“There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chapter: 78
Symbol: Amagi
Gatekeeper: Ida Hornberger
Location: Ida’s house in the forested woods
of CO
The sixth key shows us the power that freedom affords us.
This is not simply freedom for a nation or for a people, but a freedom from all
oppressions, those inside and out. This is the freedom that is inherent to the
present moment – the moment when past and future fall away and all our fears
with them. When we experience this type of freedom, life’s circumstances become
less important and Life gives us the
liberty we desire and deserve.
The symbol for the sixth key is the ancient Amagi, the
oldest symbol we have for freedom, written in Sumerian Cuneiform letters. Due
to the power of such a concept, these scrawls from 4000 - 5000 years ago have
made their way into modern times. Amagi reveals to us one of our birthrights.
We have only to claim it in each and every moment and life’s horrors dissipate
into the mist of unreality, leaving us only freedom wrapped in sheer joy.
Ida Hornberger, the sixth gatekeeper, with twinkling eyes
and warm heart, shares with us the understanding of true freedom and our
personal power to pluck it from the unknown
reality. Freedom from Fear means we are present, powerful and embracing
life by what is, not by what it has
been or will be.
“"I am saying
that amagi also means freedom from the tyranny of fear. This is very important
for our world right now. Terrorism has become a very real threat to our
freedom. But terrorism’s power comes from fear. And we, each one of us, give it
that power through our own fear. Fear is the number one thief of joy, love,
peace, and happiness. It robs us of the destiny we are here to live. Fears keep us from enjoying the lives we
have, and it prevents us from having the lives we could have.”
“Fear is rooted in
the past, or actually on a limited interpretation of a past experience. It is
the meaning we assign to a past situation, or experience, that makes it “bad.”
It is your thoughts or memories that allow it to remain bad. We also often fear
the future. Usually, this fear is also based on an interpretation of a past
experience, one that’s often inaccurate, or limited in some way. Fear does not
exist in the present moment. I will say that again. Fear does not exist in the
present moment.”
“Fear is based on
conditioning. It’s a mental and emotional construct about something in the
past. The past has no bearing whatsoever on today. There is no rule, force, or
law that says what happened yesterday will happen again today. As a matter of
fact, it is ridiculous to think that in our huge, endless universe, with
unlimited potential, that the same thing would happen more than one single
time, ever. Yet in our lives we often experience the same things over and over
again. This is because we continually create the same happenings again and
again. We recreate them by reliving the past, our old experiences and beliefs,
in our old paradigms.” -- Chapter 78
You have the power to escape your captor – your own mind.
Freedom dwells in the present moment. You can discover new energy, strength,
hope, possibilities and happiness when you release the past.
“The
secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to
worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.”
– the Buddha
In each moment of life, a window stands tall and
transparent, ready for you to look and fly through. But you have to give up the
idea that the past makes you who you are, or that the future will save you from
who you have become. Only today do you have the power to uncloak yourself from
the heavy robes of life’s circumstances and run free. Yesterday is gone forever
and tomorrow never comes, for when you reach tomorrow it will be today. To embrace the present moment and
run free in the field of all possibilities you need only to except what is and decide in each moment to be
happy. When we feel the moment, we can
choose to be in it. Release your fears by releasing the false ideas you carry
from the past or unproven wishes for the future.
“Between stimulus
and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our
response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
– Viktor E. Frankl
Be Free from Fear, it is your birthright and your natural state.
Be the 100th human!
Resource
Books for the 6th Key:
WhereverYou Go, There You Are— Jon Kabat-Zinn
Freedomfrom the Known—Jiddu Krishnamurti
Smile at Fear—Chögyam Trungpa
Man's Search for Meaning—Viktor E.
Frankl
The Neville Reader - Neville Goddard
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