Fear! Society, politics, advertisers are increasingly using fear to motivate us. The trend started long ago, but was accelerated by 9/11 and intensified further by the recent economic crisis. You cannot turn on the TV without being assailed with images of illness, erectile dysfunction, lost children, car wrecks, and/or economic ruin. It pervades our lives.

In my meditations over the past few months two devas have spoken to me—telling me that we do not have to be afraid. That we can find safety for our lives and for the planet. It is our choice, we can live in the fear, or we can live in the certain knowledge that we are connected to the infinite that is beyond the trials and tribulations of this planet.

In finding this safety, this balance we can see more clearly what is really important and seek answers to the issues that really matter. If we dwell on fear it controls our lives and directs our thoughts, emotions, and our outcomes.