THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR. JUST TRUST.
Fear is the complete opposite to trust. Trust is the absolute absence of fear. The best way I can find to describe them both is by evoking the image of a cross. The horizontal axis represents linear time and fear. We conceive time as linear, seeing the past as being to our left and the future to the right in a straight line. When we are afraid of something, we always connect it to a past situation that we feel went wrong and then project that as the outcome of a future moment. If you were to stretch your arms out and imagine being pulled to the left (past) and to the right (future) at the same time, this would prove impossible because you cannot go in two directions at once. Seen in this way, we can see how disempowering and draining fear is energetically. It clouds your perception and consequently weakens you.
The vertical axis of the cross symbolizes the Eternal Now (Present) and connects us both to Mother Earth and the Universe at the same time. Unlike the impossible simultaneous pulling in both directions on the horizontal axis, our own physical verticality is nurtured by the constant flow of teluric (earth) and cosmic energies moving synchronously. The more consciously aware we are of our connection to Mother Earth and to the Cosmos, the more rooted and stable we feel and the less tempted we are to allow fear to take hold of us. We feel more open to life’s challenges and energetically we become more focused on the Present. Trust is a natural outcome of recognizing our relationship to the Divine Intelligence that is inherent in nature and the Universe. Once that relationship is forged, trust simply becomes synonymous with an inner knowing that truly there is nothing to fear. Just trust.
This is lesson 48 from A Course In Miracles*. A Course in Miracles is a self-study book whose underlying premise is that the greatest "miracle" is the act of simply gaining a full "awareness of love's presence" in one's own life.