Overcoming fear
November 29, 2007 – 2:05 amWhat we fear can frequently be the very thing that comes upon us. It may be given different names; “power of the mind”, “subliminal suggestion” are just two; but in all cases, our fears, if left unchecked, can become inhibiting.
With some regular “exercise” we can take back that part of our lives that “fear” may have hijacked. Fear is most often associated with vivid imagery in our minds and that imagery can contain triggers that set off emotions in such a way as to paralyze us. Fear may be played out in our minds as some combination of images, stories, movies, sounds and smells. When we realise that it is in our imaginations that these fears gain power, we can begin to take back lost ground.
We hold the key to success in overcoming fear. The key is our imagination. Our imagination is a powerful tool. With that tool, the human race has seen, and subsequently brought into reality, such things as putting a man on the moon, building a computer on a chip and creating things such as blogs.
Once we realise that it is in our imaginations that fear takes root, we can begin to fill our imaginations with imagery and stories of those things we desire rather than let fear fill up all the space with whatever it chooses.
Take back your imagination. Use it to create imagery of a positive future and say goodbye to fear.
3 Responses to “Overcoming fear”
Informative article, I did not know this!
By Brad on Jan 17, 2010
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By drundawarrory on Feb 23, 2010
The response to local and national disasters is awesome but it’s a real shame that so many people take advantage of the negative situations.
I mean everytime there is an earthquake, a flood, an oil spill – there’s always a group of heartless people who rip off tax payers.
This is in response to reading that 4 of Oprah Winfreys “angels” got busted ripping off the system. Shame on them!
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/19/crimesider/entry5251471.shtml
By joyclewrory on Feb 26, 2010