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Brinty · 03-18-2009, 09:32 PM

Fear is the tool of the negative or dark forces. Faith is the tool of the positive or light forces. Fear can be hard to overcome just as, in many cases, faith can be hard to achieve and then maintain.

From humanity's earliest days we have been a prey to fear. Fear of wild animals, fear of thunder storms, fear of having no food, fear of being without companions and the strongest fear of all - the unknown.

Humans have a very active imagination and fear can be used to manipulate this imagination. Religion was invented to control our fears and to control our behavior. Used in a positive way it endeavored to teach us how to love and care for each other and to live in harmony. It also tried to explain the unexplainable by attributing it to God's whim.

Used in a negative way, it induced fear of God as a jealous and possessive force, and the leaders of religion used fear as a way to induce fear and respect from the masses. These leaders used fear to advance their own interests.

To attain faith, you may need to have the support of a true friend, (of which there are many here in this branch of the Avalon family) and to learn to trust their judgment even if it goes against what you currently believe.

With faith, comes self confidence, and once you achieve self confidence, the world, as they say, is your oyster. Concentrate on thinking positive, good, healing thoughts and after a while these will become a natural way of thinking for you.

Thoughts have a very powerful energy to them and as many of us know without doubt, we create our own individual futures by the tone of our thoughts. Negative thoughts will give us a negative future while positive thoughts will bring us happiness and contentment.

A sure way to encourage positive energies to oneself is to think of a beam of light. Take your favorite color and think of it as having a powerful positive, loving energy to it. As you keep this positive aspect in your mind, you will find the light becoming stronger.

Like a fire, once it is lit it needs a little attention at first to keep it going. After a while it will become self sustaining. Once you have achieved this state, any time you start to feel fear, just "switch" this light on to flood your world with love and light. The fear will evaporate back into the thin air where it came from.

Peace and love to all.

03-18-2009, 09:32 PM	#62
Brinty Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,004	Re: Be here NOW Fear is the tool of the negative or dark forces. Faith is the tool of the positive or light forces. Fear can be hard to overcome just as, in many cases, faith can be hard to achieve and then maintain. From humanity's earliest days we have been a prey to fear. Fear of wild animals, fear of thunder storms, fear of having no food, fear of being without companions and the strongest fear of all - the unknown. Humans have a very active imagination and fear can be used to manipulate this imagination. Religion was invented to control our fears and to control our behavior. Used in a positive way it endeavored to teach us how to love and care for each other and to live in harmony. It also tried to explain the unexplainable by attributing it to God's whim. Used in a negative way, it induced fear of God as a jealous and possessive force, and the leaders of religion used fear as a way to induce fear and respect from the masses. These leaders used fear to advance their own interests. To attain faith, you may need to have the support of a true friend, (of which there are many here in this branch of the Avalon family) and to learn to trust their judgment even if it goes against what you currently believe. With faith, comes self confidence, and once you achieve self confidence, the world, as they say, is your oyster. Concentrate on thinking positive, good, healing thoughts and after a while these will become a natural way of thinking for you. Thoughts have a very powerful energy to them and as many of us know without doubt, we create our own individual futures by the tone of our thoughts. Negative thoughts will give us a negative future while positive thoughts will bring us happiness and contentment. A sure way to encourage positive energies to oneself is to think of a beam of light. Take your favorite color and think of it as having a powerful positive, loving energy to it. As you keep this positive aspect in your mind, you will find the light becoming stronger. Like a fire, once it is lit it needs a little attention at first to keep it going. After a while it will become self sustaining. Once you have achieved this state, any time you start to feel fear, just "switch" this light on to flood your world with love and light. The fear will evaporate back into the thin air where it came from. Peace and love to all.