There is a saying, fear is F-alse E-vidence A-ppearing R-eal.

Yes, fear can cause and even create images which have no real power over us except that which We give them. But, in the afterlife we are not alone and there are many protectors and helpers everywhere. From what I have gathered, it may be like we are little children when we cross over and need some help orienting ourselves to our new environment, which we do receive.

I have had the experience of fear creating a false reality for me here on earth, and I think it's good to practice feeling healthy, sound, robust, confident, happy, loving, gentle feelings and thoughts here -- for our own well being.

It is not possible to escape the fact that you are responsible for your own thoughts and emotions, here and elsewhere. You are not loved any less for what you have experienced here on earth -- the love that is experienced in the afterlife is incomprehensible to us here. But, your mind and its creations are yours and are your responsibility. From my perspective, my experience, that is the case.

The good news is, everything good in more ways than you could ever imagine will be waiting for you there. So, no worries.

DocM wrote on Dec 5^th, 2014 at 5:00pm:

Yes.
The conscious soul is indestructible. Whatever attacks may come to it, be it phantoms of one's own creating, or attacks from others, the attack is futile, it cannot harm the soul; it is like a cat trying to scratch us through a window pane. Its only effect (whether deliberate or incidental) is to cause fear and a squeezing out of stress energy, and in that process erodes the subtle personality bodies, leaving the soul on its own plane in accordance with its degree of realisation of self. The seeming attack or fear helps the role we played in Earthly life to fall away. So in effect it renders the soul a service. No state of intense fear can last. To induce it and attempt to sustain it, can only destroy it. Sooner or later, by observation or by exhaustion and giving up, the soul realises that no harm is taking place, except to superficial and artificial layers around itself, and so the conscious soul becomes objectively observant of what it thought was a threat, and with that it distinguishes between itself and its fears and moves on with greater realisation of itself. The same occurs in this physical life where we fear the destruction of the body, and rightly we try to preserve it from harm and death, for it is a vehicle of our learning. And when the body is finally destroyed, the threat of death has done as much as it could do, which was to only kill the body, a superficial layer, while the soul remains alive and well, even better than before, more wiser, with greater realisation of itself and its immortal nature. Then the personality bodies are shed in much the same way. Their shedding is usually resisted too, until after repetitions, right education or observance, the process is learnt and the soul learns to go with the process more willingly and smoothly. Usually the more intense the fear, the quicker it is realised as false and is passed through. It is the more longer term underlying broader beliefs which provide an assumed protection from background fears that can take longer to work through after death. But depending on the nature and the truth or falsity of the belief, working through it can make for greater progress towards realisation of truth and self. 

cb      

Dana and BillB make interesting points.

The workings of our self and of life are complex. It is good to see and understand the complexities, and it even better to be able to simplify them. That's the trick, to be able to use the key that turns the complex lock. Some use the key and are not interested in how it works, only that it does work; others want to understand the workings of the mechanism. Either way works the mechanism and gets one through the door. And those who need to know the workings of things and the reasons why need to also understand that not everyone needs to know how everything works, most only want and need to get the result. Few people are locksmiths, but everyone uses locks and doors. Few people are motor mechanics, but nearly everyone drives or rides in a car. The car mechanic is no better/wiser/smarter than the one who drives a car but knows nothing of how it works. In fact the driver may be smarter, wiser and more important than the mechanic, or less so. The key operator who uses the door more significant and worthy than the locksmith who services it, or less so. It is not our knowing the workings that is important, but how we use the knowledge of those workings, for who and why. Why would we be a car mechanic rather than a car driver? How and for who do we use our skill? Are we working or teaching? If we are teaching are we teaching drivers or other mechanics, key operators or other locksmiths, and for themselves to be workers or to be further teachers? We need to know or estimate the requirements of those we deal with, or those we are targeting

Most people only require to operate the system, not work upon it, they only need to drive to the location or to open the door, so the religions have focused on operating instructions not mechanical instructions. That is, how to drive your vehicle, and which is the key to the door. Although a mechanic can see the religions contain mechanical explanations between the lines, most people are not mechanics and do not notice them; they only see the operating instructions. And many can't see those either, or think they know better.            

