Personal Notes — 08
I’m having a lot of Synesthesia the last few months.
It can be disconcerting and delightful.
Synesthesia (American English) or synaesthesia (British English) is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. — Wikipedia
I haven’t written anything personal for a long time. I don’t particularly like to talk about myself. I find it difficult and always emotionally tiring. I agonize over every word you are reading here.
However, I think I need to try doing this a little more often. Doing things we find difficult is how we overcome our fears and achieve mastery over them. When I was 12 I read “Dune” and one of the ways it influenced my life were these words. They are probably the best known collection of words in Frank Herbert’s entire novel: The Litany Against Fear.
The Litany Against Fear
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has…
