There are six basic human fears that we all have and that show up at different times and in different degrees.
This is well documented in the Epilogue of the #2 personal development best seller for the last 100 years, Napoleon Hill’s Think & Grow Rich!
If this is so, then is it even possible to …
- change them? NO
- remove them? NO
- ignore them? NO
- replace them? YES
- embrace them? YES
What are they?
Fear of …
- Poverty
- Death
- Old age
- Illness
- Criticism
- Loss of love
With only ONE conscious thought at a time (not counting automatic subconscious dialogues or monkey chatter) so … WHICH prevails?
The one we Say, prevails! The only thing humans’ control is “what we think!” That’s it!
So being an agile thinker, the ability to be objective about our views leaving us able to choose other views that may better serve us, is vital and takes practice. And it takes time and a willingness.
You will hear people say “change your beliefs” to eradicate fear.
Impossible to change the same energy for the same energy.
You will hear people say, reshape them or reprogram that same fear or belief. Also, not possible.
Ignore them people say? We can for a while, however, FEARS are stronger than ‘will,’ depending on our circumstance.
Replace them, you can. One must however, ‘mimic’ the process that gave us the fear, to create the new belief in faith (it’s opposite). [My work.]
Embrace them? What we resist, persists. If we do not embrace, they hover over every situation. Look at them and learn from them is a good first step.
Resisting the fear of poverty diminishes self-love and self-worth. You either are afraid of poverty or you believe you deserve to feed yourself by investing IN yourself. Only one prevails.
My hybrid personal business development program, now in its sixteenth year, marries Think & Grow Rich, Seven Universal Laws, Twelve Principles of Achievement, along with visualization, meditation, and coaching techniques to yield high performance and consistent achievement over time.
Lovely post, Leslie
The six fears you mentioned are all beyond our control, removal or ability to change,
What we have control over is our thinking on accepting them as a fact of life.
Embracing them may act as ointment to their wounds, pain and worries.
Accepting them is accepting reality of life and how the ball bounces.
Denying them or fearing them will make their negative impact bigger because their wounds grow deeper.
I salute your words and embrace your thoughts.