My friend, fear.

William Michael Forbes


Fear is an indicator that action is necessary and essential...whatever you can see to do, that will benefit all involved...do it now. wmf

A Well Known Fact:

On the level of body fear prepares us for physical fight or flight, on the level of mind it prepares us for correct thinking, on the level of Soul it tells us to act in love.

Fear is energy...love is energy...all emotion is your energy in motion and it naturally moves through our bodies and inclines us to specific actions in the world. The nature and quality of our actions during an experience of certain emotions can be an act of conscious will, or unconscious instinct and behaviour. Today’s tool for how to be happy in fifteen minutes or less is a combination of awareness and intentional love and is similar to one from a previous day.

Our normal responses to stressful situations and emotions are often based on how we responded in the past and the results of those responses often limited also by our past. Today I want you to try something different...I want you to notice when you have a desire to avoid a certain persons or situation and look and feel the feeling you have inside you, around that avoidance...name the feeling by saying; I’m recognizing fear in my mind, or I’m recognizing guilt, or anxiousness. What does this feeling incline you to do? Run, hide, get angry, feel disappointment? Once recognized the energy of any emotion can be utilized as a creative force in or lives, instead of as the habitual way it is normally expressed.

I want you to feel where the feeling is most dominate in your body and name the place in your body where you feel it most i.e. in my chest, in my shoulders, in my stomach. Now take three slow deep breaths and as you exhale think the following thought into the part of the body you are aware of, in a tone of voice that sounds like you mean it...:

“I’m willing to love you and take care of you, even if I don’t understand you.” Repeat that thought three times in a sincere tone of voice that sounds like you really mean it. At the end of each time you say it notice the difference in that part of your body and name the change i.e. there is less tension, I feel lighter, I feel a release etc.. And to the change that you feel in that part of your body...think the thought “Thank You.” Again notice what response occurs.

This technique is one of a number of tools that I teach my clients and student. It begins to give a person an awareness of how they can transform emotional energy from one state into another. To be able to change emotional energy at will is an essential skill to have in life. Try this activity in the face of any situation or memory that evokes mild or strong negative emotions and with enough practice you will no longer be subjective to the automatic influences emotions tend to have on many people.

Have a great day!

William