Starting Without Fear by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

She was confident but aware of her own limitations. She was curious but not invasive, willing to give whatever information she asked of the other. She was. . . . whole and at home with herself and the world in way I could not remember being as a child.

READ: Spiritual assumptions challenged in ‘We Have a Pope’

Challenging assumptions related to our spiritual beliefs can be daunting, to be sure. We often consider such truths as unquestionable givens. Yet there are times when we think we know what we want when, in fact, we don’t. And, when circumstances arise that put such issues to the test, we’re often ill-equipped to handle them. When matters of head and heart, intellect and intuition, thought and feeling, don’t match up in spiritual matters, the result is often a crisis of faith.

READ: Hopes, fears probed in ‘The Hunger Games’ by Brent Marchant

It can be easy to let our fears get the best of us. And it can be even harder to shake them once we allow them to settle in and become comfortable. But rising above these self-imposed limitations is crucial if ever we hope to get by in life, even under the most trying of circumstances, a notion explored in the new cinematic blockbuster, “The Hunger Games.”

READ: Soul Breathing by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

This week I felt the impulse to share a very simple practise I use to lower fear and be with any anxiety that arises. First, a little background.

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Real people answering important questions from their heart.

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