Naturopath Mental Health Melbourne – Love Over Fear
There are really only 2 choices for every decision we make. We can do them out of love or out of fear.
When I came across this concept it was such an ahha moment for me.
When you really start to take notice of the emotion behind what is driving the choices in life it is really empowering.
Here is a simple quiz to rate how you have been going. Naturopath Mental Health Melbourne
LOVE
Ο I exercise because I love the way it makes me feel
Ο I eat because I honour my body and want to give it the best
Ο The people that surround me are loving, supportive and aligned with my beliefs
Ο I am with my partner because I simply love to be
Ο I do work that I love and inspires me daily
Ο I see money as an energy and don’t let it control my life
Ο I regularly take time for myself to sit in stillness and reflect
Ο I am of service to the world
Ο I always love for the natural way to support and heal my body
FEAR
Ο I exercise because I am worried I will get fat, sick and old
Ο I limit and restrict what I eat out of fear of getting fat
Ο I am holding on to bad relationships because I am scared I will be alone
Ο I am with my partner because it is convenient for now and I don’t want to be alone
Ο I go to an uninspiring job that I don’t enjoy but gives me a regular paycheck
Ο I am in debt and can never get on top of my finances
Ο I can’t bare the thought of stopping and sitting with my self and my feelings
Ο I am not offering anything to the world
Ο I take the quick options when I am unwell. A pill or bottle that will instantly make me feel better.
Ο I take drugs and drink alcohol regularly to squash unpleasant feelings and de-stress
Which do you choose? Love or fear?
Naturopath Mental Health Melbourne – Love is kindness, giving, mercy, compassion, peace, joy, acceptance, non-judgement, connection, intimacy.
Fear, on the other hand, fear is expressed as anger, abuse, anxiety, depression, disease, pain, greed, addiction, selfishness, obsession, corruption, hypocrisy, judgement, criticism, hatred, violence and war.
Rather than trying to get rid of the darkness, we work on how to bring in the light…
Love is the internal equivalent of oxygen to us. We need it to survive. Love can become clouded over or surrounded by mental mists, but it never goes away, it can never be destroyed.
The internal equivalent to oxygen, what we need in order to survive is love… Human relationships exist to produce love as surely as a lack of oxygen will kill us, so will a lack of love.” ~Marianne Williamson, Return to Love: A Reflection on A Course in Miracles
A miracle is really just a shift in perception, a shift from fear to love. The experience of love is a choice. To let go, to just love, is to shine. We are meant to shine. We are all meant to shine.
Our ego bases its perception of reality on what has happened in the past, carries those perceptions into the present and from that creates a future like the past. That perception becomes a core belief and we recreate its conditions in the future. Our internal state determines our experience of life; our experiences don’t determine our internal state.
Everything we do is infused with the energy in which we do it – the energy of love or the energy of fear. Real transformation comes not from what we’re doing, but from the consciousness of which we’re doing it.
What do you choose? Need help finding out? Get in touch with me. I’d love to hear from you. Naturopath Mental Health Melbourne
