Living In Fear: An Ongoing Choice We have been trained, by virtually all of society, to live in the state of Fear, so that we can be controlled by those of the rich and powerful who are also fearful. That is not our destiny We are here to learn how to live in Love, not Fear. Many of the rich and powerful are no longer fearful and no longer have the need to control anyone. Those of the rich and powerful, who are still choosing to live in fear, will attempt to control all situations and people so that they can build the appearance of safety for themselves - actually very much a false sense of safety, but that is the best that they can do. Almost all humans now live in the state of Fear and do not even understand what Love means, or why it is so desirable. There are only two sets of thoughts and emotions, the set called Fear and the set called Love. The two sets do not overlap and most of us who say that we love another, are not yet capable of Love, since we still live in Fear; unfortunately that is usually by choice, although humans seldom admit that terrible truth. There is no overlap between the sets of Fear and Love. This situation is denied by almost all who live in the set of thoughts and emotions called Fear. It is only when we step out of Fear that we can truly Love: a) ourselves; b) other humans; c) all living things; and d) then even everything in this universe. While the set called Fear has many common emotions, including hate and fear and worry and even despair, the set called Love has fewer states, with the English language less powerful than most in describing them. Four of the Greek words for states of Love are found in the Christian bible. We are spiritual beings having a journey as human beings, since that journey provides us with many opportunities to grow in spiritual power, towards our Divine Creator, God. Everything that happens to us includes the opportunity to look for and find the hidden lesson within it, choose to learn that lesson, then put the lesson into practice. If we choose not to even look for the lesson the first time, new opportunities will come our way. Sooner or later the lessons must be learned Since God is actually Love, or could be more accurately described as the flowing Process of Love, our learning to live in Love, not Fear, is an essential change for those of us who survive in our present, failed condition. We should be living in Love as it offers such a different way of seeing both the universe and our place within it. There are many states beyond Love, including Unconditional Love, Joy, Peace and finally the complex set of states called Enlightenment. In the end, reaching Enlightenment is your destiny as a human. There are many teachers who can now show us the way. One of the reasons that this author is writing is to help direct the many who have come to understand that their present Religions are a part of the problem, not a part of the solution. As we learn to Love better and more powerfully, we will close the present gap between our Creator and ourselves. As we move along The Way, taught and lived and completed by Jesus, The Christ of the Jewish people, we will leave Fear, in all of its manifestations, behind us. When we are living in Fear, we deny that we have a choice; there is no option for us to choose Love as others have done so many things to us that we have no options but to survive in Fear. This viewpoint is false, but is usually treated as Dogma, so it cannot even be rationally discussed. At any instant in time and space we can just reject living in Fear and start living in Love. When the cost of living in Fear becomes too high, just as when the cost of being a drunk becomes too high, we can change how we see things and move on out into our trip along The Way towards our Divine Creator. Most of us have to hit bottom before we make the choice to move out of Fear and into Love. Welcome to being human. Moving on before hitting bottom is smarter