Dana and BillyB point out that life is largely a problem solving exercise. It is also an interaction exercise, for most of the problems are interpersonal/relationship based. When we make progress with those then life's logistical and situational type problems tend to solve/progress or be managed more easily.  Then what is the key here? what are the operations we need to know? As opposed the working mechanism.

Are we working from head or heart? or both? and how? in what order? what is the working relationship of the two organs/centres? what are the inherent tools of each? and how are those tools used and applied to the job? how much of the workings of head and heart do we need to understand just to use them? or to teach their use? and to who?

These are questions that might be worth pondering, to better know our self and our travelling direction.

In amongst it though, we should not be too serious at times when we don't have to be.

Personally I like to treat life like a game, a serious game, but still a game.   

Bruce Moen wrote on Dec 11^th, 2014 at 11:33am:


I recently viewed a youtube video about Bruce Moen conducting one of his so called "Afterlife Workshops". I counted who was there via the amount of money he charges personally for his "Imagination System?"..There was 40 thousand US dollars in the 'buy' person paying/audience!..If his "Imagination System", was true!?...Then how come there is Zero verification?.....GMan!???

This are two issues with what Bruce has written that I wish to comment on:

First regarding, "So, how is it used?  Simple...."

I would say this is in fact, not simple.  There are people who have been raised, since birth, without love.  Such people may have a great deal of distrust, or fear of the unknown.  They also may have a difficult time conjuring the image or notion of love to dispel the fear because they don't know that emotion developed; lacking the deep down seeded and grown awareness of love.

For Dana, I think you have to look inside yourself and discern whether an occasional image from a scary movie just pops into your head, or do you experience many such experiences and do you feel there is a theme of scary images and thoughts that plague you often.  Do you think you can readily counter such fears with an image of love, or are the fear incapacitating you when they occur.  If you don't believe you can counter such image readily, then there is a doubt disabling you.

Again, most people who are truly under the grip of fear, can not conjure the courage (or love) to take back control of the experience because they are overwhelmed by the fear. If they could, we wouldn't even be talking about this.

I for one, for a time, had been plague with waking terrors as I would rise from sleep to waking.  The terrors were as terrible as standing at the Gates of Mordor.  I can assure you, when you are that terrorized, and afraid to even open you eyes, you have not the ability to fight such things, unless the provided the necessary weapon.

Lastly, Gman says to remember their are angels and guides there to protect you....  I would retort, there are also very dark forces present as well.  The angels and guides may not necessarily be there to step in, or may be prevented from stepping in.

Forty years ago, I met the Source, and immediately I started getting sick without diagnosis.  Then one night when my wife and I were asleep, I woke up and I saw a gigantic bird of prey fly up to and land in our window and I was awake.  From their it leap onto my stomach with its talons.  At that very moment, my wife - sound asleep - reach out with one arm and struck me hard in my stomach with her finger nails, though she was sound asleep.

After that I suffered Crohn's disease for 28 years and angels or guides did not arrive to deliver me from the 130 obstruction I experiences over that time.  Eventually I became completely cured.

As I've been told out in focus 21, it's about purpose, and I've also been told there are forces against purpose.  It's not all lovey-dovey, peace, and harmony out there.

Fear is the element of suffering.
Suffering is inseparable life element.

Unconditional love dissolves everything

Happy New Year
ole

Hello Ole.

A fruitful new year to you and your homeland. 

Thank you seagull. I assume you include me in your well wishes?

Well, we got through this last year without the world being blown away by some sort of intergalactic fart, as some people believed it would.  

Let us hope the coming year is as best it can be, for everyone on the planet, whatever that best may be in the eyes of God.


So you came through the storms Ole. Good. And all the wiser and stronger for the experience, I expect. 

How am I? ... Can you tell me?



crossbow

Thank you Ole.
I know some who will have a chuckle at you describing me like that.


Keep up your prayers for your homeland, and for Europe, and the world. There are many others contributing with you. You know that.