THE LION IN THE DEN IS ASLAN

Fear not being thrown into the lion's den for the lion in the den is Aslan. -- long ago blinding flash of the obvious 

Nothing turns me to  God faster than fear. -- another past BFO (from which came the idea to accept  fear as God in camouflage) 

Anxiety has ever been the bane of my life. Apparently, neither my human condition nor my reasoning mind is ever going to freely welcome fear into my life so my BFOs began clarifying fear as co-existible, 

Fear is not removed. Fear is just another incurable, progressive disease...respect it, never think we're going to be able to spit in its eye and dance away. But our very respect keeps us stilled...our heart may pound a tish stronger, our palms may sweat, but our unceasing thank you prayer can and will see us through.

Here's the thing with the self-willed person...give us a solution to any personal problem, and we always have a yes, but... at the ready. Meaning, yes, but...I'm different...unique, not to put too fine a point on it.

I suspect a huge percentage of my original resistance to the Sermon or for that matter any teachings from the Bible is they are all about detaching from our own self-interests, i.e., society, security. relationships. By detaching, I mean, they ask us to put the other person first, and whoa! That does not make a lick of sense. Why should you come before me when we're both trying to be good and decent people, and who's kidding whom? You're not going to put me before you.

And there it is, fear...the sum and substance of all fear is self-centered, whether it be our life or our love, man or money. Face it, we are not going to shuck that, but we can make peace with it. How? By still more spiritual growth which is where we learn, by experience not by reading or by rote, that a Power greater than ourself can and will intervene in our life in our behalf. 

The fear I feel is God in camouflage inviting me through my mental resistance to the peace that passes understanding...but I've got to walk through my fear to get to that peace, to Aslan, God consciousness.

Thank you.