The black cat and I have an agreement.
At least I have an agreement about the cat, and most of the time, he acknowledges it.
It’s not our cat; it’s a neighbor’s.
However, this cat believes that our yard is his territory for stalking. Since I can’t persuade him to stay out of our yard entirely, we agree that he may not stalk under the bird feeders.
He keeps that agreement most of the time, but I have to remain alert.
Occasionally, I see him edging towards a feeder. A knock on the window or a “hey you” from me stops him.
As he leaves, he gives me a look that says, “Well, this time you are in charge, but I’ll be back,” and saunters off.
As a black cat, he symbolizes the time of year when ordinary houses can become haunted, corn mazes can turn scary, and children don costumes for trick-or-treating.
It’s fun. I suppose we like being “pretend scared.”
Hiding From Fear
It’s the real-scared that we don’t like.
We don’t like being afraid. We hide from our fears, falsely believing they aren't present if we don’t think of them.
However, unless unmasked, fears are always present, running our lives behind the scenes.
Like the black cat, they are always stalking and aware of their target: our peace of mind, the expression of our true selves, and the quality of our lives.
I could ignore the black cat, but I don’t because he threatens something I love.
You see the analogy, don’t you?
Fear Stalks What We Love
When we realize that fear always stalks what we love, we become more diligent about noticing what fear is up to and more willing to confront it.
It’s interesting that when I am diligent about protecting the birds, the cat is afraid of me, not the other way around.
The cat follows the same path every day.
Fear also always follows the same line of thinking.
This is good news. It makes it so much easier to detect fear’s lies and eliminate them from our lives.
The other good news is that, just like holiday trick-or-treaters, fear wears costumes and masks to appear as many different fears.
However, there is only one fear based on the one lie that we often unwittingly believe.
Fear Works Because We Believe The One Lie
It is the lie that evil exists and is as powerful, or more powerful, than good.
This lie that there is a power other than good produces fear that disguises itself as the fear of lack of all kinds, from love to money.
When we unmask a frightening Halloween character, we breathe a sigh of relief, seeing the real person behind the costume and mask.
Imagine the sigh of relief we feel as we unmask the frightening claim of fear and find that it is nothing.
However, we can’t unmask anything when running or hiding from it.
We have to face it first. Then, we can remove its mask and replace it with Truth, and when we do, we have eliminated its power to deceive.
There Is Only One Power
The Truth is - there can be only one power. There can’t be two.
Fear gains its only power when we believe its lie that there can be two.
There is either the power of bad or evil - or there is the power of good or God.
Light and dark cannot be in the same place simultaneously.
There is either darkness, or there is light.
Turn on the light, and darkness vanishes. In the same way, good and evil cannot be in the same place at the same time.
There is either good or evil. Turn on good, and evil vanishes.
Light does not know darkness, and good does not know evil.
Turn On The Light Of Good
Look around you and see only the presence of good filling all space.
Practice good at all times.
Observe how good dissolves the illusion of evil.
Face fear; unmask it by claiming only good.
Act as if that is true, even when it appears not to be.
Prove for yourself how fear loses its power to frighten you when you have seen and acknowledged the power of good.
We can look at the terrible things that happen in the world and see them in one of two ways.
We can be frightened by the seeming power of evil, or we can rejoice that what was hidden is being unmasked and dissolved with the light of good—with the Truth that good is the only power.
Although it appears that all these frightening things happen “out there,” they actually begin—and therefore can be ended—within.
Quantum physics tells us that no part of anything can act without affecting the whole.
Unmask Fear
As we unmask fears and stop acting out of greed and survival—the children of fear—we hasten the end of tragedies that happen elsewhere because we have dissolved them where they began.
Let’s be watchful but not frightened.
As we encounter fear, instead of running or hiding, we can tap on the window and say, “Hey, you are not allowed to be here. Go now!”
Like the neighbor’s black cat, it doesn’t matter what “look” it gives us. We have unmasked it. We know the power of good, the only power there is, and we behave as if that is True.
That shift of perception will dissolve what isn’t true.
Be patient and persistent. Have courage. Be kind. You have Truth on your side.
We used to have a beautiful black cat prowling around our property. He was the ultimate stealth hunter!
The frequency of fear is fascinating—it shifts almost instantly when we bring the light of our awareness to it. But is fear real, or is it just an illusion? While it’s deeply ingrained in our DNA as a survival mechanism, our mind amplifies or even creates it. When I feel fear creeping in, I need to observe it without judgment to see it for what it truly is—a temporary human state that loses its power when I choose to face it.