Peace and Rich's blessings. I am Michael B. Beck with the host of Take Back Your Mind. Blessings to you.

It's my joy to be with you. To answer the life question of the week. You already know

you have a life question, email us here, and the staff will pick a question as they come in,

and I'll have an opportunity to answer it every week. Here we go. Anita, she asked this, what is your take on anxiety?

I don't have any take on it at all.

And so it is, I'm in.

Okay, I'm kidding.

What is your take on anxiety?

Like, what is it?

How does anxious energy arise when it seems like no thought is attached to it, especially since,

am I correct in saying this? Thoughts create emotions. Or is anxiety actually fear that's stored in the

mind and body and is coming up to be healed? I'm grateful for your clarity and insight on this.

You needy, you're a smart one. You've answered your own question.

First of all, anxiety generally is a fear of something happening in the future.

However, anxiety is also the activity of addictions that are not being satisfied.

Say, for instance, you are, you watch television all the time

and you become addicted to the news or you become addicted to

just watching TV, no taking time for yourself, you're not reading, you're not meditating,

and then you suddenly stop watching television. I'm using this as an example.

Anxiety might emerge because you're not feeding the addiction. and then you suddenly stop watching television. I'm using this as an example.

Anxiety might emerge because you're not feeding the addiction.

So anxiety has different components.

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