The path to liberation requires enormous courage, because it requires creating the conditions of detachment from the multiple links connecting us to the past: historical, family, cultural… It requires separating from the old in order to bring out the New in his professional, family, artistic life… Developing his abilities, becoming freer and more responsible are different aspects of this process. Each act of true creativity, of bringing the New out of nothing, means achieving a new threshold of consciousness and personal freedom. And this presupposes a significant inner conflict.
To reserve courage only for heroes and exceptional artists is to ignore the depth of the inner development of each human being. Courage is necessary for each stage of liberation, from the transition from the multitude to a full person taking on and living their unique aspects. Each stage is a suffering equivalent to one’s own birth. Courage is letting go of the security of the known, the secure, the familiar.
Because each stage is an inner conflict to resolve and overcome, a conflict between on the one hand the old, security, comfort; and on the other radiate its own frequency into the world. Between finding and exteriorizing the deep being, and leaving the cocoon of the familiar: courage is required both for crucial decisions but also for small decisions over time, placing the bricks of building oneself while acting. with freedom and responsibility. The old being is deconstructed, the new being is built.
Heroism is rather external, courage is rather internal. Heroism is the external battle, courage is the internal fight. From the outside there is little to see, everything happens in the depths of the psyche and in the subtle dimensions during a personal liberation. The inner journey to the shores of inner freedom is more demanding than defending outer freedom. It is often easier to play the victim than to be courageous and seek inner resources for liberation.
The growth of freedom is a slow, gradual process that requires courage and perseverance. If there is heroism, it is the inner potentiality of each person. Heroes who have been able to lead external battles without internal conflict can overcome physical suffering through the enthusiasm of conflict. It is not a question here of external courage, but of moral courage to personally commit to internal values totally foreign to one’s environment and its history, and to stick to them against all odds. The conflict becomes both external to one’s environment, but also and above all internal to one’s psyche.