{"id":5992,"date":"2014-01-09T22:14:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T03:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?p=5992"},"modified":"2014-01-09T22:18:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T03:18:24","slug":"erasing-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/01\/erasing-fears.html","title":{"rendered":"Erasing fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

from Kissing Fish Facebook page<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

FEAR= False Evidence Appearing Real<\/p>\n

FEAR= Forgetting Everything (is) All Right (Alright)<\/p>\n

When I saw this image on Facebook, I was delighted to contemplate the idea of putting my fears right out there in front of me and then wiping them away. Fears love lurking in the darkness and sneaking out and snagging us, dragging us under. When we name them and claim them, shine the light on them, often they slink away, since we are no longer giving them power over us.<\/p>\n

Imagine have a wall on which you can scrawl your deepest fears and have others witness them, and likely acknowledge that they have the same fears. It might make you feel less alone, more in alignment with those who share the planet with you.<\/p>\n

So that I practice what I preach, I will offer my most profound fears….<\/p>\n

* being incapacitated and needing to rely on others<\/p>\n

* stepping on someone else’s toes<\/p>\n

* losing loved ones (even though I don’t fear death)<\/p>\n

* not having enough money to pay bills<\/p>\n

* feeling like I can never do enough or be enough<\/p>\n

* being controlled by someone else<\/p>\n

*anger…mine and that of others<\/p>\n

* letting people down<\/p>\n

* letting myself down<\/p>\n

* not keeping commitments<\/p>\n

* being judged as being unkind or unloving<\/p>\n

* settling for less than what I want in any aspect in my life<\/p>\n

*missing out on a committed relationship<\/p>\n

* losing my memory (or marbles, as my mother used to say)<\/p>\n

* not being all that the Divine would have me be<\/p>\n

Break out the eraser!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/youtu.be\/UF5V2PEujqs<\/a>\u00a0 If I Were Brave~ Jana Stanfield<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from Kissing Fish Facebook page   FEAR= False Evidence Appearing Real FEAR= Forgetting Everything (is) All Right (Alright) When I saw this image on Facebook, I was delighted to contemplate the idea of putting my fears right out there in front of me and then wiping them away. Fears love lurking in the darkness and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,12,13,28,3,14,4,16,7],"tags":[3604,308,2075,1730,977,3603],"class_list":["post-5992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attracting-what-you-desire","category-bliss","category-bliss-kiss-for-your-weekend","category-blissfull-thinking","category-drama","category-gratitude","category-how-to-invite-bliss","category-inspiration","category-my-personal-bliss","category-re-creating-your-life","tag-courage","tag-facebook","tag-fear","tag-if-i-were-brave","tag-jana-stanfield","tag-kissing-fish"],"yoast_head":"\nErasing fears - The Bliss Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/01\/erasing-fears.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Erasing fears - The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"from Kissing Fish Facebook page   FEAR= False Evidence Appearing Real FEAR= Forgetting Everything (is) All Right (Alright) When I saw this image on Facebook, I was delighted to contemplate the idea of putting my fears right out there in front of me and then wiping them away. Fears love lurking in the darkness and…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/01\/erasing-fears.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snuggleyoga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-01-10T03:14:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-01-10T03:18:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash3\/1497660_780281925334547_2018621822_n.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EdieWeinstein1\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Erasing fears - The Bliss Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/01\/erasing-fears.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Erasing fears - The Bliss Blog","og_description":"from Kissing Fish Facebook page   FEAR= False Evidence Appearing Real FEAR= Forgetting Everything (is) All Right (Alright) When I saw this image on Facebook, I was delighted to contemplate the idea of putting my fears right out there in front of me and then wiping them away. Fears love lurking in the darkness and…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/01\/erasing-fears.html","og_site_name":"The Bliss Blog","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snuggleyoga","article_published_time":"2014-01-10T03:14:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-01-10T03:18:24+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash3\/1497660_780281925334547_2018621822_n.jpg"}],"author":"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EdieWeinstein1","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/01\/erasing-fears.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/01\/erasing-fears.html","name":"Erasing fears - The Bliss Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/01\/erasing-fears.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/01\/erasing-fears.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash3\/1497660_780281925334547_2018621822_n.jpg","datePublished":"2014-01-10T03:14:45+00:00","dateModified":"2014-01-10T03:18:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#\/schema\/person\/edcd643a643a9ca91adb1e8f9e177386"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/01\/erasing-fears.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/01\/erasing-fears.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/01\/erasing-fears.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash3\/1497660_780281925334547_2018621822_n.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash3\/1497660_780281925334547_2018621822_n.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/01\/erasing-fears.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Erasing fears"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/","name":"The Bliss Blog","description":"Beliefnet Voices - Edie Weinstein","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#\/schema\/person\/edcd643a643a9ca91adb1e8f9e177386","name":"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/0d6\/0d6cd7619da51a9a40cc705280e88f9cx96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/0d6\/0d6cd7619da51a9a40cc705280e88f9cx96.jpg","caption":"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW"},"description":"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW is a colorfully creative journalist, inspiring transformational speaker, licensed social worker, interfaith minister, editor, radio host, BLISS coach, event producer, Cosmic Concierge, the author of The Bliss Mistress Guide To Transforming The Ordinary Into The Extraordinary and co-author of Embraced By the Divine: The Emerging Woman\u2019s Gateway to Power, Passion and Purpose. She has also contributed to several anthologies and personal growth books. Edie has interviewed such notables as Ram Dass, Wayne Dyer, Debbie Ford, don Miguel Ruiz, don Miguel Ruiz, Jr. Marianne Williamson, Grover Washington, Jr. Noah Levine, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Weaver, Ben and Jerry and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She calls herself an Opti-mystic who sees the world through the eyes of possibility. Edie is the founder of Hug Mobsters Armed With Love, which offers FREE HUGS events on a planned and spontaneous basis. www.opti-mystical.com.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.opti-mystical.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snuggleyoga","https:\/\/x.com\/EdieWeinstein1"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/author\/eweinstein"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5992"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5994,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5992\/revisions\/5994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}