ON LEAVING FEAR HOMELESS

It has been said that fear is simply a lack of love. Saying the same thing, but...well, differently...I choose to think of fear as a need for love.

Realizing fear as a need brings it home.  Makes it fixable. It doesn't take a world of worry and wonder to figure out that the only thing that can fix fear is no fear. Where can we go to find no fear? To God. Where is God?  Within. We go to God.

Sidebar: Here's how I go to God: I sit in my silence, relax, mentally wrap myself in a big old lush velvet blanket and think, "Here's me, Lord...you got the power, I don't...knock yourself out. Thank you."

With our focus on God, fear is not present...until we realize fear is not present. Then we repeat and repeat until we just have to smile at our self. And BINGO...here comes laughter to save the day. We're home free.

Letting fear be a lack is to let it be. To let it be present. Nothing-to-be-done-about-it present. So that when fear slithers into our consciousness, our race-race, run-run reasoning mind is caught unaware and runs screaming that fear is here and we're helpless before it. Which invites fear to grow larger, blacker...Real. Fear is home free.

Here's the cosmic gift when we're home free: At some point later, maybe not for a day or two or even a week or two, but fairly soon, that which had us fearful will be vanquished. Either fixed in some "it's a miracle!" way or turned to our advantage or simply forgotten about. But fixed and not by human hands.

It really is imperative that we make conscious note each time that happens...which, hard to believe, we seldom do. God is with us 24/7 but so is ego, and ego is fighting God...always. God is not fighting...ever. So take notes.

Thank you.