The Mind Wants a Spreadsheet for Infinity
Why Anxiety Is Frozen Spiritual Trust
Dear UnMinders,
Anxiety is often the ego attempting to micromanage the universe.
Which is adorable, considering most humans cannot successfully manage a houseplant for longer than three weeks.
The anxious mind believes safety comes from total control…
predict every outcome,
avoid every mistake,
prepare for every catastrophe,
emotionally rehearse disasters before breakfast.
It is exhausting.
The mystics say anxiety is not merely fear. It is unconscious god-complex energy. The ego desperately wants omniscience, omnipotence, omnicontrol. It wants guarantees from a universe built entirely from impermanence.
But life refuses to become a spreadsheet.
Love changes.
Bodies age.
Plans collapse.
People leave.
Milk expires suspiciously early.
And still the sun rises.
Non-dual traditions teach surrender not as weakness, but as alignment with reality. A river does not panic because it cannot control the ocean. It flows.
Surrender is not giving up.
It is giving up the illusion that fear creates safety.
The deepest peace arrives when you stop demanding certainty from existence and begin trusting your capacity to meet whatever arrives.
After all, you have survived every previous catastrophe your mind predicted.
Including several that never happened.
Thank You for UnMinding,
Manpreet Singh
If something here has added even a small spark of value to your life,
your support would be deeply appreciated.
With heartfelt gratitude. 🤍
The universe has a better plan than me