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FREEDOM FROM FEAR – Living in the Now
by Lynda Brasier
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
When it has gone past me I will turn to see fear’s path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
- Paul Atreides from the Frank Herbert novel Dune
Wars, terrorism, murder, crime, rising racial tensions, recession, outsourcing, insourcing, poisoned foods, Internet doom and gloom, poisoned water and world wide pollution. All of these things have combined to make modern man’s life full of fear and anxiety. The nightly news further pushes buttons of panic and fear. Is it little wonder that this generation takes more drugs to calm themselves than any other generation before.
Most of our daily lives are shadowed by free-floating fear. We are afraid to fail within a relationship and we are afraid to succeed. We are afraid of how others perceive us. We are afraid to fail in life and we are afraid to excel. We are afraid of the “boogie man” (real or imagined). We are afraid of dying young or of growing old, suffering and being a burden upon our children.
Fear prevents us from being fully alive and living our dreams. It’s a prison without walls. It’s bondage in its truest form. To live in fear is to live without love. Many people equate hate as being the opposite of love. I disagree. Fear is the opposite of love. Love is about connection, not isolation. Connection with the Universe and with the Creator. The more powerful the connection, the more powerful the love. Love is all inclusive, instead of all exclusive, like fear. Perfect love casts out ALL fear.
Why do I think Love is the opposite of Fear? I think that way because fear is the driving force behind many of hates attributes. Jealousy, envy, regret, feeling insulted, abandoned, needing to be in control, resentment, and anger. Ego experiences these things and then fear creeps in. Fear causes a reaction of hatred towards the things (or person) making you fearful. Just notice how all the negative, fear based emotions feel. Ego emotions are personal and exclusive. Only you are the one experiencing them. Whether they be real or imagined. Emotional fear is designed to protect your ego; that is to say they are ego-based emotions. The ultimate ego fear is fear of the ego’s annihilation. Fear is the withholding of love from yourself and usually another. What does a society based on fear look like? Just look around you!
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/07/freedom-from-fear-living-in-the-now/
