| What is fear? | | | | For example, if you are afraid of public speaking, |
| When we were studying emotional imbalances in | | | | you can arrange to join a speaker's club and work |
| school, my professor, said fear is an acronym | | | | it out in a public setting. |
| called F.E.A.R. It means a False Estimation | | | | This is how you face your fears head-on and |
| Appearing as Real. | | | | eliminate them. |
| We project into the environment our feeling of | | | | Your fears can also be more subtle and |
| insecurity and see in it dangers to our well-being. | | | | pervasive. |
| Yet the reality out there has too many variables | | | | What about something more subtle? |
| for us to predict it. Thus, all our anticipations are | | | | You may, for example, want to become a |
| based on our insecurity, rather than a sudden | | | | published writer, but you don't know if you can |
| clairvoyance. | | | | handle the pressure or the rejection from editors, |
| With the proper mindset, determination, and will | | | | and so on. |
| power, you can conquer your fear. | | | | Again, doing it, either mentally or even physically |
| Everyone has some sort of fear. It is brought | | | | will show you that most editors are actually very |
| about by past traumas, the influence of other | | | | human; and, in fact, many will even help you to |
| fearful people, and our own critical and | | | | improve your writing skills. |
| hypersensitive view of things. | | | | What else? |
| Although, fear is only in our mind, it does appear | | | | Tap your whole mind. |
| real to us. How do we break free from it? How | | | | In my experience, whenever I'm really |
| long must you remain a hostage to it? | | | | determined to do something, my superconscious |
| Is there a practical way to release it? | | | | mind kicks in. I experience a flow of synchronicity |
| There is a single practical—and unpleasant | | | | that opens a way where before no way existed. |
| step—you can take with any fear—and that | | | | With the proper mindset, literally anything is |
| is to face it. | | | | possible. Faith in your abilities, in your subconscious |
| Again, you have two choices, here. | | | | intelligence, and in the manifestation of amazing |
| You can run a mental simulation of the fearful | | | | coincidences will see you through anything. |
| event in your mind until it no longer has any | | | | Face your fears. |
| charge. In these simulations, see yourself handling | | | | That's the cure. |
| the fear with a sense of courage. | | | | It's simple and it's uncomfortable, but it works. |
| For example, if you have a fear of spiders, you | | | | Using visualization and/or action can eliminate any |
| can imagine that you have many friendly spiders | | | | fear. |
| as your pets, or that you rescue spiders from | | | | What about getting help? |
| getting drowned in rain gutters, etc. In other | | | | In addition, you don't have to do it alone. There |
| words, you take on a very positive picture. | | | | are many skilled therapists who can help you |
| Or, you can also actually go through the event | | | | work through your fears. |
| physically, and see how your fears are, in fact, in | | | | In fact, I have found phobias can easily be |
| your mind, and not out there. | | | | eliminated with the proper techniques. |