1.0Letting Go with Guy Finleyhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/lettinggoGuy Finleyhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/lettinggo/author/gfinleyRefrain from Reacting in Alarm - Letting Go with Guy Finleyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nt6q7gUDZ1"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/lettinggo/2012/08/refrain-from-reacting-in-alarm.html">Refrain from Reacting in Alarm</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/lettinggo/2012/08/refrain-from-reacting-in-alarm.html/embed#?secret=nt6q7gUDZ1" width="600" height="338" title="“Refrain from Reacting in Alarm” — Letting Go with Guy Finley" data-secret="nt6q7gUDZ1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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You teach others (and yourself) when you do not react in alarm to some potentially frightening news or event. The people around you receive the lesson that those events, of themselves, have not the power to make or break the awakened soul. Your lesson is that you see you need not ride along on your…