Negative fear is an artificial feeling state invented by human beings for their own discomfort. We do not need to invent its positive opposite, because it has always existed: we have a natural ability to express faith in anything we undertake. Fear then is a negative use of the energy which composes faith. Ask yourself: do you believe that the energy of faith and that of fear may be one and the same? Might it not be that when we experience an absence of faith, it is not that we actually lack faith, but that our erroneous belief that our world is limited has led us to think that our lives must limited as well. When we focus on those self-imposed limits, it can feel like a lack of faith. If, instead, we developed the ability to think our lives are unlimited in what we can do, we would not use the energy of faith on negative fear. On the other hand, when fear is simply a cautionary feeling for keeping ourselves safe and secure, it is a positive fear. That use of faith is positive and constructive. For example, when a child is crossing the road, our having encouraged the child to look carefully before crossing is a positive fear that results in safety. Yet most of the experiences of fear are destructive to us. Those other forms of fear are not good for us. Dismissing fear, then, is a necessary awareness to cultivate. Back
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