Welcome and thank you for joining me for today's guided meditation on looking into what fear is really trying to teach us.
Fear,
It is a warrior,
A protector,
Committed to keeping anything away that might hurt you or cause you pain,
And in holding you back from taking that first step into the unknown,
Into the uncertainty.
That fear may protect you from the pain,
But it also keeps you from doing the very thing that will heal inside of you.
It also keeps you from making a change that might bring you more peace than anything else.
It might keep you from the expansion that you came here for,
And it keeps you from learning the lessons you came here to learn.
Fear has stopped so many from pursuing their inner calling.
The fear of failure,
The fear of success,
The fear of rejection,
The fear of not being accepted,
The fear of not being enough,
The fear of being judged,
Disliked,
Hated,
The fear of being different,
The fear of being alone,
The fear of being falsely accused,
The fear of suffering.
Whatever the flavor of fear that stifles your progress,
It is real,
And it is not helping you move forward into living the life that calls from inside your heart and the depth of your soul.
The life that you know you must step into.
The life that speaks truth from inside of you.
It's your calling,
Your purpose,
Your truth,
What you came here for.
You felt the stirring inside of you,
And yet fear has been right there to give you every reason why you should not take that step.
It can be scary.
You might fail.
You might be rejected.
You might be told no.
You might be making a mistake.
There are so many reasons.
They are so quick to come from fear,
The protector of your progress,
But it is time.
It is time to take that step today,
Right now,
In this moment,
And that is why you are here.
Take a deep breath in,
And slowly let that breath.
Breathe in strength.
Breathe out fear.
Breathe in clarity.
Breathe out fear.
Breathe in peace.
Breathe out fear.
Breathe in love,
And breathe out the fear.
Fear is not just here as your protector.
It is also a guide,
A teacher,
Showing you that there is something within you that needs focus and attention.
Let's look deeper.
What are you afraid of?
Because inside of that fear that holds you back also lies the answer to what you're here for,
To what you need to know.
Let's take a moment and ask your higher self this question.
What am I really afraid of?
What am I afraid of?
What am I afraid of?
Take a moment to ponder and keep asking until you feel the answer rise up within you.
Deep inside you know.
You know it holds you back.
So let's pull back even more layers.
Let's look closer to this fear and see what fear is shining the light on.
What else are you afraid of?
Think of as many things as you can think of that might be holding you back from taking that step forward.
Let's sit with those thoughts for a moment.
Think about how they have held you back.
They have held you back from living your greatness,
And yet underneath those thoughts of fear is something deeper within you.
A reflection of something that you've needed to remember,
That you need to know in order to take that step into your truth,
Into who you are,
Into the connection with your higher self.
Underneath the fear,
Within the fear,
Is a light shining on something deeper.
Your higher self is trying to tell you something.
Can you hear what it is really trying to say?
Can you see what it is inside of you that needs attention?
Now let's think these beautiful words.
I have been afraid,
And in being afraid,
I have not been living my purpose.
In being afraid,
I have let fear lead the way,
Rather than letting my light lead the way.
I ask this light to come forth and shine on what I need to do to take that step forward.
Now let's process some thoughts for a moment and ask some questions.
What is the fear saying?
What are you afraid of?
Is it the fear of not being enough?
The fear of rejection?
The fear of not being understood,
Or seen,
Or valued,
Or loved?
The fear of not being enough.
Enough for what?
For who?
Rejection is is not being accepted by another.
Do you want to be with someone who does not honor you,
Or see you,
Or hear you,
Or love you,
Or value you for who you are?
Do you want to label yourself based on the belief of someone who doesn't know your heart and soul and mind?
Do you want to surround yourself with people who cannot honor who you really are?
Is it worth letting go of who you know you are deep inside in the hopes of maybe not being rejected?
But what about those out there who are searching for you and your truth?
How will they even know if you exist if you never show up?
How will those that are searching for you ever know where to look if you continue to hide in places they cannot find?
How will those who see you,
Honor you,
And value you ever have the chance to see you,
Honor you,
And value you if you continue to hide behind the fear that is protecting you from being heard?
Learn to fall in love with yourself,
Your true self,
Your higher self,
The light.
Love your light.
Love that voice inside that leads you to the light and through the light.
Love and honor that truth that stirs within you.
That voice is the voice that matters,
Not the voice of anyone else out there or the voice that you think they might be saying or thinking about you.
The voice of love and love is the voice that matters.
My dear,
Sweet,
Precious soul,
You are love itself.
How can you not be enough when you are love itself?
How can you be anything but loved when that is what you are made of?
Maybe that is what fear is shining a light on for you to remember in this moment.
Maybe fear is shining that discomfort on you so that you can learn to recognize it easier and remember who you are.
For you are love itself.
Let's breathe in light and love and let it out.
Seek the beautiful voice of light inside of you,
The voice that gently guides you to your calling and hold on to that.
Take a deep breath in.
Now imagine that fear that had been holding you back as an imaginary strayjacket wrapped around you so tightly that you have been unable to move.
With this next breath in,
This breath of strength and love and purpose,
You feel the strains of that jacket start to loosen and you breathe out.
They loosen even more.
Continue to breathe in strength and love and purpose.
The strains are loosening even more now and breathe out the fear.
Breathe in peace and strength and purpose and the strains are loosening even more.
Breathe out the fear.
That strayjacket falls to the floor.
Breathe in love.
Fear falls to the floor.
Breathe out fear.
I breathe in strength.
I breathe in love.
I breathe in purpose.
You look down at this strayjacket that has held you down for so long and you see it start to dissolve in front of your beautiful spiritual eyes.
That fear is dissolving now.
I breathe in strength and love,
Light and purpose.
I breathe out the fear.
I have been afraid in the past and I am afraid no longer.
I have purpose.
I step into my truth.
It is time to be me.
Now dear soul,
When fear shows up again,
Imagine you are giving it a hug instead of letting it hold you down and then gently say to your fear,
I appreciate you.
I appreciate you caring and shining a light on what I need to pay attention to.
I am going to take this step now so I can learn what I came here to learn and be who I came here to be.
It is time now to move on and when I fall down,
Because I will probably fall down,
I may get hurt and there will be a lesson in it for me and then I will learn to get back up and take another step forward.
I was afraid.
I am afraid no longer.
Thank you.
I love you.
I see you.
I have heard you and I am ready to shine the light of love for that is who and what I am.
