Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Spiritual Fears: What Monster Is Under Your Bed? Part 2

Good afternoon, everybody! It's a hot, sunny day here in GA, but at least no rain in sight.  Do you believe it's almost August already?  Better get your Labor Day plans made soon, it will be here before you know it.
  Today I am posting again about fears, spiritual and otherwise.  Did you have a few minutes yesterday to consider what "monster" is under your bed?  Sometimes our deepest fear is hard to think about.  We push it away, and refuse to acknowledge it.  On the outside we may put on a brave face, but underneath we are the cowardly lion.  Putting on a brave face can be a good thing, but when we refuse to face our inner fear, it can turn into a problem. 
  I am going to give you a visualization  today to help release fear.  If your fears lie very deep or are very serious however, you may need more help than a visualization can give you.  Ask yourself these questions, "Are my fears effecting my daily life?  Has my fear turned into an obsession?"  If you have answered yes to these questions, you may want to talk to a therapist for more help.  You can certainly do the visualization I will give you, but you may need more professional help.  There is no reason to be embarrassed if you need to see a therapist.  In fact, if you can admit this need, you should give yourself a pat on the shoulder.  You have taken the first step in resolving your problem
  Before you do today's visualization, you need to examine your fear.  This may be difficult.  We do not want to probe an open wound, and often we do not want to examine our fears.  This is what we may need to do though.  We need to ask ourselves why we have this fear, and how it began.  Is this an old fear from childhood or something we have only felt recently?  Has some traumatic event occurred to make us fearful?  Identifying the problem can be helpful in releasing the fear.  If you know why you have this fear, you may be successful in ridding yourself of the problem.
  You may have fears that you can not understand and can not see an origin of the fear.  That is okay and not unusual.  Perhaps it will come to you during the visualization or you may even have a revealing dream.  If you do have a dream concerning your fear, write it down and study it later. It may give you some insight into your situation.
  The next thing you need to do is speak your fear.  We do not like to face our fears for many reasons.  If we speak of our fear, we may seem less to those we love and respect.  They may see us as weak, or ridiculous.  Even worse, if we admit we have this fear, we may lose our own self-respect.  Please do not think this way.  Everyone has fears, whether we acknowledge them or not. 
  You do not have to speak your fears to anyone else but you need to acknowledge them to yourself.  It can be a great release to face a mirror and say aloud, "I am afraid of -----, and I acknowledge that now".   It does not matter if your fear is something small or very serious.  If it is a problem to you, please try to speak your fear.
  Now, when you are ready,  sit comfortably in a quiet place.  You do not want to be disturbed. Light candles and incense if those things are calming to you.  Now take several deep breaths and relax.  In your mind, see your fear as a large, heavy balloon.  This balloon is black and is filled with lead.  It lays on the ground in front of you, attached to you by a dark cord.  This black balloon makes you feel unhappy, and fearful.  You can not lift this balloon, it is too heavy.  Now visualize the lead starting to leak out of the balloon, little bit by little bit.  As the lead leaks out of the balloon, you begin to feel stronger, less afraid.  Place your hands on the balloon, and push, push, push the lead out of the balloon.  You are strong enough to do this, you are in control.  As you push the lead out of the balloon, it starts to rise.  It is lighter now, and is rising in the air.  The lead is still leaking out of the balloon.  Each bit of lead that leaves the balloon makes your stronger.  You are no longer afraid.  The higher the balloon rises in the air, the stronger you become.  When all the lead is gone, untie the balloon, and release it from you. Watch as it drifts away, never to return.  You have released your fear now.  You are strong.
  You can do this visualization whenever you are feeling fearful.  Allow yourself time with it, and see it as clearly as you can.  If you do the work, you will see the results!  Until next time, blessings from Psykiksister.

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