How Most Fear Is Imaginary

Written by Stanley Lang Monday, 29 August 2011 02:59

Hello, I hope you are having a good day. Today I'd like to continue in the series about overcoming fear, particularly as it applies to developing a home business, but also as it applies to any other area of your life. So the ideas that I am going to be sharing with you, you'll be able to use in all the circumstances of your life.

Hello, I hope you are having a good day. Today I'd like to continue in the series about overcoming fear, particularly as it applies to developing a home business, but also as it applies to any other area of your life. So the ideas that I am going to be sharing with you, you'll be able to use in all the circumstances of your life.

One of the areas that I know iscrucial to do is to discern how we"rehearse" fear. Many peoplespend a lot of time making up scenarios in their minds. What we do in our minds is not that much different froma television show, or closer to a soap opera series, where there's a lot of emotion going on. We are characters and at the same timewe are imagining.

Actually, this scenehasn't occurred. We just are making it up because of some event that is happened in our lives. And I call this"rehearsing fear." What's going on is that we are actually making up a scene that is related to circumstances that we are fearful of, and then we actually react emotionally to those scenes. And that actually then increases our fear.

One of my favourite Scriptures is where Jesus says to"Be not afraid." I believe this is a vital point because He doesn't say, "Do not have fear." He says"Be not afraid," meaning"Don't do things to raise your fear. Don't be in the state of fear. Don't dwell there mentally." All of us are going to have the sensation of fear occasionally, but we do not have to dwell there. There are things that we are able to do to help us not be afraid.

So one of the things that we can start doing is to put other ideas into our minds. I will teach you a little bit of how to make that transition from fearful thoughts to other thoughts. One of the things that I think is crucial is that we have to learn to recognize the moment that we start to create these fearful scenarios. I have counseled people over the years, and it sometimes takes a couple minutes before they realize that they're into this other scene that really isn't true; they're just making it up. And so what we need to learn how to do is become aware of the moment that we're into this scene of fearful stuff, whether it applies to your family life or your friendships or business.

The moment that you're thinking about stuff that actually hasn't come true, you're imagining some eventuality in the future. Nipping it in the bud is truly vital, and at that moment, you may then begin to fill your consciousness with thoughts of thanksgiving. You will be able to nip the fear in the bud. It just will not continue, as you can't concentrate on both fear and thanksgiving at the same time.