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Universal Serenity was founded as a ministry to help reduce fear in society. Fear has often been called an acronym for False Evidence Appearing Real and it has been found to be a very true assessment.

Most fears are based on wrong data and incorrect assessment of a situation. Universal Serenity takes a two pronged approach to this overwhelming fear experienced in society:

1. Introduction of correct data where wrong data was relied upon, and
2. Exercises to enable a person to evaluate all possible option and not concentrating on those that draw in fear.

When dealing with a situation we often tend to judge it - this is good or this is bad, but on closer inspection we have to admit that there is nothing like 'good' or 'bad' - something just IS.

The following story demonstrates this very clearly...

It is said that there was once a gentleman in the middle east.   His only possession that really amounted to anything for him, his wife and son, who lived in a little hovel, was a gorgeous Arabian mare.  The mare was absolute perfection.

The neighbors always came by and said how lucky he was to have this one beautiful mare.  He said he didn't know whether it was good or bad, he just knew he had this lovely mare.

Well, one night she broke out of the corral and when he got up the next morning, he discovered that she was gone.  All the neighbors came by and said how terrible, how bad it was that the mare was gone.  He said he didn't know whether it was good or bad, all he knew was that the mare was gone.

One morning about a week and a half later, she came back and had seven beautiful Arab stallions with her.  She brought those in the corral with her.  They were all smitten with her, so they went in the corral too.   Now all the neighbors came by and said what wonderful luck he had.  They said, "You have these seven beautiful stallions along with your mare back.

He said,  "I don't know whether it's "good" or "bad", all I know is I got mare back and seven stallions with her."

So while they looked them over, the son decided to break these stallions so they could be ridden and they could sell them.   One of the stallions threw him and broke his leg.  So he was laid up with a broken leg.  They didn't have those little pins they use now so you could get up and go.  He was laid up with a splint.

The neighbors came by and said, "That's bad, your son has a broken leg."

He said, "I don't know whether it's good or bad, I just know my son has a broken leg.

About this time the king sent his men through the area and took all able-bodied young men to send them on one of his war ventures.  The son couldn't go because he had a broken leg.  The neighbor's sons all had to go.

The neighbors came over and said how lucky the man was because his son didn't have to go because he had a broken leg.  He said, "I don't know whether it's good or bad, I just know my son has a broken leg and didn't have to go with the Army.

This said, we now also have to consider our tendency to label a lower emotion like fear as bad - it isn't. Just as above, it just IS.

But there are certainly situation were such an emotion is useful or not useful. Claustophobia - the fear of small, closed spaces is not very useful in most cases, especially if you work on the 50th floor of a high rise. But then again, it might be very good for your health if you have to use the stairs because the elevator is a too small space.

But some healthy fear of lions and tigers when you are on a safari in Africa might actually be very adventageous to your survival.

Now that we are working on ridding ourselves of lower emotions we should not attempt to eliminate reasonable emotions.

Blissfully walking through a hot mine field might not be such a good idea, but looking blissfully at the prospect of meeting the new girl friends parents proably is.

In all our decisions on where we want to go with our training lets keep our attention set to what is reasonable.

Our view of what is reasonable might dramatically change over time, thus a decision today what is reasonable might look totally silly tomorrow.

Is Univeral Serenity attainable?

We have to answer this question with a resounding YES! Otherwise this web site would not make too much sense, wouldn't it?

But with all your current struggels and challenges in life how could it be possible to reach a state in which you would feel total serenity irregardless of your external conditions? The answer is - practice.

Take a body-builder. He might start out as an average guy, with the one difference that he has the drive to transform his body into this machine of muscles and tendons. So he starts practicing. He probably will have to practice for several years before he reaches his goal, but the main point is that he makes his decision and then STARTS!

That is step number one - a step without none of the other steps will happen. Then he tales the next step, which is pretty much the same as the first. Then the third, fourth and so on. At one point he actually might stop counting and just do his exercises. Obviously he has to see some progress towards his goal to be able to do so.

And then he reaches his goal.

It is the same if you intend to reach a mental or spiritual state that initially seems unreachable, but if divided into smaller steps - starting with the very first - you WILL reach that goal, as long as you stay with it. Again, you will need some form of intermediate successes to keep you going.

Within 'Universal Serenity' you will find the exercises to make your first step and keep taking the following steps to reach that goal. The successes you will experience on the way will be spectacular, but don't worry, you will get used to it.

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Peace and Serenity

Investigating the nature of fear, we quickly come to the conclusion that, in the animal world, it is a very good survival mechanism. Without fear the cute rabbit, sitting there in the flower bed having a feast, would not sit very long when the koyote comes around the corner looking for food himself.

The same holds true for humans when real external physical danger is involved. When, on safari, the lion comes onto the set, hungry and irritated by all those intruders into his world, fear and the instinct to flee are very useful survival mechanisms. Adrenaline is released, strength is boosted and he puny human might have a chance to escape.

The fear becomes less useful when an office worker develops fear of a superior. There might be still a danger to survival but no adrenaline is needed as fleeing is neither required nor possible. If fear sets in in such a situatio, health problems will occur over time because adrenaline is produces but can not be ised, causing stress.

Let's now look into the situation where fear becomes most detrimental - imagining an undesired outcome of a future situation that might never actually occur.

A condition normally called - Worry.