What is your greatest fear? What makes your heart beat fast, your hands sweaty and your mind spin? What triggers your anxiety?
Almost everyone has at least a couple of fears. Some fears are small, while others are big and strong. The strong fears are infused with a power so great that they overpower even the strongest and sanest of folks. A person who is normally composed can turn into a nervous wreck when in the grip of fear. Rationality and logic vanish and no amount of reassurance from people helps.
As a child, my greatest fear was that I would lose my mother. I had an irrational and almost obsessive fear of losing her. It was so strong that I would cry in fear if she travelled without me or left me alone with other family, especially at night. This fear of losing a loved one is quite common among people.
Some other common fears include-
- Fear of death
- Fear of illness
- Fear of being harmed
- Fear of darkness
- Fear of travelling
- Fear of failure
- Fear of ghosts
- Fear of abandonment
- Fear of flying
This list is practically endless. If you ask everyone you know about their fears, you will come across a variety of fears, some of which you can’t even connect with! But that is the nature of fear. It is most often irrational and imaginary. This is different from the kind of fear you feel when faced with a truly dangerous situation. However, being in dangerous situations is certainly not an everyday occurrence.
This kind of logical thinking does not stop us from being fearful! So, how can we help ourselves when we stand face to face with our fears?
Here is a technique that can help you when you find yourself in the grip of irrational fear-
- Sit or lie down comfortably.
- Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths.
- Request your guides and angels to place a column of pure white light over you. Feel this column extending up to the skies and also going deep down into the core of the Earth. You may also ask them to place an additional column of deep blue light/violet light/golden light over this column of white light. Do as you feel guided to.
- Feel your fear in all its intensity. Do not be afraid of feeling the fear. For instance, if you are afraid of an illness, feel the fear and all the scary details your mind projects about this illness. Don’t worry, this will not manifest the illness. Since the intention behind feeling the fear is to release the energy associated with it, know that you are safe.
- Now bring your awareness to your body. In which part of your body do you feel the effects of this fear? Do you feel tightness in your solar plexus or chest? Or do you feel heaviness in your head?
- Once you locate the part of the body in which the fear manifests, place one of your palms on that part.
- Give a shape and colour to this fear. Go with the first image that comes to your mind. Do not analyse. View this image in your mind’s eye.
- Now stretch your other hand, with the palm facing up. Request Archangel Michael or any other Spirit Guide you are comfortable working with to place their palm in yours.
- Feel the powerful energy emanating from this fearless being. Breathe in and absorb some of his energy.
- Now feel the power of your own being. You are inherently powerful. The scary voice in your head that makes you feel weak and fearful is the voice of the Ego.
- With this awareness of your power, see yourself blowing the symbols Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen, Sei Hei Ki and Cho Ku Rei to the image of the fear you hold in your mind’s eye. Third level practitioners can also use the Master Symbol.
- See the symbols flying towards the image of the fear and attaching themselves to it. See the fear being enveloped in Reiki and being transmuted into power and love.
- Do this for as long as you feel like. If you feel weak or powerless while in the midst of the process, remind yourself that Archangel Michael (or your Spirit Guide) is with you. What is there to fear when you are in the company of such powerful beings? They are there to assist you and help you recognise your own power. So, take their help.
- Once you feel peaceful, thank Reiki and Archangel Michael (or your Spirit Guide) for their assistance.
Do this process whenever you find yourself in the grip of irrational fear. It may need to be done several times, often over months, before the fear is healed fully. You may also receive intuitive messages about other steps you can take to help with the healing. Cord cutting is particularly useful to heal deep rooted fears.
If the fear overwhelms you to such an extent that you cannot even lie still and relax to do this process, it would be wise to work with a competent Reiki Master. Once the fear is at least partially healed and you feel comfortable, you can start working independently.
Your fears can be healed. You are much more powerful than any fearful projection of your Ego. You just have forgotten how powerful you are and it is now time for you to remember it!
Article by Haripriya Suraj, Reiki Master
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Haripriya Suraj is a Reiki Master, Angel Healer and Starseed Lightworker. Reiki is her constant companion from which she derives peace and contentment. She is deeply connected with the Stars and Angels and they form an integral part of her Reiki practice. Her core mission is to help bridge the worlds of Spirit and Science and to help people connect with their unique soul missions. Haripriya offers Reiki healing sessions and training programs in Bangalore, India. Reach Haripriya at lightworkersonearth.com, whenspiritmeetsscience.com on email at [email protected] and on Facebook at Angel Light.
Dear Haripriya,
This is very useful article. I have done my three levels of Reiki, Karuna reiki and angel therapy. I am definitely going to try this for releasing my fears. I am fearful from my childhood. Its much released now from practice of Reiki from past 2 years, but I feel still my fear persists. Thanks for this article.
Chandrika
Dear Chandrika,
Glad to know you found it helpful! Thanks for sharing.
Love & Light
Thank you so much for your article.i have tried to helpmyself in making fearfree.i feel fear sensation on my back.i did same process on my backpart.i have really felt the change .thank you once again.
Hi Sharmila,
Glad to know it helped! You’re most welcome 🙂
Love & Blessings
Thanks dear,wonderful article.I tried,it really worked wonder 🙂
Happy to hear your feedback. Thank you Parineeta 🙂
Love & Light
Dear HARI PRIYA, it is really great, i am following this site, god bless you my child.
With warm regards
Rajaraman from cuddalore
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your kind words and blessings 🙂
Love & Gratitude
Haripriya
me english is very poor is possible traduccion in ESPAÑOL please?
It is very useful information.
Thanks for posting such things..
Happy
Regards
Subhet
You’re welcome Subhet 🙂
This is amazing had massive fear of seeing spirit. Since I was told I was an evil child. Saw them from aged 4. I freak out especially in the dark. Will do this wow. Thank you so much
It is a beautiful article and made so simple
Thank you for sharing
Thank you so much Haripriya, this is really helpful!!! ????
Hello Hari priya
today itself I had a major anxiety attack.it was awful and took me several hours to calm down. Then saw your post.i think it is a message for me.i have stopped practicing reiki since long, do you think it will still work out for me?
Thanx
light and peace
very super
Thanks for this article . it is helpful. my doubts are since I come from india and we believe in ganesha and shiva and other GODS, it is difficult to resonate with Angels and spirits. it feels that I am bypassing my religious beliefs. how do I make myself comfortable about this. thanks so much
Is this a technique that can be applied when giving Reiki to someone with frequent anxiety? Can it be done as a guided meditation with them while using SHK and the other symbols?
Now I understand why I called on Archang!el Michael right after my near fatal car crash on October 11, 2021. I was driving on a dark, unfamiliar, wooded rural road when I felt the crunch of gravel on the front right. I tried to pull the steering wheel, but I felt myself crash into a ditch. That broke my right leg, which got jammed on the accelerator and I had three more crashes in the brush and trees. I saw a huge tree in front of me, felt the crash and the car finally stopped.
I reached down to move my leg off the accelerator and felt my hand just go through it. I asked myself if I was a alive. Yes, but didn’t think I’d last long. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to. I felt the presence of Master Katumi, who had come to me once before in a life and death situation. His very soothing voice helped. Something told me to call on Archangel Michael. He appeared very large and acted as a sentry. He stood large and held the space until help arrived. The car was leaking something, but I know that Michael was protecting me. It wasn’t time for me to go.
I am now in rehab. My right leg was crushed. I have 13 broken bones, and pierced a lung. Now that I have survived, I now know that I am to call on Archangel Michael who will hold space for me during my final transition.