Dear Joshua,
In you last response, you state If the fear is rational, then the limiting belief is there to keep you alive and we might say that the fear is a good thing.
This implies to me that there is "danger" in this physical world in a sense where I might die if I am not careful. I have recently been taking solace in the fact that the only way I could die would be if my inner self approved of this. Since all death is a suicide, and I'm not ready to leave right now since I'm enjoying the ride so much, this gives me a "safe" feeling. Is this illusory?
Thanks!
Steve
Dear Steve,
Our words were meant for you to understand that fear is not a bad thing, it just is. As you explore the aspect of fear in physical reality, we notice that you are often judging the fear as bad in an attempt to overcome it. Fear is not bad, it's simply limiting. Sometimes that is appropriate. Sometimes it is okay to be limited by fear.
Fear simply let's you know that you are not as aligned as you think you are. If fear, is present, then there is something to be worked on. You're not quite aligned. You have something to think about. You need to look at the fear from the higher perspective and that's your work.
We will not say that there is no danger, however we will agree that all death is suicide and that you choose your death. But, since you have not really mastered this information as fully as needed, it does not serve you to believe there is no danger. You still operate within the framework of your beliefs and so there is danger. You will probably have great difficulty walking to the edge of a cliff and believing you'll survive if you were to fall. There is more to be learned in this area.
If we were to tell you that you could jump off a cliff without injuring yourself, you would not yet believe us even though this is the truth. There are many more things that you could do if you believed us. Yet, you have your existing beliefs that are very strong. Until your beliefs are in line with what you want to do, you won't allow yourself to do them.
If we told you that you could achieve a much higher experience of love with those around you, with every single person in your life, no matter your history, no matter the present conditions of your relationship, you could achieve it if you could release your fears. You believe that there is something to fear in loving at a higher level. You believe that you could experience great loss if you were to love fully. If the love was not reciprocated, you would endure great pain. This is all a result of a flawed belief system.
If you jumped off a cliff, what's the worst thing that could happen? You would simply make your transition to nonphysical. From our perspective, that is a good thing. From your perspective it is not. It is not a good thing from your perspective because you fear loss. In this case, it's the loss of your physical life. So the fear is rational and justified. You want to live and your beliefs and fears are aligned with this desire. Now do you see how fear is a good thing?
But, let's say you want to experience love, but you fear that if you love another, they may not love you back in the same way. In this case the fear is irrational. Why do you need another to love you? You are the embodiment of love, but you are not expressing your love. Your belief in this regard is extremely limiting. Your fear that you won't be loved in return is irrational. Why do you need to be loved in return? What does it matter? What is the worst thing that could happen?
You have already explored rational fears and your desires are in line with what you believe so that you do feel safe. The feeling of safety, ease, relief, exhilaration, joy, expansion, are all feelings that let you know your thoughts are aligned with your true desires.
Now you must seek to discover what irrational fears you hold. Anytime you experience positive emotion, you are feeling a love-based emotion and your beliefs are beneficial. Anytime you experience a negative emotion, it is a fear-based emotion and you have uncovered a limiting belief. If the fear is irrational, the belief that supports it is in opposition to what you want. You may work to ease the intensity of this limiting belief by looking at it from the higher perspective or by employing a device which will reduce its intensity.
You may have difficulty in this moment thinking about your beliefs and trying to determine which ones are limiting. You probably can't even think of one limiting belief in this moment. But anytime you ever experience negative emotion, you must stop and think about the underlying belief that is causing the emotion. Since all negative emotions are fear-based, when you feel anger, you're really experiencing fear and you've uncovered a limiting belief. You experience the emotion, you take note of the situation, and maybe later you analyze the experience further and then determine why it is that you're feeling fear.
You might think that rage is not fear, that self-pity is not fear, that despair is not fear, or that embarrassment is not fear. But if you think about it at a deeper level, you can understand that fear is the root cause of these negative or bad-feeling emotions. When you experience a negative emotion, it is your clue from the universe that there is something you need to work out in your belief system. This is the only real way to uncover limiting beliefs. It is part of the design of physical reality.
Can you remember the last time you experienced negative emotion? What was happening at the time. What caused the bad-feeling emotion? What is the limiting belief behind it? Let's talk more about that.
Love,
Joshua
