Freedom from Fear Begins Here and Now (faith quotations)

August 17th, 2008 admin Posted in spiritual |

By Tom Stine

Everyone has experienced fear. We know exactly what it feels like, whether it is in the form of anxiety or an extreme terror. But we rarely if ever stop to ask questions about our fears. We have a lot to learn from fear, and asking questions of it will lead us to some interesting observations that can be amazingly helpful. And first and foremost is the that fear is never about the here and now.

It’s true. Fear is always about the future. Without a future, there can be no fear. Fear is the feeling we have when we are anticipating something bad happening. Our minds conjure up a possible future event, and then our nervous system reacts to these thoughts by stimulating our bodies in that familiar group of sensations we call fear. It really is as simple as that.

By knowing that fear is always about the future, we can use this simple fact to start to undo it and become free of it for good. If you will notice, you are not living in the future. Or the past. You are living right now. Here, in this spot and at this moment. And be honest, can you ever know what is actually going to happen in the future? Can you know what will happen tomorrow or next week? No, you can’t. And that is how you begin to undo fear. You recognize that it is about a future that you can never know. This recognition is the beginning of your freedom.

Let’s look at an example. Suppose you are like many people and are worried about your finances. The grocery bill is getting larger each month, gas prices are up, but you are not earning any more money. You start to feel a nagging worry, a sense of anxiety, a fear about what will happen a year from now. “Will I run out of money?” you ask yourself.

To gain your freedom from this fear, begin by noticing what is here right now. Do you have plenty of food to eat? Do you have gas for the car? A job? Some savings? Take a brief look at the reality of your life now. Not a year from now. Now.

Then, ask yourself, “Do I know what the future will be like? Can I honestly say I know?” Of course not. You can never know. Then allow that realization to sink into your system. Let it settle into your body.

The first thing you will notice from doing a simple process like this one is that you feel lighter, freer, more open. The fear has lifted some (or completely vanished). You feel more alive and capable of dealing with life and it’s situations.

The second thing you notice is that your creativity and intuition increase exponentially. Your ability to solve problems improves, and your sense of the best solution grows more accurate. If your concerns were about money, you start to see interesting ways you can save money. You gain a new insight into how to earn more, get a raise at your current job, or find better employment.

Freeing yourself from fear is both simple to do and beneficial. Plus, you feel good, too. While there are many other techniques that can help you find lasting freedom, this simple one of recognizing the here and now will work wonders.

Tom Stine is a life coach for spiritual people.

He works with a wide variety of people and issues,

always seeking to help his clients go beyond their

limitations. Find out how to live a freer, fuller

life at tomstine.com.

Angels And Spirit Guides Are Unique Too
By Kevin Sinclair

A lot of information has been produced in recent years about angels, spirit guides and ascended masters and more and more people are calling upon them for help in dealing with the challenges of life. The information that is surfacing about these other-worldly beings is the result of intensive study into ancient texts that are thousands of years old.

Furthermore, normal people are increasingly experiencing paranormal or supernatural events as they live their daily lives. This is happening across the globe, in the lives of all sorts of different people whether they live in cities or towns, the countryside or even on the streets.

People who have personally witnessed the presence of supernatural beings or have experienced paranormal events have different educational levels, occupations and ages. They include men and women, girls and boys. Interestingly, they represent all faiths and religious groups as well as people who are not involved with any formal church or spiritual fellowship. Some of these people have explored their experiences in articles and even books.

However, the vast majority of those who have had these amazing experiences have not described them formally in writing at all. They just keep living their normal, everyday lives, but have incorporated the supernatural quietly by seeking direction from spirit guides, ascended masters and archangels.

These beings are not experienced in the same way by different people. Sometimes they appear as visions, sometimes they simply speak and at other times they are felt as a presence. However, their presence is detected, the people they connect with have very interesting stories to tell.

We are gaining more understanding over time about how these beings operate. For example, we now know that archangels, ascended masters and spirit guides have specific expertise and areas of specialty. Archangel Michael, for example, is charged with helping us overcome fear both individually and as a whole.

