The Fear Of Fainting Goats

From the blog www.blissanddrumming.com, read by C…

An episode of the Bliss and Drumming: The Slow Enlightenment of the Hard Rock Drummer podcast, hosted by Bliss and Drumming, titled "The Fear Of Fainting Goats" was published on February 1, 2017 and runs 12 minutes.

February 1, 2017 ·12m · Bliss and Drumming: The Slow Enlightenment of the Hard Rock Drummer

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From the blog www.blissanddrumming.com, read by Clementine. *** Fear is such a funny thing. I don’t mean funny-strange. I mean funny- ha-ha. When I am in a hole, I forget that I have tools to get myself out of the wallowing. I guess that’s one definition of being in a hole, that you forget that you are actually able to crawl out. When I remember that I have all the power to change things, that is the first thing that makes me laugh. Then, what is really funny is when I let fear in. I invite it in, let it fill me up. I don’t tell myself a story about it, I just feel the sensation of it. First, my chest feels heavy, like I can’t breathe right. My limbs get heavy, and my whole body feels weighted down as if something is preventing me from moving. When I feel this way, I see that the way my body reacts in fear is just like a mouse, like a rodent, or like one of those fainting goats. I just go stock still, weighted with fear. The thought is a little funny. Then, I bring the fear into the mind, and think of the thing I’m afraid of, and follow it out to the farthest conclusion. When I follow any fear out to the very worst scenario, the final conclusion is always the same: “And then I will die.”