{"id":92378,"date":"2022-09-28T08:25:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T12:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=92378"},"modified":"2022-09-28T08:25:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T12:25:17","slug":"free-from-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/09\/28\/free-from-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Free From Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are all making an effort to become fearless and free from animosity, regardless of what is going on around us.&nbsp;When faced with problems it can seem difficult to maintain inner cheer;&nbsp;the mind gets caught up with negativity, fear or worry.&nbsp;The problem seems bigger than it is,&nbsp;and our&nbsp;ability to find solutions and work constructively&nbsp;weakens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>&#8220;Keep your face towards the sun and you won&#8217;t be bothered by shadows.&#8221; &#8211; Dadi Janki<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Where there is&nbsp;fear&nbsp;there cannot be peace.&nbsp;If you want to become fearless, then stop all dislike or hatred of others. Do I have any dislike&nbsp;of anyone&nbsp;or still look at the weaknesses of others?&nbsp;When you look at the defects of others, those defects enter you.&nbsp;This wasteful thinking saps our energy and creates fear.&nbsp;To eliminate fear, practice looking&nbsp;only at the virtues and specialties&nbsp;of others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92379\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/09\/Thoughts1-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92379\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92379\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/09\/Thoughts1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Free From Fear\" width=\"284\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/09\/Thoughts1-3.jpg 284w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/09\/Thoughts1-3-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-92379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brahma Kumaris Illustration.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We sometimes experience&nbsp;fear due to dependency.&nbsp;We are taught to make our happiness dependent on some&nbsp;external&nbsp;event, condition, person, object, etc., and are afraid of losing it.&nbsp;All desire has fear built in, fear of not getting or losing it, even before your desire is fulfilled.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to be free of fear in life, free of stress, the secret is to want nothing, and&nbsp;then&nbsp;all you need arrives in your life, at the right time, in the right way. Next time you are waiting for anything, notice what you desire! This will be a source of your tension or impatience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since our physical life has no guarantee on its duration,&nbsp;remain&nbsp;fearless&nbsp;by remembering:&nbsp;<i>This body is&nbsp;perishable,&nbsp;made of matter&nbsp;and&nbsp;is constantly changing,&nbsp;but&nbsp;I&nbsp;the soul&nbsp;am&nbsp;imperishable. I will never die<\/i>.&nbsp;For this we need to go deeply into life\u2019s most sacred questions, \u2018who am I?\u2019&nbsp;and \u2018who do I belong to\u2019? &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92380\" style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/09\/Thoughts2-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92380\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/09\/Thoughts2-3.jpg\" alt=\"Free From Fear\" width=\"586\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/09\/Thoughts2-3.jpg 586w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/09\/Thoughts2-3-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-92380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brahma Kumaris Illustration.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I am a soul.&nbsp;Do&nbsp;everything in total awareness of being a soul.&nbsp;Become aware this deepest inner&nbsp;eternal life force is you, filled with divine qualities,&nbsp;separate from the body.&nbsp;This quality of stillness, always perfect and pure,&nbsp;fills the soul with&nbsp;an enriching experience of silence;&nbsp;there\u2019s no space&nbsp;for fear.&nbsp;I smile to myself now that I recognize a problem comes to play games with me and not to make me afraid.&nbsp;Becoming&nbsp;happy within, I know that every situation will pass and has something to teach me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho do I belong to?\u201d&nbsp;To truly remove fear,&nbsp;connect your mind to God. Our closest relationship is with God.&nbsp;When we&nbsp;connect to the mind of God, thinking and feeling&nbsp;good&nbsp;and&nbsp;elevated things, we create positive energy. This Godly wave of spirituality is now silently creating change&nbsp;and crafting the vision of changing hell into heaven.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With&nbsp;new knowledge of&nbsp;soul-to-soul connection, we once again&nbsp;are&nbsp;able to see the virtues in each other.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resource: Peace Village Bookshop at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacevillageretreat.org\/all-books.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.peacevillageretreat.org\/all-books.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn about Meditation classes, call (589) 518-5000.<\/p>\n<p>(You can contact Sister Chirya Risely, from Owego, at <a href=\"mailto:bkchirya@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bkchirya@gmail.com<\/a> or at <a href=\"mailto:chirya.risely@peacevillageretreat.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chirya.risely@peacevillageretreat.org<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are all making an effort to become fearless and free from animosity, regardless of what is going on around us.&nbsp;When faced with problems it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":92381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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