There is nothing that takes place in life, including all the ugliness in it, that isn't part of our preparation for discovering within ourselves the eternal ability to transcend what has been disturbed. And the way in which the eternal process of transcending what is disturbed takes place through an act of Love.
The fifth step to making yourself fearless is faith. Real faith is born in a human being when he or she has the direct experience that they live in a world that is established for them to succeed in realizing that within them dwells an Intelligence beyond fear.When a person takes the first four steps - attention, awareness, self-knowledge, and persistence - and brings them together...
Imagine how different life would be if we understood that nothing happens to us that isn't sent our way to help us learn more about the eternal nature of love.
The real power behind faith is found in the Light within us that shows us what's true, and what's not, about who and what we are in reality.
There is a greater potential in what we don't yet know about this life of ours than there is in what we've already seen about it.
When the soul cries out to spirit to carry her to a new world beyond the boundaries of this earthly domain, she is calling for the winds of faith to sweep down, fill her tattered and empty sails, and take her safely away. The wait for these winds is never too long for any soul who is both patient and persistent in purpose. And when -- as it must come to pass upon any such journey home -- dark...
The unimaginable reward of persisting through whatever stands in your way is the eventual and inevitable discovery that you are created to change.
Regardless of how dark or empty any given moment may first appear, it acts only as a herald of the living light he needs to see his way home to the Divine.
The more you will step into the emptiness you fear, the sooner you will see that your immortal Self can never be empty any more than a sky without clouds is less than full.
We should never measure ourselves according to our "possibilities" because all such estimations of self are always based in secretly embraced evaluations of our own past.
There are countless worlds spinning both within and around you every moment of your life. These worlds and all of their forces are invisible to the usual mind. But, whether perceived or not, their unseen influences actually determine whether your walk through life will be a pleasant or punishing one. What few have ever understood, but which you can, is that you can choose which of these worlds...
Your protection from devils and their dark, deceptive ways lies within your ability to recognize them as devils.