PROBLEM OF FEAR

It has been reported that the first thing Siddhartha {The Buddha} said after his long meditation is "it is all suffering". He was looking upon the world we are familiar with; this old world made from fear.

We need to understand fear. We need to relinquish its hold. One must first see that fear is what stands between us and happiness. When I say happiness, I mean paradise. For if we could collectively give up our fear, we would see paradise. For thousands of years, individuals have been able to reach this state and attempted to teach us and release us from our enslavement, created by fear. Many listen. They understand it intellectually but stay trapped.

The intellectual understanding is important. One begins by seeing the impact fear has. Fear of Death. Fear of poverty. Fear of illness. Fear of war. Fear of unworthiness. Fear of sex. Fear of incompetence. Fear that your odd; can't fit in; have a strange body etc.

Fear keeps you from knowing who you are and enjoying life at all levels. Fear does not exist outside of this illusion, we think of as reality. fear was invented by those who want power over others. As societies grew institutions used fear for control and profit.

Churches use fear of Death, Sex and Unworthiness to keep their parishioners in line. Governments use fear of poverty and war. Those are the obvious things; of course, those institutions use every kind of fear to maintain control. They constantly imply your unworthiness to run your own affairs and your incompetent to take care of yourself even your most simple bodily needs. There constant instillation of fear is self fulfilling and we, soon, are so confused we don't know what is good for us. We lose our faith in our intuition and our innate knowledge of life and our bodies and spirit.

Vast amounts of money are spent to protect us from the things we fear. Consider health care, insurance of all kinds. Billions and billions of dollars are made to protect you from what never happens. If there was no fear. we would merely have a calamity fund we could all contribute to, that would help if the need arose. A loving society would not have any problem in helping each other.

Understand that fear was a construct created by darkness. Fear is used to control every minute of your life. Institutional control is rampant. Think about it. Worse, however, is the fear that has invaded your mind. Most people have only a few minutes of each day where fear is completely absent. Those moments are precious. Know that your whole life could be like that. And without drugs or alcohol. Accept first, fear is not a natural part of you. Examine how it interferes with your peace. Determine that you are no longer going to allow this stranger to enter your mind and affect your thinking. Discontinue behaviors that open you to fear; for instance watching television news or entertainment filled with violence.

There is a huge reinforcement in giving up fear. Your experience of love increases with every increment of fear you relinquish. You open up yourself to the love that is flooding the Earth. Since we are one, every time you give up a fear you enlighten the rest of us.

A most beautiful world awaits us.

Love and Peace,  Gregg