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Conquering Fear, Anxiety, and Worry

Excerpts from the writings of Paramahansa Yogananda

Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a

conqueror.

You are a child of God. What have you to fear?

Fear of failure or sickness is cultivated by turning over such thoughts in the conscious mind until they become

rooted in the subconscious and finally in the superconscious. Then the superconsciously and subconsciously rooted

fear begins to germinate and fill the conscious mind with fear plants that are not so easy to destroy as the original

thought would have been, and these eventually bear their poisonous, death-dealing fruits....

Uproot them from within by forceful concentration upon courage, and by shifting your consciousness to the

absolute peace of God within.

Whatever it is that you fear, take your mind away from it and leave it to God. Have faith in Him. Much suffering is

due simply to worry. Why suffer now when the malady has not yet come? Since most of our ills come through fear,

if you give up fear you will be free at once. The healing will be instant. Every night, before you sleep, affirm: The

Heavenly Father is with me I am protected. Mentally surround yourself with Spirit....You will feel His wonderful

protection.

When the consciousness is kept on God, you will have no fears every obstacle will then be overcome by courage

and faith.

Fear comes from the heart. If ever you feel overcome by dread of some illness or accident, you should inhale and

exhale deeply, slowly, and rhythmically several times, relaxing with each exhalation. This helps the circulation to

become normal. If your heart is truly quiet you cannot feel fear at all.

Technique for relaxing the body

Tense with will: By command of will, direct the life energy (through the process of tension) to flood the body or any

body part. Feel the energy vibrating there, energizing and revitalizing. Relax and feel: Relax the tension, and feel

the soothing tingle of new life and vitality in the recharged area. Feel that you are not the body you are that life

which sustains the body. Feel the peace, the freedom, the increased awareness that comes with the calmness

produced by the practice of this technique.

Many people come to me to talk about their worries. I urge them to sit quietly, meditate, and pray and after

feeling calmness within, to think of the alternate ways by which the problem can be solved or eliminated. When the

mind is calm in God, when the faith is strong in God, they find a solution to their problem. Merely ignoring problems

wont solve them, but neither will worrying about them. Meditate until you become calm then put your mind on

your problem and pray deeply for Gods help. Concentrate on the problem and you will find a solution without going

through the terrible strain of worry....

Remember, greater than a million reasonings of the mind is to sit and meditate upon God until you feel calmness

within. Then say to the Lord, I cant solve my problem alone, even if I thought a zillion different thoughts but I

can solve it by placing it in Your hands, asking first for Your guidance, and then following through by thinking out

the various angles for a possible solution. God does help those who help themselves. When your mind is calm and

filled with faith after praying to God in meditation, you are able to see various answers to your problems and

because your mind is calm, you are capable of picking out the best solution. Follow that solution, and you will meet

with success. This is applying the science of religion in your daily life.

No matter how busy we are, we should not forget now and then to free our minds completely from worries and all

duties....Try to remain for one minute at a time without thinking negatively, fixing the mind on the peace within,

especially if worried. Then try to remain for several minutes with a quiet mind. Following that, think of some happy

incident dwell on it and visualize it mentally go through some pleasant experience over and over again until you

have forgotten your worries entirely.

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Realization that all power to think, speak, feel, and act comes from God, and that He is ever with us, inspiring and

guiding us, brings an instant freedom from nervousness. Flashes of divine joy will come with this realization

sometimes a deep illumination will pervade ones being, banishing the very concept of fear. Like an ocean, the

power of God sweeps in, surging through the heart in a cleansing flood, removing all obstructions of delusive doubt,

nervousness, and fear. The delusion of matter, the consciousness of being only a mortal body, is overcome by

contacting the sweet serenity of Spirit, attainable by daily meditation. Then you know that the body is a little

bubble of energy in His cosmic sea.

Make a supreme effort to get to God. I am speaking practical truth to you, practical sense and giving you a

philosophy that will take away all of your consciousness of hurt. Be afraid of nothing....Meditate deeply and

faithfully, and one day you will wake up in ecstasy with God and see how foolish it is that people think they are

suffering. You and I and they are all pure Spirit.

AffirmationAffirmation theory and instructions

I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love,peace, and wisdom.

O Omnipresent Protector! when cl ouds of war send rains of gas and f ire, be Thou my bomb shelter.

In life and death, in disease, famine, pestilence, or poverty may I ever cling to Thee.Help me to realize I am immortal Spirit, untouched by the changes of childhood, youth,

age, and world upheavals.

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Take Your Troubles to God, Only Loveby Sri Daya Mata

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