Passionate Wrote:the cause of my anxiety is about my family or people who are close to me, not myself. I feel like something horrible will happen to them, and it feels so real.
Why should you feel this way?? Do you feel guilt that there may have been something you could do to stop them being hurt??Just what is this something that can happen to them?? There is also the concept that they are individuals who will not thank you for your concern if it stops them doing as they would like to. Welcome to the REAL world honey....there is ALOT that one person is incapable of... good grief look what has happened to the Buddha.
And I don't care what you say you still practice Zen to a certain albeit non-religious level.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
