Fear

Fear is the one thing that holds us back from true freedom. Fear of the other which reduces our natural human reaction to love those who live on this planet with us. It might be a Muslim we fear because of the stereotyping we hear of; it may be a homosexual who's sexual preferences frighten us due to some ridiculous belief of 'them' either raping or abusing heterosexuals; it may be a specific race or a nation who we view as being somehow different to ourselves; all  these fears are groundless, irrational, futile. 

Our differences add colour to our existence. We should embrace them not fear them.

Another fear is the fear of death. Well, nothing lasts long, nothing lives forever. All things must pass and ourselves no less but death should have no fear for us. Life is as fleeting as the morning dew, we should live it with every fibre of our being. We should not fear dying but enjoy living. 

We are part of the eternal. When we sit in silence, our minds relaxed, our bodies too; as we stop the chattering of our brains allowing silence to encompass us so we feel the eternal fill us. We are at this stage part of the universe. Death finds a different perspective then. Weare truly alive.