Who doesn't feel scared? So many moments of our life are spent in running away from uncomfortable situations, unwanted relationships, distressing circumstances. We become immobilized when time comes for us to act, to face ourselves! We cower, shudder and surrender to our fear!

Fear takes us further away from ourselves, it makes us guilty! Many a times we don't even know what we are fearful about.

We see the snake in the darkness and run away scared, not bothering to check out that it is just a rope lying ahead of us.

What is needed is just a little courage, small baby steps to conquer the irrationalities of the mind, just a small dose of "I will do it, no matter what!"

So, do not escape anxiety! Face it and you will see how it loses its sting. Transform your fright into a companion who accompanies you in your journey ahead. Follow Susan Jeffers advice and " Feel the fear, and Do it anyway!" Expand your Horizon!

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Question	z	How is being spiritual different from being religious?
Answer		For most of the people, being spiritual means being religious! Moreover, generally being religious means following either Hinduism, Islam or Christianity or some other religion. Religion, when it was conceived, was meant to provide its followers with certain guidelines for living which were specific to the location and time frame where it evolved and where it was practiced. These guidelines were broad and circumstantial, and were never meant to be followed blindly without understanding its relevance, by its believers. Flexibility, suitability and adaptability guided the tenets of religion. It was the followers who brought in the dos and don'ts, the inflexibilities, the rigidities! Instead of using the principles as guidelines for living a meaningful life, the guidelines started to be accepted as the rules of life. Jesus Christ was not a Christian, his followers were Christians, and Buddha was not a Buddhist his followers were! Even when religion moved from one part of the world to the other, or evolved over time, the rules were not changed: they became the doctrines to be followed or else……. The final objective of every religion has been to reach or realize God, though each one has a different path to follow, different ways of helping you to reach this! Though these guidelines have been established to make the journey of the traveler simpler, the rigidities have created so much discordance that a lot of atrocities have been committed in the name of religion! Though the tenets of religion have been established at the spiritual level, the followers have begun to follow it at the body conscious level. This has given rise to exploitation of one man over the other in the name of religion and has created differences! The whole concept of what is religious and what is spiritual has become mixed up! Really speaking if you are spiritual, it doesn't matter if you are a Hindu or a Muslim, male or female, king or pauper because spirituality is not judged by any rules, only judged by your relationship with God! Spirituality really speaking is that spontaneity which comes from within and makes you forget about yourself at a body consciousness level. There is no "I" when you are spiritual, there are no rules if you are a spiritual person. You don't say, " I have done something because I am a spiritual person," you realize that you are just a conduit. There is no Ahankar ( false pride). Being Spiritual is a state of "Being", which is what every religion strives to tell You!

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