What are we all sooo afraid of?

"Ohh, we are all afraid of our shadows. We are afraid of the darkness inside of us. 

So, we project it outside of us, and we have to go fight these monsters that we have projected outside. And again, part of the mystical journey is to face that darkness. You need the sword of your own aspiration to go into the darkness of yourself and to face that darkness. Then you discover that it not that dark after all. Then you begin to discover the light that is hidden in the darkness. 

This one of the great alchemical secrets. This is one of the secrets of human transformation, that you go into the darkness and it is terrifying at first, and then you discover the light of your own divine nature that is hidden in the darkness.
It is called the pearl of great prize that is at the bottom of the ocean. In the depths of darkness there is something so beautiful, but most people are afraid of it because there is a price to pay. You have to confront your own fears, your own anxieties, and to go deep within yourself. It is much easier to project it and to have enemies outside. But for the mystic there is only himself"

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee