THE VOICE FOR LOVE

THE VOICE  OF FEAR

Seeks to reconcile, restore, heal, and unify. A rising tide lifts all boats. In preserving peace and harmony, the majority sees its interests as secondary to the interests of the minority. I extend, seeing giving and receiving as one. Long-term goals supersede immediate benefits.

Seeks to divide, attack, and conquer. Each tub on its own bottom. Superior minority has a right to control the inferior majority. I deserve  more than others because I am more worthy. Immediate gains supersede long-term benefits.

Moved by boundless love.

Driven by burning impulses.

Defenselessness. The most direct means to achieve security, for only there can I see enough to address the problem. Only in this mental state can I see that God is there for me. To attack another is to attack myself. Defenselessness is the most powerful defense.

Defensiveness. The scope of what I see is limited by fear. Attack is seen as necessary to achieve security, the only issue is whether to attack now or later. Denies who I am, and who my enemy is—both having been created in the image of God. Weakness, fear, insecurity persist.

Generosity. Giving and receiving are one. To have, it is not necessary to give less than I receive. I give to receive.

Greed. Out of fear, I keep more than I give. To have, I must horde. Greed is seen as good. Scarcity abounds.

Transparency. The universe holds no secrets. Each choice I make regarding the means to an end manifests on the physical plane. The means and the end are one. The voice for love creates in truth; truth knows no fear.

Secrecy. To maintain the illusions upon which fear is built, I must hide the truth. Distrust abounds; deception is a valued skill. Illusions, and lies are necessary to sustain the voice of fear. Weak, fearful, guilt-ridden, insane.

The spiritual is limitless. My love is as boundless as God's. It extends forever, in perfect peace, its radiance so intense that it creates in perfect joy and only the whole can be born of its wholeness.  I make the transition from fear to love by letting go of the voice of fear, not by fighting it, for conflict is a fear mode and holds me back.

The physical is limited. Water quenches my thirst, for both are on the physical level. But fear exists only in the mind, so its remedy is found in the realm of love, where minds can be healed. I endlessly seek physical remedies, such as food, drugs, cosmetic surgery, weapons, and so on, to cure my fear, but nothing on the physical level can eliminate fear.

Unified goals; all is consistent, whole, unified. God is love and omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient.

Contradictory goals; nothing is consistent. Not even God is whole, for evil has partially displaced God. In this system, only fragmentation is universal

Source of Unity

Only God exists, therefore everyone is part of Godno one can be separate. What encompasses everything cannot have opposites. Love is a unified whole; all are innocent and pure.

I am one with God, but the gap between love and fear seems immense. To bridge the gap, I simply begin at the level of my present experience. I begin with the will to make this journey. I forgive each perceived wrong. I accept that to deny the innocence of another is to deny my own innocence. I remain open and at each stage of my learning the teacher I need is there for me.

Source of Duality

Believing that at some point I separated from God, all I perceive seems divided between what I believe I separated from and reality as I now perceive it. Thus I believe in good vs. evil, heaven vs. hell, light vs. dark, innocence vs. sin/guilt, living vs. dead, angels vs. devils, Christ vs. anti-Christ. These perceived differences fuel perpetual conflict. To defend myself, I project my profound guilt for having separated onto others, making my victimhood seem real. I am certain others are guilty, not me, yet I cannot expunge my guilt and shame.

The Unifying Principle

The mind simply is—it cannot be fragmented; it cannot attack or be attacked. This is the law that unifies all that is. Every mind must project or extend because that is how it lives and every mind is life. Without extension, there can be no love; without projection, there can be no anger. Fragmentation leads to self-destruction; unity leads to transcendence.

As all are One, ascension must be simultaneous. So it is in my interest that all are saved.

The Fragmenting Principle

I believe that by seeing something outside myself, I exclude it from what is within me, not understanding that if it is not within me, I cannot see it. When I project fear, I must remain vigilant, afraid my projections will return to hurt me. I see attack as security, and cannot give it up. I seek clever ways to preserve conflict while seeming to want to diminish it, so it will not be so intolerable that I will be forced to give it up. I see heaven and hell as the ultimate fragmentation made by a vengeful God.