Stress, fear and anxiety are everyday experiences
which manifest as symptoms in our story.
THE GIFT OF ANXIETY
ANXIETY is the chief symptom of human ignorance
ANXIETY is the most universally dreaded and misunderstood human
experience
ANXIETY when unexamined prevents total relaxation, essential
trust, and intuitive awareness
ANXIETY turns into depression when we shut it down
Anxiety acted out does not get rid of itself
ANXIETY represents the loss or the threat of loss of
what I think I control
ANXIETY about disappointments and regrets fuels the
fires of shame and guilt, which then seem to entrap the human spirit
ANXIETY misunderstood is the cause of our addictive
search for security and power in the finite world of shadows and illusions
ANXIETY is either my enemy or my teacher
ANXIETY is a gift of God, the meaning of which is buried in
the soul, like gold in the earth
ANXIETY is a symptom, a mystery, which like a string can be
wound up into a ball in order to lead us out of this shadowy cave into the Light of Consciousness
ANXIETY points to our infinite potentiality which we must embrace
when our mind shudders at the sight of the void
ANXIETY represents the challenge to exercise the courage to
live in the Eternal Now, letting go of past knowns and future unknowns
ANXIETY is our invitation to awaken from all of our limited
self-concepts to our human divinity, to the possibility of all things, and to the certainty of our sacred destiny.
ANXIETY is our lifeline to the peace that passes understanding.
ANXIETY is the fiery door through which we must pass in order
to find the True Treasure of Selfhood
ANXIETY is a wake-up call for us to realize that The Holy Spirit
of God lives in this human body
ANXIETY is the whisper of the soul asking questions that I have
forgotten and ignored the answer to.
ANXIETY is the fuel for the transformation of the caterpillar
ego into the butterfly Self
ANXIETY is our chief response when Jesus asks "What do you want
from me?" and "Who am I to you?"
ANXIETY is the only path to the beginning of Self-knowledge
and Individuation.
ANXIETY is the major symptom through which we become a Master
instead of a Victim.
ANXIETY is a misnomer for the mysterious presence of the Infinite
when our illusions are threatened.
ANXIETY represents the opportunity to embrace what you don’t
know and haven’t even dared to suspect about the vastness and grandeur of your Infinite Imagination
ANXIETY is our unavoidable companion and teacher about the paradoxical
meaning of pain
ANXIETY is our shared human experience which either destroys
or heals relationships
PARTNERS in the exploration of the meaning of ANXIETY find the
god and goddess in one another
The Prayer of St. Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace
Where there is hatred, let me sow love
Where there is injury, pardon
Where there is doubt, faith
Where there is despair, faith
Where there is darkness, light
Where there is sadness, joy
O divine master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled, as to console
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
