If you decide to put your money in the bank, you do it in order to get a good interest. If you buy a house in order to rent it, you intend to use the rental you get for your own benefit. If you purchase jewels or paintings, you are sure that your money is well invested because it is a capital that will certainly increase in time. How can fear become a kind of investment, a source of gain for you? Excessive jealousy is said to be generated by the fear of losing the person you want only for yourself. You invest your fear of being abandoned through jealousy, hoping to get benefit in return. A man who feels he is not appreciated by his family might "employ" his fear in the form of a recurring disease in order to get constant attention. A woman who believes she is not loved enough will probably try to protect herself against this lack of love by building rolls of fat around her body. What kind of spiritual investment have you made for yourself? Have you invested in negative thoughts, resentment, blame, guilt, erroneously hoping to obtain positive results in exchange, or expecting to build some psychological barriers against the blows of bad luck? Would it not be better to invest in trust in the future and in your capabilities, in availability towards others, in open mindedness, in determination to pursue your goals?
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”
(Carl Jung)
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