{"id":4751,"date":"2016-02-24T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/?p=4751"},"modified":"2016-02-21T18:14:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T23:14:56","slug":"actualize-your-right-to-live-without-fearful-limitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2016\/02\/actualize-your-right-to-live-without-fearful-limitations.html","title":{"rendered":"Actualize Your Right to Live Without Fearful Limitations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actualizing our spiritual right to live without the frustration of fearful limitations is not a question of achieving something new; it begins with choosing to end a relationship with that which has never been true. So, it isn\u2019t a question of \u201cWhat do I do?\u201d but \u201cWhat must I bring an end to?\u201d Hence, the Christ\u2019s saying: \u201cWhoever shall lose his life shall gain it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All fear-producing false beliefs share one thing in common, something we can see if we observe our thoughts closely in the appointed hour. Whenever we consider striking a long-overdue blow for our freedom\u2014whether it\u2019s to walk away from an abusive relationship, start a new career, or maybe just spend more time by ourselves\u2014these fears only grant us their consent to move ahead after they\u2019ve considered our proposed action in the light of what may become of us should we take it.<\/p>\n<p>These discoveries prove two things beyond the shadow of a doubt, even as they point to the need for a whole new action on our part: first, it\u2019s clear that who we have been up until now\u2014our old nature\u2014has no interest in helping us shake loose of its inherent limitations. This realization leads us to only one conclusion that must be carried out through this bold new action: we must lose all interest in protecting the interests of this fearful self.<\/p>\n<p>Reality itself is on our side in this struggle; truth is our ally, and its light empowers us to succeed, which means we can\u2019t lose. For instance, in any moment that some fear appears in our mind, and we remember that what we\u2019re seeing there is simply the dark spawn of negative imagination, then where is its power to push us around? That\u2019s right: the light of our realization in the moment needed is the same as dismissing that fear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actualizing our spiritual right to live without the frustration of fearful limitations is not a question of achieving something new; it begins with choosing to end a relationship with that which has never been true. 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