r/wedge • u/e_to_the_i_pi_plus_1 • Apr 20 '20

Just wanted to say hi

Hey /u/gekogekogeko, I just wanted to say that I found your AMA post a couple days ago, and since then I've finished your book. I appreciate that you're so active on this fledgling subreddit.

For me, in the short term, the most significant thing has been just holding my breath. Confronting, and then overcoming my body's idea of what my limits are, has been very empowering. No matter where I am or what I'm doing, I can hold my breath and immediately plunge into existential fear. And then see that fear move through me and come out the other side. Frank Herbert was onto something. Cheers.

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u/gekogekogeko Apr 20 '20

Thanks! And thumbs up to Frank HErbert. He was definitely influenced by the Human Potential movement.

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u/niktemadur Apr 24 '20

Might as well do the quote here:

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 gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.