To better understand how to relate to and cooperate with spiritual beings, we can seek the guidance of Archangel Metatron who also specializes in helping children. To create more beautiful lives we can turn to Archangel Jophiel and if we are seeking solutions to health problems, Archangel Haniel can guide us to create the appropriate healing remedies.

If you desire to understand your life purpose, Archangel Chamuel is the one to turn to along with Archangel Michael, Saint Francis or Saint-Germain. Surprisingly, we can even get help to fix mechanical parts from Archangel Michael or Apollo. For grief and loss we can turn to Archangel Azrael for comfort and healing.

Down through the ages, these amazing, extraordinary experiences have also been very natural. However, the supernatural experiences and contacts with other-worldly beings that have occurred throughout our human history are still mind blowing to human beings. Yet, our growing awareness of other beings, dimensions, and realities is finally beginning to be validated by quantum theory and the growing body of research in quantum physics.

When we realize that even spirit beings such as angels, spirit guides and ascended masters have special gifts and areas of specialty, we may be able to more easily accept and appreciate what we can uniquely offer as human beings. We also have things in which we are particularly gifted.

The combination of unique talents and interests that we all possess indicate our life purpose. These important elements of who we are combine to create our personalities and develop into the motivations, desires and decisions that create our destinies. Understanding this, should help us become more patient and understanding of both ourselves and other people.

Kevin Sinclair is the publisher and editor of My-Personal-Growth.com, a site that provides information and articles for self improvement and personal growth and development.

New age opinions and trends
By Clint Jhonson

What does new age mean to people today? Young people consider this a trend for fashion and all of the implications that come with it. Older people consider this as something that isnt according to some of their overrated beliefs and behaviors.

The opinion of other people such as astrologers, the new age makes reference to the change of astrological ages. This implies the crossing from the Age of Pisces, in which we have been for more than two thousand years, into the Age of Aquarius.

This change of astrological ages brings with it lots of progress and innovation in many fields, just as we are experiencing for a few decades now. Something that goes hand in hand with progress is the change of beliefs. Even though most of us have relatively well defined beliefs, we are now turning our eyes on something that hides deeper meanings such as spiritual objects.

Spirituality is different from religion and all the things according to which we governed our lives. We are now able to find a sense in a lot of things that couldnt be explained before. Our spirituality may hold the key to a lot more doors than we think of.

Our level of spirituality can be observed first on the things we are showing to the world. Things like outfits and accessories are a reflection of our beliefs and the message that we send through them often plays an important role in how people perceive us.

Spirituality is an important aspect of the new age trends. Fashion garments and jewelry pieces are the most important things through which a person can express his or her beliefs. While we can obtain outfits from local stores that have a design close to what we want, there is nothing like a special piece of jewelry to hold deeper meaning and other hidden powers.

New age jewelry designs often have cosmic reflections and implication within them. For instance a pendant design called the Vesica Pisces makes reference to the Age of Pisces we have talked about afore. The Star of David also is popular not only for the religious implications, but also for the fact that when we entered the Age of Aquarius, a perfect Star of David constellation watched over Jerusalem.

An interesting irony is that a lot of new age jewelry designs are inspired from ancient beliefs. Among them we can name pendants that represent the Eye of Horus, Odins knot, Gordian knot or Merkaba, rings like the ring of Tao, the Lotus ring or the Bulgakov ring and more.

All of these designs are meant to improve the quality of your life with deeper meanings and hidden powers. Handcrafted from pure materials and submitted to a special energizing process, these pieces can be more than just fashion accessories.

But where can you find these new age objects? The designs mentioned afore are just some of many others that David Weitzman creates for people all over the world. If you are interested in receiving more information about them, be sure to visit ka-gold-jewlry.com.

Basically the expression new age makes reference to beliefs. At the crossing between ages, we have the tendency to rediscover ourselves and our beliefs and we try to make the whole world understand who we are.

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