly and from the age of 11 it was only certain objects which, if touched, would require hand washing. By 14 it turned into not worrying about myself but worrying about others. My mum is very superstitious and instilled in me two very bad superstitions:</p><p></p><p>1. what you fear comes near (that law of attraction thingy)</p><p>2. to touch wood to stop something bad happening</p><p></p><p>I got to the point I was convinced my mum would die if I didn't say a particular chant and touch my wooden bedside table before sleep. Then I would start thinging about my causing my mum's death through my negligence and would have to touch the table again. And again. It got to the point when I was 14 or 15 I was sleeping with a toothpick in my hand so I was always touching wood. Cu-coo! Cu-coo! Ishna is cra-zey!</p><p></p><p>Then I grew out of that and into other compulsions, like checking all the light switches, checking all the taps, making sure all the doors were lined up in particular ways.</p><p></p><p>It took me until at least the age of 20 before I realised that "what will be will be" and that I had no power over anything and these superstitions were utterly stupid. I had to put my faith in something ELSE because I was not the centre of all occurrances.</p><p></p><p>My faith in hukam is my number one comfort these days. It has helped my marriage hold together because it puts in me a sense of acceptance and the confidence to do my best and leave the rest.</p><p></p><p>One of my other fears which I'd love to discuss but doesn't warrant its own topic is, I'm scared to count my blessings in case they are taken away. I've got this idea in my head that it's happened to me before, I've said out loud that I'm thankful for something, and then it's been taken away. So I only pray blanket thank-yous and never thank-you for any specific thing. Which annoys me because I really like the idea of gratitude prayers and that they're probably the only real prayer we can offer, but I'm too scared. *hides *</p><p></p><p>When it comes to fear of something like death, two interesting things:</p><p></p><p>1. I used to get a bit scared when I first got a motorbike. But my ex and my uncle put me straight by saying: if your times up, you'll die no matter what you're doing. All you can do is ride safe and hope for the best. And also, at least you're doing something you really enjoy when you go!</p><p></p><p>2. I was having a nightmare the other night (I think I must have stopped breathing in my sleep or something and it came through in the dream) that a crazy robot policeman was trying to paralyse my heart (see, Ishna really is cra-zey! teehee). And in the dream I was aware of not being able to breathe, my heart stopping, my body exploding, and I started saying "Waheguru Waheguru" and focussing on Naam as I was dying. There wasn't fear of death but rather anticipation for the meeting. I was glad for that, but still woke up then with the sweats!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ishna, post: 151658, member: 2709"] [b]re: Sikhs Should Be Afraid of Nothing[/b] My fears are of failure, making mistakes, and causing trouble for others. Growing up from the ages of 8 to about 20 I had obsessive compulsive disorder. It originated (I believe) from some crap that happened when I was a child. From the age of 8 I had compulsive hand-washing. Grew out of it slowly and from the age of 11 it was only certain objects which, if touched, would require hand washing. By 14 it turned into not worrying about myself but worrying about others. My mum is very superstitious and instilled in me two very bad superstitions: 1. what you fear comes near (that law of attraction thingy) 2. to touch wood to stop something bad happening I got to the point I was convinced my mum would die if I didn't say a particular chant and touch my wooden bedside table before sleep. Then I would start thinging about my causing my mum's death through my negligence and would have to touch the table again. And again. It got to the point when I was 14 or 15 I was sleeping with a toothpick in my hand so I was always touching wood. Cu-coo! Cu-coo! Ishna is cra-zey! Then I grew out of that and into other compulsions, like checking all the light switches, checking all the taps, making sure all the doors were lined up in particular ways. It took me until at least the age of 20 before I realised that "what will be will be" and that I had no power over anything and these superstitions were utterly stupid. I had to put my faith in something ELSE because I was not the centre of all occurrances. My faith in hukam is my number one comfort these days. It has helped my marriage hold together because it puts in me a sense of acceptance and the confidence to do my best and leave the rest. One of my other fears which I'd love to discuss but doesn't warrant its own topic is, I'm scared to count my blessings in case they are taken away. I've got this idea in my head that it's happened to me before, I've said out loud that I'm thankful for something, and then it's been taken away. So I only pray blanket thank-yous and never thank-you for any specific thing. Which annoys me because I really like the idea of gratitude prayers and that they're probably the only real prayer we can offer, but I'm too scared. *hides * When it comes to fear of something like death, two interesting things: 1. I used to get a bit scared when I first got a motorbike. But my ex and my uncle put me straight by saying: if your times up, you'll die no matter what you're doing. All you can do is ride safe and hope for the best. And also, at least you're doing something you really enjoy when you go! 2. I was having a nightmare the other night (I think I must have stopped breathing in my sleep or something and it came through in the dream) that a crazy robot policeman was trying to paralyse my heart (see, Ishna really is cra-zey! teehee). And in the dream I was aware of not being able to breathe, my heart stopping, my body exploding, and I started saying "Waheguru Waheguru" and focussing on Naam as I was dying. There wasn't fear of death but rather anticipation for the meeting. I was glad for that, but still woke up then with the sweats! [/QUOTE]
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