A Spiritual Perspective on Fear

Very unfortunately there are many predictions, modern and ancient, that say 2008 will be a year that will trigger fear for most of us.

If we are, at all times, Divinely led then what is the purpose of experiencing fear? Before allowing the prospect of fear to derail your life and set you actually running towards it, let’s talk about what fear is spiritually.

Fear is trapped creativity.

Creativity allows us to think and feel our way beyond our challenges. It allows resolution to be realized. Creativity is the impulse for manifestation, the actual fire of creation.

Fear is a thought/feeling form
that stifles and immobilizes the potential for clear resolution.

Creativity allows for the free and unblocked flow of information that supports our decision making. If we hold onto the thought that things are out of our control, beyond our understanding or our ability to cope then we will manifest a fearful state.

If we hold onto feelings related to fear like depression, despondency or anger, we can become addicted to those feelings. When this happens, the fear feeds off of itself and grows exponentially.

When consumed by fear, we are stunned, immobilized and dominated by the thoughts and feelings associated with it. We think we have no choices and that we are powerless. We are hesitant and unsure of ourselves.

Sometimes people respond to fearful thoughts and feelings with aggression. These people will dominate fearful times, but sadly they will be mentally as unclear and unable to make wise decisions as the person who is fearful and powerless. Being in fear and being led by the fear full is a very serious situation – one which 2008 will probably be gifting us in quantum doses.

How is fear a gift?

In 2008, we are going to hear things that radically challenge our ability to Trust. We will be confused. It will be hard for us to determine where the Truth lies amidst the words and situations that will unfold.

We are all seekers walking our own path – and attempting to live the best life we know how. Whether you are interested in predictions or interested in improving the quality of your own life separate and distinct from the predictions, here are a few things to know, and to take to Heart, in regards to fear.

All thought and feeling forms exist in a nebulous state. Whether that thought/feeling form is rooted in fear or Trust, it is meant to flow to you, touch your life, and to support your personal growth. Thought and feeling forms are What Is. They are to themselves what they are. They offer information to those who welcome them into their lives.

The gift of fear
is that it takes us to the brink of the creative impulse
and invites us to dive in.

The integration of the gift of fear into our lives and to know its Truth, is to know creativity and resolution.


Making It Personal

A pebble thrown into the Lake of You ripples through all of your life. When fear touches your life, it makes a powerful impression on every aspect of you because fear intensifies as it travels across the Lake of You. It has the potential to grow, overflow the banks and spread to others like an unchecked tsunami.

When you heal your relationship to fear by truly understanding its place in your life and the world, you meet your challenges as a spiritual seeker. The lake then calms, and a new day dawns with hope.

• Accept the gift aspect of fear by letting go of the perception that something is before you to make you afraid.
• Open to the possibility that it is before you to teach you something.
• Accept that you have stifled your creativity.
• Release your creativity with your intention to do so.
• Allow it to guide you towards resolution.
• Immerse yourself in the creative impulse to see/hear/feel the Truth of What is and to respond with wisdom.

Fear challenges the most primal aspect of your Being-ness to awaken – your ability to create.

It takes only a small dose of creativity or one inspiring clear, wise thought to reduce a seemingly large, over powering fear to a whimper. Know fear for what it is – and thrive!