Embracing Uncertainty: A Journey to Overcoming Anxiety

Life's Goal: One of the overarching goals in life is learning to live with uncertainty. Not knowing the future—and accepting it. This is how most people in the world live: They don't know, yet they live. Breath by breath.

Real Questions vs. Anxious Questions: Genuine questions arise from a sincere desire to understand. On the other hand, there are questions whose purpose is not to seek answers but to torment—compulsive repetitive thoughts. These questions don't stem from a need to understand but from anxiety disguised as curiosity.

Anxiety Doesn’t Really Seek Answers: In an anxious state, the mind refuses to accept the logical and human answers that satisfy a healthy person. Anxiety makes impossible demands: absolute certainty, a predictable future, a perfect solution. And when those don't come, it attacks again and again.

Emotions—A Persistent False Alarm: This is where feelings come in. They surge with intensity but lack any substantial basis. It’s a false alarm: emotional intensity without an objective reason. The emotions scream, but reality is silent. There is no real danger. No disaster.

Truly Disarming the Alarm: The inner work is to turn off these alarms. Not to silence them—but to calm them. Not to suppress—but to understand their nature: strong emotions without any real danger behind them.

Daily Practice of Surrender: Instead of fighting, surrender. Don't run away—stop. Spend a few minutes every day—morning and evening—sitting quietly with the feelings, with the thoughts, without reacting. Absolute surrender. Just stay there.

Escalation Is Part of the Process: At first, emotions will intensify. Anxiety will scream louder. It's expected. It's a good sign. Like a child not getting attention—anxiety will shout louder before quieting down. But it will break.

Proof from the Past: How can we recognize a false alarm? Simple: it has happened before. Thousands of times. The worries, the fears, the ominous predictions—they returned again and again, but never materialized. It’s a living reminder that it's a false feeling.

Returning to the Root—Living Without Answers: From here, we return to the starting point: living without answers. Accepting not knowing. Accepting not understanding. Accepting not solving.

The Higher Stage of Acceptance: Not just accepting—but loving. Loving the helplessness. Loving the contradiction. Because from letting go—wisdom is born. When emotions don't overwhelm, the mind clears, and answers appear. Not from pressure—but from calm.

When Will the Answer Come: When there's no compulsive need to know—you can know. When certainty is unnecessary—wisdom is born. Then, if an answer comes—it comes from a healthy place. Not as a defense from fear, but as an expression of wise living.

Gradual Practice—Facing Small Fears: Like physical training—start small. Deliberate exposure to low-level fears—1 or 2 out of 10—teaches the mind there's no real danger. It's a slow but deep healing.

Distinguishing Good Fear from Bad: Logical fear is fear that leads to the right action. Destructive fear is fear that leads to paralysis. This is a critical distinction: not all fear is bad—only fear that harms functioning.

Complete Surrender: True surrender means not checking "have I calmed down." If I check—it indicates I'm not truly willing to live without answers. Surrender is living alongside the emotion—without demanding it to go away.

The Goal: To live with helplessness, from relaxation. From this, the right actions are born. Logical ones. Those that don't flee from fear—but live beside it, until it stops managing.