“In a meeting last night someone described the fear that comes up when contemplating losing control and falling into the abyss of nothingness. Thought and physical sensation freak out. There is a sense of urgency to do whatever is possible to stop and come back to the known and the safe sense of 'me in control.' It is the fear of death. We are afraid of what we imagine is beyond that boundary of death. But is it beyond a boundary at all? When we imagine it as beyond a boundary we can imagine that it is nicely fenced in so we don't have to face it. But what if there is no real boundary and no real sense of 'me in control,' and what if there never has been? Its not that you need to actively take that step off the cliff into the abyss, but it is to see that you are already falling and always have been.”

— Unmani