One of the most exhausting shifts of the human soul is the rehearsal of the future. Instead of trusting the flow of life, we spend days and nights replaying catastrophe scenarios in our minds scenarios that have not happened yet, and perhaps never will. So, what exactly are we doing on this invisible stage? Why do we do it, and what is that primal force driving us into this endless rehearsal?
We live through disasters in our minds repeatedly events that haven't happened to us yet, remaining mere probabilities that may never turn into reality. We grieve as if they have already occurred, shedding tears for pains that do not yet exist. The mind simultaneously becomes the lead actor and the director of a non existent catastrophe; abandoning the present moment, we exhaust ourselves for events that might happen in the future.
From a philosophical perspective, as Seneca said centuries ago: "Man suffers more in imagination than in reality." Uncertainty is the greatest nightmare of the human mind. It is a mechanism that rejects a vacuum, generating the worst case scenarios just to make itself feel like it's holding the reins. We assume that if we experience the worst in our minds beforehand, it will hurt less when real life knocks on our door with that disaster. It is a kind of prepayment fallacy; we think we are paying the pain upfront to prevent a potential bankruptcy. Yet, the soul exhausts itself on the interest of the pain it paid in advance.
When our ancestors heard a rustle in the forest, the mind staying on high alert against the possibility of a tiger lurking behind it was what ensured their survival. Today, there is neither a forest nor a tiger; yet our mind still keeps hitting that same primal alarm button. Against the flow of a life we cannot control, the mind pretends to hold the steering wheel with the fear scenarios it builds itself.
We cannot know how complicated the future will be without living the present moment. Being able to break free from negative thoughts and return to the reality of today is the greatest freedom a person can grant their own mind.
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