{"id":30,"date":"2010-07-30T06:52:39","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T06:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lettinggo\/2010\/07\/break-the-cycle-of-recurrent-fearful-states.html"},"modified":"2010-07-30T06:52:39","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T06:52:39","slug":"break-the-cycle-of-recurrent-fearful-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2010\/07\/break-the-cycle-of-recurrent-fearful-states.html","title":{"rendered":"Break the Cycle of Recurrent Fearful States"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b>QUESTION<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal\">I wake up every morning and this terror comes over me to the point of producing many physical symptoms. I want God&#8217;s life with all my being, but I feel like I am standing on a bridge staring down into the abyss and cannot move through this. Please help.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<b>ANSWER<\/b><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>These fearful states are being produced by parts of your body and mind that want you to desist from your wish to know something of God&#8217;s life, and the freedom that comes with such grace. We all have certain &#8220;mechanisms&#8221; in us that will do whatever they can to hinder our awakening to higher impressions, and the soul stirring effect they cause, as we begin to be a bit more conscious. So, watch these fears, but do <i>not<\/i> engage yourself in what they &#8220;tell&#8221; you through whatever physical conditions they manifest. Resistance to fear is futile since the action is fear&#8217;s negative reaction to itself. Break the cycle by surrendering to it; hand the whole mess over to God with the understanding that the Divine already knows what you&#8217;re going through and, in fact, is actually causing these events to bring you closer to it. Persist&#8230; and you will move beyond the reach of what is now trying to wreck your life.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUESTION I wake up every morning and this terror comes over me to the point of producing many physical symptoms. I want God&#8217;s life with all my being, but I feel like I am standing on a bridge staring down into the abyss and cannot move through this. 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