Published by How many believe that lessons can be learned without experience, and how many believe that we should just listen to what we are told and just do it?, then…there is “Fear Conditioning” (fears that are developed as a result of learning). Whether right, wrong, black, white, light or dark, once we know the difference, choosing then becomes your responsibility and you are not so innocent. Facing our responsibilities or fears takes a lot of courage, but the more we try the easier it becomes. Fear wants to keep us from true happiness, only letting us see or feel “just enough” in order to keep us confused and controlled. When thinking about fear, I always seem to recall a story I was told years ago concerning Good and Evil, Light and Dark, Heaven and Hell. Simple and in Layman’s terms…
~Before there was anything there was nothing, only complete darkness and people with no-understanding. All of a sudden a light came on broadening their horizons. Having no explanation to how or way (also known to some as “the law of attraction), the people started venturing out into the light but the dark didn’t want them to go. It had a grudge against the light and was determined to keep the people in the dark. Knowing that by instilling fear into the people was the only way that the dark could control them, It used many different forms of trickery, tormenting and confusing the people, deceiving them, turning them against themselves and one another, escalating their fears, trapping them in the dark, and the people came to believe that if they ventured out into the light they would be banished..or worse, in turn keeping them and controlling them in Hell.~
I didn’t understand then, but I do now! Fear causes us to be afraid, unable to think clearly, take action or find solutions, if we continue in its ways, we are contributing to its cause. If you are judging, blaming or feeling trapped, you are seeing “only” part of the story and allowing the dark to keep you, hurting yourself and sometimes others. True Love is hard to find. Whether in friends or in partners, don’t let fear keep you from something you know is there. In order to get past fear we have to break its habits, first by telling ourselves the truth and then acting upon the truth. If we don’t, we are limiting ourselves from true happiness and love. Fear is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to specific stimulus (stimuli) and although fear is learned, the capacity to fear is part of human nature. Certain fears such as the fear of heights, spiders, snakes, flying, etc… are much more common than others and are considered to be more of a “natural selection”. Fears are the irrational beliefs about how an object, event, happening or feeling will result in a negative, disturbing consequence for you. The degree of fear can be described with different terms such as mild to extreme and become manifested affecting the unconscious mind and can also be experienced within a larger group or social network…this way, personal fears are compounded by social influences to become mass hysteria. Fear is behind all loss and suffering, keeping us or causing us from being all that we can be, and in places and situations we shouldn’t be in, some…for all the wrong reasons. There are people struggling with fears that are not happy because they are afraid of being damned in some way or another… In Theology, “The Damned” is defined as Souls doomed to eternal Punishment, as in Hell. Damned if you do! Damned if you don’t! Unhappy and forgiven! happy and forgiven! However you have to imagine it…imagine it, but believing in God and knowing he is a merciful and just God, then we should know that he will save our souls, but YOU have to want it. All habits are hard to change but we have to remember, they are only habits. Fear is easier to overcome once you understand exactly what It is, and what It is doing to you, or for you, because once it becomes active it dominates your reasoning and confuses the simple facts, putting you in danger. Dominus derives from the word danger, and is a master manipulator or influencer of or for fear, evil, and the cause of this emotional disturbance. There are some things we feel instinctively… and we should, but there are many things we fear, that we shouldn’t. (The more knowledgeable we are the more valuable we are). There is tremendous knowledge about how our brains deal with cognitive distractions (the process of knowing or perceiving), but very little is known with how we deal with emotional distractions. Keeping in mind that anxiety typically occurs without any external threats and should be distinguished from fear and depending on the individual and the type of fear, there are ways to deal with it. First…Become aware of It. Second…Iidentify It, and the ways you are expressing your fears. Third…Recognize it, and the situation(s) which are triggering you. If you are giving power to your objects of irrational beliefs and letting them rule you, rather than you ruling them, FACE IT, IDENTIFY THE FEAR AND ITS SOURCE and CHANGE IT. Label It, Visualize It and deal with it as if it were an object or entity that needs to be altered, changed or removed, then “LET GO” and accept the change. (if it pops back up, do it again and again and again). Accepting Gods way as the truth and the light… remembering this phrase, “Accept the truth and the truth shall set you free”, having faith, trusting, and knowing that he does not want you to be unhappy nor confused, should be enough insight to reconsider how you indulge or contribute to fear. Looking for other people can help ease your fears, but unfortunately they are not always right, however, I believe that finding people who value the same type of things that you value, does make a difference. Don’t allow fear to condition you, learn how you can condition fear. Understanding the facts and learning how to eliminate the confusion… Is up to YOU.
Happy Living!
