Letting Go of Fear in the Face of Tragedy

During this week of earth-shattering events, we were blessed to be at a gathering with 250 like-minded souls. Along with these people, we spent much of that time sending love and healing energy to those affected by the terrorist attacks, while praying for peace.

So the question is--How do you maintain a sense of peace and love in the face of anger, fear and the desire for revenge?

One of our wise teachers this week counseled us to keep in touch with what's going on in the world but to remain centered. How you "remain centered," according to our teacher, is to find the silence within yourself where you feel only love. You can find this silence in prayer or meditation. Meditation can take many forms--seated meditation, dance meditation, fishing, running, hiking, in the shower or even sitting on a crowded bus.

Take a moment when you start to feel overwhelmed, quiet your mind and feel yourself go within, feeling only divine love.If the chatter in your mind starts getting loud, bring yourself into the present moment instead of dwelling on the past or worrying about potential future events that may never happen.

You don't need to sit for long periods of time to feel the changes that will happen if you do this periodically during the day.

We recently listened to one of Wayne Dyer's tape sets where he quoted Herman Melville who said "God's one and only voice is silence."

That's what happens in meditation--you find "God's one and only voice."

These short periods of replenishing silence will help you to mou
when you need to mourn, help you to feel what you need to feel and to help you let go of what you need to let go of in order to move forward in your life.

You can't allow the fear that we see on TV and read about in the newspapers suck you in! No matter what is going on in the world, just allow yourself to be an expression of love instead of fear and hatred.

It doesn't mean that you can't feel anger, hurt, sadness because those are all natural emotions to feel at this time. We are saying to do what you can in your corner of the world to promote peace and love. And the best way to start is by becoming centered within yourself.

Maybe, just maybe, if you focus on love and we focus on love, and our neighbor focuses on love, peace may become a reality on this magnificent earth. This is our hope. n