All true yearning implies a risk. It is not possible to grow without taking risks, without venturing. At each stage of our growth we become a little stronger, we trust more in ourselves. Although we seem to grow step by step, each stage of our growth is not determined, in reality, by a step, but by a jump. That is precisely why risking inspires so much fear, and also why growing up is so painful. Like any risk, growing requires leaving something without having the assurance that the next step is better. If growth were steady, logical and easy to predict, there would be far fewer risks, and more people would find success and happiness in life.
How is one transcending oneself, how is one open to new possibilities? Taking conscience of the truth of their situation, clarifying the deception of the emotional character, freeing their spirit from the prison of the conditioning built by oneself and by others. The eyes are then opened to the new reality as it is discovered and appropriated at each stage.
When knowledge is stronger than the feeling, the courage to face anxiety arises and the process of transcending the limitations imposed by fear starts; rebirth to the truths of the universal reality then begins.