A child knows innately that it needs love. It knows innately if it is not receiving it. If the love is absent, the child knows that which is essential, is missing. In this case it represses it's own knowledge and grows up out of touch with itself. The repression then manifests alienation of self and others. It's a tragedy. The only hope is to feel the pain. It is still there, in the body, in the cells. But if the pain is felt, the reality of love pours back in.
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What's the point of realizing ur true nature if psychological suffering such as anxiety, future worried and fear continue to be?
Each species of animal has its unique view of its environment. Most animals are primarily instinctual. The human being is set up with fewer instincts. It has been replaced by conditioning. This ability to be programmed has an upside of adjusting to new situations. The downside is that our conditioning can be such that it puts us out of touch with true nature, which we have, but which is easily culturally overridden.
My childhood was conducive to much suffering. My basic nature told me that this much suffering could not be productive in any manner that would make me want to continue to live. This observation convinced me to look deeper and find what was wrong. To do this I needed to find the truth. After many years the truth of the ancients, that all is one, and that the world is non dual, became clear to me. This truth takes the great burden of existential angst off my shoulders.
It seems that the years of suffering gave me nothing to loose in pursuing the truth. I was already suffering, so risking my psychological security was minor in comparison. I also did many years of therapy which allowed me to feel the pain of my childhood and release it. Not sure if realization would have happened without those years of therapy.
If realization is simply the understanding, deeply, that all is One, and I am That, it answers in a big way the fear of death. As That, I was, am, and always will be. That being said, their is still the human expression that is programmed to want to live, have shelter and clothing, and the other good things of life. When these are threatened, there may still be anxiety, worries, and resentments. However, these feelings don't have the roots they used to have. They can looked at from the higher viewpoint which lessens their hold. These feelings may then be felt against a background of deep peace which is always there.
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