You will notice that The Eight Fundamental Secrets to Living Well addresses fear more than one time. The reason is obvious. Fear is the biggest boulder on your path to living wholeheartedly.
When you have a fear, recognize it, then deal with it. This Secret will help you to transform fear into empowering vision. It is potent.
Here is a very powerful truth that will help you to unwind your fears and step forward with a brave heart.
Fear is the misuse of imagination.
What ever it is you fear, it is just your imagination. It is illusion. It hasn't happened yet, and it may never happen.
Here is an exercise to flush out the demon and eliminate the fear. Just fill in the blank. Yes, you have to write this down. Handwriting is more powerful than keyboarding. -
I scare myself by imagining __________________________.
It may surprise you how difficult this can be at first. It will enlighten you when you actually fill in the blank. Our fears are often vague, not rising fully into consciousness. That is why they have so much power.
When we drag them out into the light of day and really list them. They lose their hidden power over us.
I am still always surprised how detailed the images are and how many there are.
Do You Want an Example?
My friend, Bernadette is a master at her work. She is a pediatric oncology nurse. She is called upon to perform scary things all the time. She told me about using the phrase "I scare myself by imagining ______________." Her sentence completes thusly -
I scare myself by imagining I can't start this IV on the first attempt because I am not the best at finding a vein, I'll bruise the child, and cause her more pain. I will have to attempt a second time or find someone else to start this IV. I will hurt her. Her mother will be fretting. I will be embarrassed, disappointed, unable to assist this child in getting necessary care.
You can see she has a detailed set of pictures in her head, and that's the clue. Look at the pictures in your minds eye. See the images, the pictures, the movie you fear.
The Remedy to Your Fear
The remedy is to re-imagine. Sit down and ponder what you would prefer to happen instead of the nightmare images you have right now. It really doesn't matter what you choose here, just so the outcome it what you want.
Fill in this blank.
I prefer to imagine, and I choose to imagine _____________.
If you are making pictures of what you want, you'll be fine.
TIP: Picture what you want, not what you don't want. I go into step-by-step detail on this subject in Simply Serene. For now just picture what you want not what you don't want.
For example: I don't want monsters. You can't picture that can you? Any picture you make will have monsters in it. A simplistic correct example is to picture being surrounded by poppy fields. Notice, this picture is just fields and poppies, sky, clouds maybe, sounds of birds and wind maybe.
Bernadette walked away, made new pictures of easily finding the vein on the first attempt and having it go smoothly and gently...
After she settled her nerves, she went in and did just that.
Here's How to Use the New Images
I read this new image every day or every night or more often until the new images are in place and the old ones have dissipated.
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The next Fundamental Secret reveals how to bust through your limitations in creating the life you truly love. Secret VI will give your more hints on overcoming fear.
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