I know you "hear" (in you) the intuition that directs you to doubt what the "world" says is true about yourself and the path to peace and prosperity, etc. Listen to this "still small voice..."it will never betray you, nor will it ever punish you for failing to hear its admonitions.

The lingering pain in our lives exits as it does because we give our attention to the parts of us that only know themselves through (resisting) it; this nature cannot change anything except what it blames for its unhappiness. And you can do much, much better than consent to live with some unreconciled (unforgiven) sorrow or regret.

Apprehension (of any kind) is the negative by-product of our own past first inserting itself, and then asserting itself upon the present moment. We cannot, save after a long time of interior work, change the fact that our past -- which is one and the same with our attachments -- will insert itself into the moment. But the only reason it asserts itself there, taking away our right to commune with what is celestial in nature, is because we unconsciously consent to its presence, and thereby grant this intruder the power to do so.

Our work, as those who wish to participate in a higher order of love in and upon this world, is to detect and consciously reject this moment of insertion. And that we can do. Persist with your wish to be free. Real freedom is not from some unwanted condition in our life; it is our divine right to take what is unwanted and to give it, consciously, to the celestial character within us that loves whatever is brought into its light. This love casts out fear; this love has no regret; this love is free and gives itself freely to any and all that ask. Seek it.