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Four Stages of Fear = Four Stages of Faith

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Four Stages of Fear = Four Stages of Faith

Four Stages of Fear could also be Four Stages of Faith: As Faith grows, Fear recedes. Faith is confidence in God’s Power, Wisdom and Love.
1. The fear overwhelms me and so it has the power to control ALL of my choices. And God’s voice is either not heard at all, or not followed . – brushed aside as inconsequential, inaccurate, ineffective, or useless.
2. The fear is felt, but no longer has the power to control ALL of my choices. Now God’s voice is heard, and when followed, the fear controls me less, and is less intense, is a less powerful force within me…My inner voice is a more powerful voice within me.
3. The fear is embraced and no longer controls my choices. Only God does, which is or can be heard through my inner voice. Unless God says do it, I don’t; and the fear is a minimal force – on its last legs.
4. The fear is not even recognized; it has no power at all; and is therefore non-existent. God is the sole power.

Each of us is at varying stages with fear, in different areas of our lives. In some God has more control; in others, evil or fear does.

Solution: The act of Thankfulness, of never seeing anything in life as too drastic to endure, or too difficult to attempt, of accepting all life’s experiences, and above all, accepting all of the challenges of life itself..should invoke an outpouring of thankfulness. As soon as the heart grows thankful to God for all experiences, good or ill, no matter what they are, that soul becomes illumined. White Eagle

The Six Stages of Faith

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The premise of Faith is that Life is perfect just the way it is..that we live in a perfect universe, governed by perfect laws; that everything is perfect just the way it unfolds. God and I are one…inseparable….made of Energy. We are spirits in a physical body.

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There are six stages of faith because we judge everything and most of the time we judge things as wrong or bad. Thus there are Stages to Faith. If we did not judge, we would be Christ-like, or masters of our Universe. Our egos/desire selves/minds/personalities would be non-existent, or have no power over us. But we, as a human race, are not there yet. Therefore, we need to understand how to develop faith (and trust) in God and our Higher Selves, which produces feelings of security in ourselves and the Universe, which, in turn, gives us the awareness that we live in a perfect Universe, regardless of appearances to the contrary.

These six stages are:

1. Denial Stage: Faith in negative outcomes or the ego/mind manifesting as doubt, guilt, fear, or shame (or any combination thereof) overwhelms you. Denial is all pervading. It turns everything to black or gray. It obscures awareness, obscures the fact that I’m even judging the situation in the first place. It obscures the perfection that my life is perfect just the way it is. Things are already WRONG or BAD. I am denying that I have a problem; denying that I am in pain because of a situation or circumstance. Until the pain, either physical or emotional, becomes so intense, so strong, so pervasive that I can no longer deny its presence, I am not aware that I have a problem, which means I am not aware that I have already made the judgment that this situation/circumstance is either wrong or bad. Otherwise there would be no pain to deny.

Incoming information is judged as right or wrong, good or bad. If it is judged as wrong or bad, fear is the outcome. Fear manifests as four different feelings, or attitudes: doubt, guilt, shame and negative attitudes, such as disappointment, resentment, anger, rejection, disapproval, etc. Fear can also be described, or defined as, faith in negative outcomes, because fear sees, first and foremost, the negative path of any event. So, fear is a denial of the “perfection of the Universe”.
Any decisions made in this emotional state can backfire and cause harm or pain later.

2. Awareness Stage: This is the pivotal Stage: Do I judge this situation as wrong or bad? Or do I judge it as Ok, or as right or good? My response indicates where I go next in my process towards faith. Most of the time, when I am judging myself or others, it is done unconsciously or spontaneously and I am not aware I have done so, until I begin to feel the feelings generated by it

A. If I judge it as good or right, I move immediately to the last Stage, that of forgiveness, and feel no pain, or discomfort from this situation/circumstance.
B. If I judge it as O.K., I move to the next stage, feeling pain and confronting it, but with inner peace and inner calmness.
C. If my first awareness is: “ I have a problem”, it’s because I am feeling physical or emotional pain or discomfort, and I have already UNCONSCIOUSLY judged the situation/circumstance as wrong or bad. It is my UNCONSCIOUS negative judgment that is actually the source of the CONSCIOUS pain and discomfort. This discomfort comes in many forms: disappointment, rejection, grief, loss, anger, resentment, feeling victimized, etc. Any negative reaction to a situation or circumstance can be described as a problem.

3. Judgment Stage: Judging the incoming information as O.K. This is the crucial stage, because if I don’t judge the incoming information as O.K., I will continue to cycle around in at least one of these: fear, doubt, guilt or shame. Not all of these manifest with every situation, but one is enough to make life miserable, and to eventually cause dis-ease in the physical body if not reversed by confronting it.
I often need a chart such as this one to help to realize that I am feeling miserable, or that “my problem” which sits just beneath my conscious mind, is because I have not yet let it be O.K.

Once it is “O.K.” to feel the discomfort, inner peace and calmness will abide within my body. This does not give me the liberty to just walk away, believing I am now “cured”, so to speak. It opens the door to moving me to the next stage towards faith in a Higher Power and/or my Higher Self, which is the only true goal.

Until it’s O.K. to feel whatever I’m feeling, I can’t move on to the next stage, can’t develop any faith, and I am forced to move backwards into the previous stage: into denial, and addictive behavior, and more pain..back to where I came from..what I call a living hell on earth.

