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FEARPROOF YOUR LIFE HOW TO THRIVE IN
A WORLD ADDICTED TO FEAR By Joseph Bailey |
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“In this book,
you’ll learn the invaluable tool of reflection, and how reflection can
add depth and security to your life. Since fear is such an overwhelming
problem in our culture, there couldn’t be a more important book in my
eyes. I believe this book should be required reading in schools. If it were,
we’d live in a much less frightened world…In the absence of fear,
your life will never be the same.” – From Richard
Carlson’s (Author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff-- and It's All
Small Stuff) Foreword to Fearproof Your Life (Conari Press,
October 2007). |
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Throughout time, we have
sought peace and safety by trying to out-guess the unknown. We have tried to prepare
for the unexpected and the apparitions of our minds. In an age of 24-hour
cable news, when we can stay glued to the latest terrorist attack or natural
disaster, the next epidemic, and what the pundits tell us we should be afraid
of, our efforts to control the unknown and keep ourselves safe have led to a
collective as well as a personal sensation of fear. We have become addicted
to fear. “Fear locks us
in an illusionary sand castle of protection with a false sense of security
from demons, dangers, and all that we dread. Each day the tide of truth
sweeps in and destroys our tentative hold on security. No matter how often
the castle of illusory control is destroyed, the ego rebuilds it with
fearful, vigilant thoughts. This cycle has all the trappings and symptoms of
any addiction: denial, rationalization, projection, increased tolerance to
the substance (in this case, fear), and imbalance that seems normal, and
increased harmful and fatal consequences that we minimize and blame on
others.” – Joseph Bailey But we don’t need to be
adrenaline junkies. Fearproof Your Life guides us through a process of how
discovering who we truly are immunizes us from our own fears, as well as
those of others. Bailey takes us through a process of knowing, listening to,
and honoring our own unique True Self, of being willing to listen to our
truth and act from it, without seeking approval, of being willing to forgive
ourselves and others and take responsibility for what we create. EXCERPTS FROM FEARPROOF YOUR LIFE Stay Grounded in Presence and Being Staying
grounded in our true Selves keeps us in a state of profound presence and
awareness. Being grounded means that we are actually living from the true
Self—not just believing that it is a good idea… The Myth of Vigilance in Keeping Us Safe Cancer
is a word often spoken in hushed, doom-filled tones. We feel fear in our
hearts when we hear the word. Who gives us that fear? We do it to
ourselves… Choosing from Ego or Choosing from Our True Self Early on
in our lives, most of us unknowingly chose to identify with our beliefs,
memories, and habits—our egos. As we learned and accepted a limited
view of ourselves based on others’ opinions of us and our own
conclusions, we created an identity based on these beliefs… Our Internal Alarm Clock Another
helpful way to think about fear is as an alarm clock. When we hear the alarm
clock of fear, it is there to get our attention, to wake us up to the need to
become more conscious. But once we are awake we don’t let our alarm
clock keep ringing… Addicted to Fear Worry,
anxiety, dread, obsession, where do they come from? Throughout time,
humankind has sought peace and safety by trying to outguess the
unknown… The
Source of Wise Reflection Reflection
can come to us in a silent thought like a voice in our head. It can also come
to us while we are having a conversation. It can be pure thought that comes
to us while in the shower or on a walk, or while writing in a journal or in
quick scribbles on a convenient piece of paper. It can come to us in a song
lyric that we know is expressing an inner truth. It often comes in hearing
the wisdom of a child. Truth is truth; but whether it enters our awareness
from inside of us or from an external source, it is always our true Self that
recognizes it as truth… |
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