Difference between revisions of "Love and fear"
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| + | "Without love there is fear, for nothing else can replace love."<ref>''[https://stepstoknowledge.com/ Steps to Knowledge]'', Step 48: True instruction is available to me.</ref> | ||
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"Fear is a master. It is the master of | "Fear is a master. It is the master of | ||
the worldly mind. I do not call it an entity because that gives it a significance | the worldly mind. I do not call it an entity because that gives it a significance | ||
| − | that it does not have.Yet, it is a force that people share and generate. | + | that it does not have. Yet, it is a force that people share and generate. |
| − | When people stop doing that, of course, fear will disappear.You cannot say | + | When people stop doing that, of course, fear will disappear. You cannot say |
the same for love because you are not the source of love. But you are the | the same for love because you are not the source of love. But you are the | ||
source of fear. If everyone stopped loving, love would still permeate the | source of fear. If everyone stopped loving, love would still permeate the | ||
| − | world.That is why people have been unable to get rid of it. | + | world. That is why people have been unable to get rid of it. |
We do not recommend, then, a prescription for removing fear by | We do not recommend, then, a prescription for removing fear by | ||
| − | simply saying, | + | simply saying, 'I will get rid of the fear and all there will be is love, happiness |
| − | and peace of mind. | + | and peace of mind.' You know what? It does not work! Fear is too |
| − | strong.You cannot say fear is nothing if it dominates the world. In a | + | strong. You cannot say fear is nothing if it dominates the world. In a |
| − | Greater Reality, fear is nothing, but in your reality it dominates the world."<ref>'' | + | [[Greater Reality]], fear is nothing, but in your reality it dominates the world."<ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 25: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/escaping-fear Escaping Fear]</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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== Further Study == | == Further Study == | ||
| − | *'' | + | *''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 25: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/escaping-fear Escaping Fear] |
| − | *'' | + | *''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 29: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/faith-fear-idea-self Faith and Fear] |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:52, 4 September 2022
"Without love there is fear, for nothing else can replace love."[1]
"Fear is a master. It is the master of the worldly mind. I do not call it an entity because that gives it a significance that it does not have. Yet, it is a force that people share and generate. When people stop doing that, of course, fear will disappear. You cannot say the same for love because you are not the source of love. But you are the source of fear. If everyone stopped loving, love would still permeate the world. That is why people have been unable to get rid of it. We do not recommend, then, a prescription for removing fear by simply saying, 'I will get rid of the fear and all there will be is love, happiness and peace of mind.' You know what? It does not work! Fear is too strong. You cannot say fear is nothing if it dominates the world. In a Greater Reality, fear is nothing, but in your reality it dominates the world."[2]
References
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge, Step 48: True instruction is available to me.
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 25: Escaping Fear
Further Study
- Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 25: Escaping Fear
- Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 29: Faith and Fear