4. Understanding Stage: This stage is necessary when I do not understand the source of my uncomfortable feelings, but I am aware I have them. I may also know that “all uncomfortable feelings” indicate they originate in my ego, but this is not enough to make them disappear, and the goal is still to feel inner peace and inner calmness with the situation/circumstance. So, to achieve that goal, it is often necessary to seek to understand why I am feeling so uncomfortable. This stage needs to be repeated as often as necessary until inner peace and calmness is sustained. Only then can I move on to the next stage of Acceptance.

5. Acceptance Stage: This is the Surrender of my personal(ity’s) will. By now, incoming information is either right or good, regardless of appearances. Fear is no longer controlling my choices; I am able to embrace the pain of the awareness, wait for guidance and follow it when I receive it, and take the recommended action.

6. Forgiveness Stage: My ego, manifesting as fear, doubt, guilt or shame, has no power over me at all; I have not judged the situation one way or the other; There is therefore no pain; God is a part of me, I am a part of God, and this is a “Given”..known..There is no question of a doubt about it; my faith is complete, and therefore I am ready, willing and able to forgive my own and others’ ignorance, which I know is the cause of their negative actions and feelings. “If they knew what I know, they would not be reacting as they are – with doubt, guilt, fear or shame.

Today’s Working Definition of the Ego

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Today’s Current Working Definition of the Ego

The ego, as I understand it today, has no contact with the Spirit or Heaven World, and therefore, to the ego, this world is the only one that is real; the Heaven World does not exist.

The ego is born after birth, usually at around two years of age, when the child hears its first “no”.  Its desire is being thwarted, and its mind doesn’t understand, so it searches for a reason.

It cannot fathom that it might be the parent’s fault, because the parent has been its God, its Rescuer, its Protector, so it doesn’t even consider that this is because of the adult.

There is only one other person who could be responsible: me, or the child itself.  So, the child says to him/herself, “I must be bad”.  And the ego is born.  Then, every time the child’s desire, or want, is refused, the child draws the same conclusion: “I am bad.” Or “I am wrong”, as it begins to understand that there is such a thing.   Until, or unless, these false beliefs, generated initially by the mind of a 2-year-old, are consciously examined by the Self, the personality will retain each false belief, and act accordingly, creating more and more unnecessary pain and suffering for itself.

If it is not understood, before we die, we will have it explained to us once we get to the Spirit or Heaven World, but this does not happen JUST BECAUSE WE DIE.  For those who do not believe in an after- life, they never reach the higher planes of consciousness where the ego dissolves; instead their egos continue to control them on the lower astral planes, that are just above the earth plane.  This is why it is so important for each of us to seek to understand the ego, and how it manifests in our lives.  It is created, and activated with each negative judgment about incoming information, from one or more of our five senses.

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Technique for Learning to Trust Yourself

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  1. Catastrophizing may be the first noticeable sign or symptom of the truth that you are in a fear state, and not trusting the process of life. So, when you realize this, you still need to let it be O.K.  Letting it be O.K. detaches ‘you’ from your ego. It helps you to ‘understand’ (or remember) that your ego is only a portion of your mind….and that it is this ‘small portion’ that is fearful or generating fearful thoughts about the situation. By detaching, by identifying your ego, at least a part of you can regain some calmness, which can be built upon.
  2. Taking three deep breaths also calms you, by grounding you. Once grounded, you can think more clearly, and are less impulsive…It also brings you into the ‘present moment’ so your ego loses its power. Before the deep breaths, the catastrophizing occurs because your ego uses both past and future situations to ‘rev’ you up.
  3. Once in the present moment, review the ‘situation by returning to the incoming info that you judged as wrong or bad.
  4. Reverse the negative judgment – letting it be O.K. and then create a positive affirmation.
  5. Seek to understand why or how the info made you feel. Probably, the info you do have is not enough to ‘know’ the outcome..so it is a ‘fear of the unknown’ that has triggered the catastrophizing.
  6. When you are calm again, revisit the situation. Think about what the situation has ‘forced’ or ‘pushed’ or ‘motivated’ you to do.  It will be something ‘good’, some character trait that you wanted to change, and hadn’t been able to without this new situation, which has been brought to you to act as a catalyst.  Another person can also be the catalyst. The purpose will always be to weaken your ego’s power over your choices.
  7. The final outcome will always be calmness…inner peace….and if a decision needs to be made, you will ‘know’ the right one to make, whereas when you began the process, you wouldn’t have..you would have been afraid of making a mistake…But, once you go through this process, the decision will be very clear…and you will feel ‘great’ about it…You will have no fear..no doubt at all…about the next move…

It still requires practice, practice and more practice, however, and each time you implement this process, it will happen less often and you will not go as low as you have been.  Remember to forgive yourself each time you forget…and slip back..because it will happen.  You are human, and all humans make mistakes. It is the only way we can learn!       Good Luck!

How Much Do I Charge For My Services?

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HOW MUCH DO I CHARGE?  Nothing. Money used to be my God, so my spirit guides told me to stop charging for my services; now my ego cannot compromise my channeling. This is what is best for me, now you need to decide what is best for you. I suggest that you check in with your own Self, and see if it feels right to pay me or not; and then do it.

This is a great opportunity for most people to learn how to listen to their own inner guidance, or inner voice, and to follow its advice.

Your inner voice/voice of conscience is actually a feeling sensation in your solar plexus or heart center.  You will "know" what is right when you feel right/good about your choice, regardless of what that is. You need to check out all of your options to give yourself some practice in recognizing your inner voice’s sensation in your solar plexus or heart center.  It requires practice, so be patient with yourself as you learn this new skill.

This is the technique I use to make all of my decisions/choices:   Continue reading →