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Power of Faith

Daniel

I’ve read so much about judgements and blame on here so I’d like to share how faith helps me and how I judge without placing blame on people, I just hold people accountable for their own choices.

Faith is oppositional to fear, and fear is the source of all our evil, bad and wrong doings. By exercising faith it’s easier to overcome our fears and to not judge people, and separate the people from their actions. The fact that darkness arises from fear we can know that someone doing something bad is already victimised by fear, would it be good of us to add? Since fear has taken control of them it’s the fear we’re judging, not the person.

So many wealthy people get accused as greedy for keeping so much to themselves. Greed is evil so who’s being judged as greedy is in fear, they most likely are afraid that if they give money to others they’ll run out, and not survive. Bullies get judged as nasty and prideful people, negative pride is evil so we know they’re in fear. Bullies often feel lonely and worthless failures on the inside, they fear they’ll never improve so they possibly think there’s no better option to feel better, that they can’t think of another way. People who mock minorities may fear that they will be mocked if they don’t decide to be different. Every action that is evil can be traced back to the doer’s fear.

People who have faith in themselves and an allegiance to righteousness will know how to be a righteous judge, not be blinded by emotions and thoughts, will not have a condemning heart to blame people, will be merciful and forgiving, will be patient and compassionate. Eventually it will develop from kindness to love, and love casts out all fear that will help them overcome the fear causing evil temptations.

”There’s enough heartache and sorrow in this life without our adding to it through our own stubbornness, bitterness and resentment.” Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.” Thomas S. Monson

”The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.” Russel M. Nelson 

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  • I have spent a year visiting a classic end of the world cult. I watched how they love bomb and strip away self identity ,they split a young couple up with two children and had her begging to join ,pray on the sick and weak. I also seen a similar thing in a baptist church. It is the same principal that sociopaths use to control.  So it seems to me that alot of the religions are run the same way just not as extreme ,but corrupted all the same .  

  • in reply to Daniel

    i buy all  books second hand so I'll memorize that name  and wait for one to cross my path

    oh my he has written so many books !  50+    I  just searched abebooks.co.uk  

  • in reply to aidie

    aidie,

    A book I recommend for mindfulness is one called “Awareness” by Anthony De Mello, it’s available on Amazon.

    Before Anthony De Mello died he was known as a great spiritual teacher, he teaches how people can live in a way that prevents people losing their happiness. 

  • in reply to Loz

    heres what I know about fear

    fear is based on your predetermined programmed mind. People can develop fears to all sorts of things during their young lives and later as well. 

    spider fear has now been shown to be pre-programmed from birth which is amazing.  its genetic !

    I have a real fear of several things due to traumatic events in my past so I have been imprinted with irrational fear  which other people do not have

    i just did a course on fear and the advice is face your fears ( do it anyway )  otherwise your anxiety to all sorts of things can grow out of all proportion especially if u are prone to anxiety eg having autism

  • God will move mountains, but bring a shovel.

  • in reply to Daniel

    yes  this is Zen thinking. Mindfulness ( Living and Meditation )  is a major practice of  Zen.  I am still learning all about mindfulness from various Buddhist and secular books/texts. Still a long way to go for me Slight smile

  • in reply to Loz

    Fear doesn’t prevent people walking into a lion enclosure, common sense prevents it and that’s why people don’t fear it, ask people to tell you what they fear and no one will bring that up.

    When you’re living in reality the fight or flight response never occurs, only those who have perceptions and think they have an idea of reality have the fight or flight response. The truth is, no one including I have an idea what reality is nor ever will. If you had an idea of reality one minute ago that idea is no longer real, reality changed since then and it changes every single moment. 

    Why don’t I feel offended when assaulted do you think? Because I have not held on to the perception that assault is supposed to feel offensive, I dropped all the perceptions I were taught. Why do people fear things that other people don’t fear? Because the people who fear it were taught to be afraid of it, they held on to those perceptions so they still fear it.

  • Fear also prevents people from walking into a lion enclosure at a Zoo and being eaten. Faith wasn't so helpful with that. It has it's uses, like everything else. Fear is neither good or bad. It's simply a mechanism, part of the fight or flight response.