Freedom from Fear:
How to Overcome Your Fear of the Future!
By Michaiel
Patrick Bovenes
The greatest mental emotional obstacle we encounter in life is the fear of the future. This fear has always surged in the hearts and minds of mankind. Fear of the unknown – fear of the future -- has always threatened the ego with chaos and self-doubt, resulting in restlessness, anxiety and even insomnia. Overcoming fear of the future is a powerful step to change your life.
It is important to decide what you are going to do with your fear. Will you let the fear create the foundation of your future, or will you transform its energy into a positive future where you can fulfill your dreams and desires? The choice is yours to make. Both futures exist for everyone: the nightmare or the dream.
You can become more conscious of your choices than you have been in the past. The core of self empowerment lies in making conscious decisions about your thoughts. Too many people in the world wait and see what the future brings. This inertia stems from a feeling of powerlessness. Empowered individuals don’t wait to see what the future holds, they focus their minds on a vision of the future and begin to imagine “what could go right.”
What vision of the future do you hold in your mind? If you don't have such a vision then the anxiety of the unknown can feed your fears, keeping those fears alive. It is vital to begin thinking, imagining and feeling the promise of a future that is positive, for that is how all positive creation and peace of mind begin.
Nothing exists in this world without first being in someone’s imagination. In many ways imagination is the birth canal of everything that exists. Think about it. The shirt you’re wearing, the computer you are looking at, first had to be in the imagination of someone before they could be created in this physical world. The same is true with your future -- it always begins in your imagination. Refusing to consciously imagine your future is a way to remain powerless and to create added stress in your life.
Both positive and negative futures loom upon the horizon, and it is up to you to dismantle your potential negative futures and to energize the positive ones. Unfortunately, for many people it is easier to imagine the negative futures than the positive ones. Most people are focused upon negativity, yet at the same time they avoid acknowledging its existence within themselves.
Avoidance doesn't resolve your personal negativity, it only augments it. Our ego likes the “simple answer” and will run and hide from anything negative or unpleasant, erroneously believing it is "being positive." Avoidance is always born of fear. Love seeks to understand your fears and negativity, so that it can transform them. It is this approach that truly resolves fear and can give birth to greater self empowerment.
Overcoming Fear: Changing the Course of Your Future:
1. Write down your negative (dark) future, the most hideous and negative future you can imagine. Think about and face your fear. What are your greatest fears about the future? What negative events could possibly happen to you: Homelessness, cancer, rejection abandonment, humiliation? Confront and examine the fear-based future your negative ego is projecting. When you refuse to feel your fear it often feeds your anxiety. Bring your fear into consciousness and then you can take your power back.
2. Write down your positive (light) future. What is your personal dream? What is the most positive future you can imagine? Expand the possibilities in your mind and heart. How would greater love manifest in your life? Think about creating more joy, peace and success in your life. What kind of relationships will you have? Career? Financial security? Spiritual fulfillment? Open your mind and dream of the possibilities!
3. Unplug your negative future and activate the positive one. This third step is a meditative technique. Close your eyes and imagine a bubble hovering in front of you. It resembles a large crystal ball and holds within itself the energy of the negative future that you fear. Look inside, and imagine your fears manifesting and everything going wrong. Experience the fear and panic, feel the sorrow and pain. Get involved emotionally. When you can't stand it anymore, say out loud, "NO! I refuse to create this reality and I am taking my power back from this future!”
Next visualize that dark future growing weaker and falling apart, as if you have dismantled its foundation and it is crumbling. Because that is exactly what you've done. Choice is the foundation of change. When you consciously choose to reclaim your power from your own negative mental projections, you begin to reinforce the positive future you desire.
4. Empower your positive future. While still in meditation, envision popping the dark bubble that is your fear-based future. Collect back from it your own power and energy, and then create another shimmering bubble filled with light and hope (the positive future). Step into this welcoming bubble and visualize the most beautiful, successful and loving future you can. Imagine you have resolved all of your problems and are joyously living out your destiny. You don't need to see the details as much as you need to feel the energy of this positive future.
5. Connect with your future self. Imagine that you have stepped inside of this bubble and that you are connecting with your future self. Imagine how you would like to be in the future: confident, trusting, abundant, happy, successful and at peace. You don't need to know what you will be "Doing" as much as deciding how you are going to be "Being.” I want to BE happy, free, alive and vibrant. Choose the state of being first; allow the form to manifest in alignment with your destiny.
Overcoming fear involves ending procrastination so you won't wait and see what your future is going to be, but choose to create it instead. Both potentials -- the positive and the negative -- are possible. Choose to create a personal dream. Your personal future helps sculpt and create the collective future of mankind. Choice is always within your reach. You can make a powerful choice and finally resolve your fears of the future once and for all!
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Bio-Michaiel Patrick Bovenes is a creative writer, author and professional speaker and teacher. He has a popular series of guided visualization meditations, he calls, "Soul-utions". He offers classes and words of wisdom in many articles published in various magazines worldwide. He currently resides in San Francisco, CA.
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