*AFRAID/-*25
We are afraid You may come too near, that we lose ourselves in you. (Meaning, p311)
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. (Sign at North Central Assembly of God Church)
Don't be afraid to fail. Macy failed 7 times before his store in NY caught on. Novelist John Creasey got 753 rejection slips before he published 564 books. Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times (but he also hit 714 home runs). (Soup, p235)
*BRAVE/+*25
For he that is really Good is never unhappy, he that is really wise is never perplexed, he that is really brave is never afraid. (Wisdom, Confucianism, p130)
I wonder if God's bravery is shown by giving us a free will and not interfering in our actions? And that He also has faith in us? (Randy)
*FEAR - see AFRAID, RESPECT, LOVE (opposite)
The fear we feel is not of an avenging God; it is more a "holy fear" reflected in our feeling disquieted about how much in us needs to be liberated if we are to love God alone. (Dark Night, p141)
Lord, may my trust in you outweigh my fears. (Fransican Freyers, 3/18/97)
Fear - is the element in life that keeps us from taking positive risks for our talents to be used for the greater good and growth of life. It is like a blanket that smothers us in life's journey. (Chaplain Mathis, 4/97 En Garde)
The polaries of yin and yang are everywhere present. Opposition is not something to be feared. Facing conflict is how we learn. When we're caught up in dualism, conflict invariably turns into combat. Fearful and defensive, we project a negative shadow upon our opponents. Resolving conflict often means looking beyond our fears to search for the facts. (Tao Peace, p225-9)
Fear builds walls, but truth builds bridges. (Tao Peace, p56)
Love is letting go of fear. (Tao Peace, p65)
All human actions are motivated at their deepest level by one of two emotions - fear or love - opposite ends of the great polarity. Love sponsors fear sponsors love sponsors fear. In the moment you pledge your highest love, you greet your greatest fear. For example, the first thing you worry about after saying "I love you" is whether you'll hear it back. The first lie [and fear] is that God's acceptance of your is conditional. We have been taught to live in fear. You have been told about the survival of the fittest and the victory of the strongest and the success of the cleverest. And if we are something less than this, we fear loss and less is to lose. (Conversations, p15-19)
Babaji, through Dr. Peter Meyer said: "Man adds fear to God's message." (Divine Rev, p146)
People are afraid of Me because they fear I will ask something of them. They are afraid they will have to give up their control of their lives! Many are so comfortable inn their lives that they fear I would lead them into another direction." (IAM, p66) "People become fearful to carry our cross, thinking it is painful. The cross simply represents My Way. It is because I carried the cross for My people and restored goodness, their crosses do not need to be painful." (IAM, p67) "See the cross as freedom, as pleasure, goodness and peace - not as pain!" (IAM, p68) We just don't realize that He loves us so much that no great effort or sacrifice is really needed on our part since Jesus already has done it for us!!! (Randy)
We have to understand Fear in order to do something about it. (Tenth, p71)
Yet we often fall prey to the urge to protect ourselves from the Fear.
This Fear leads us into a frightened self‑protection, fighting to retain our
positions of power, stealing energy from others, and resisting change and
evolution. (Tenth, p116)
We must watch our thoughts and expectations very carefully and catch
ourselves every time we treat another human being as an enemy. If we dehumanize them, then we add to the Fear. We either fear that human culture is falling apart, or we can HOLD THE VISION that we are awakening. (Tenth, p235)
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Fear of the unknown and fear of change.
One must somehow conquer one's fear, one must lose one's fear. Perhaps the best way is to smile or laugh because in fact they cannot hurt at all. You don't have to kill them or fight with them, it is enough to laugh at them. This is detachment. (Zen, p87)
Who sees all beings in his own Self, and his own Self in all beings, loses all fear. (Wisdom, Hinduism, p9)
When Paul fell flat on his face in the blinding presence of Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus, I don’t believe he was filled with respect. Paul was filled with fear!
This is a healthy fear in which I see and experience myself in proper relationship to God. When I am humble, when I submit my will to God’s perfect will, when I comprehend that every breath I breathe and every choice I make is given to me by God, then I begin to have healthy fear of God. - see Romans 1:3-4
He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure. (As a Man Thinketh)