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		<title>What is fear according to Abraham Hicks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 04:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fear lets you know that your point of attraction is currently focused on what you don&#8217;t want rather than focusing on what you DO want. Fear shows your focus is focused on the worst case situation that you don&#8217;t want &#8230; <a href="http://www.spiritualcookie.com/what-is-fear-according-to-abraham-hicks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fear lets you know that your point of attraction is currently focused on what you don&#8217;t want rather than focusing on what you DO want. Fear shows your focus is focused on the worst case situation that you don&#8217;t want to happen.</p>
<p>For example: Let&#8217;s say someone is afraid of getting into a relationship.<br />
Their fear lets them know that their point of attraction is on what they don&#8217;t want to happen if they are in a relationship.<br />
For example, maybe when they think of relationships ,the dominant thoughts and focus are on things like:<br />
- losing freedom<br />
- obligation to do stuff you dont want<br />
- etc.<br />
Because their focus is dominantly on the &#8220;what I don&#8217;t want&#8221; end of the stick, they feel fear when they think of getting into a relationship.</p>
<p>Any bad feeling, like fear, tells you that you are focused on a subject in a way that&#8217;s different from what your Source knows about how that experience can be when it&#8217;s all working out for you.<br />
Let&#8217;s get back to the relationship example:<br />
Your Source knows a relationship can be wonderful. Your Source knows all about the &#8220;positive end of the stick&#8221; aspects of getting in a relationship: the delicious feelings of togetherness, belonging, acceptance, love, fun, flow, companionship, co-creative joy etc.<br />
Because you have Source within you, there is a vibrational version of you whose focus is all the &#8220;wanted&#8221; things, and that therefore doesn&#8217;t feel fear when it&#8217;s focused on this subject.</p>
<p><strong>How to overcome fear?</strong><br />
So you understand what fear is, but how do you overcome it?</p>
<p>1.) Acknowledge that there is a part of you, the Source part of you, that is not afraid of the thing in question, and sees all the positive aspects of the thing.</p>
<p>2.) Acknowledge that the positive end of the stick exists</p>
<p>3.) Focus on the positive things on the subject and allow some momentum to gather about these.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Find little pieces of something, that feel entirely different than fear. And we´d practice them, until they are so active in our vibration, that even &#8220;scary&#8221; things don´t scare you! &#8220;</em><br />
- Chicago 6/4/11, from the clip &#8220;Abraham Hicks: desires to move through fear&#8221;</p>
<p>eg in terms of relationships, acknowledge that there&#8217;s a positive end of the stick &#8211; wanted things, like flow, fun, steadiness, a feeling of acceptance, love, home, safety, security, belonging, togetherness etc etc.</p>
<p>4.) Soothe the negative beliefs on this subject. Try to find reasons why the negative things might not happen, why they might not be true. Is it possible that they won&#8217;t happen? Katie Byron likes to ask of fears &#8220;is it *really* true?&#8221; Does it have to be true? Is there any case in which the negative thing might not happen?</p>
<p>5.) Practice your new positive thoughts to turn them into a more positive belief: As you catch yourself thinking a negative thought on the subject you are fearful of, pivot yourself into a more positive place; catch yourself and pivot repeatedly, you start to train yourself into a new habit of behaviour that is more in tune with your true inner guidance and feels better. Practise, practise, practise!</p>
<p>Note: If in your &#8220;work&#8221; to focus positively you notice discomfort, or if you find thoughts that ares &#8220;off in the bushes&#8221; steer your thoughts in an easier-feeling, more believable-feeling, better-feeling place.<br />
Sometimes it&#8217;s a good idea to get off the topic and come back to it when you&#8217;re in a fresh, clearer mood; starting from a different vibrational set-point, so try working on feeling better on this subject when you&#8217;re in the vibrational place that&#8217;s more open to working on it.<br />
(Until then, maybe focus on other subjects <img src='http://www.spiritualcookie.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
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<p>References:</p>
<p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu6YlRvHGUE</p>
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		<title>Overcoming Fear of Failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2016 02:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often the thing that&#8217;s stopping us from following our dreams and doing something we really want to do is a fear of: &#8220;What if I fail? What if I put all this time and effort and money into it, and &#8230; <a href="http://www.spiritualcookie.com/overcoming-fear-of-failure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/mistakes_are_proof_you_are_trying_poster-228814631554026527?CMPN=shareicon&#038;lang=en&#038;social=true&#038;view=113381087925757000&#038;rf=238418629569684551" rel="nofollow" > <img src="http://rlv.zcache.com/mistakes_are_proof_you_are_trying_poster-r1ef9f36386ff48c0a2626bc0f8de0d5b_wvf_8byvr_512.jpg?max_dim=325" alt="Failure is part of the path to success - Mistakes Are Proof You Are Trying Poster" title="Failure is part of the path to success - Mistakes Are Proof You Are Trying" align="right" style="border:0;" /> </a> Often the thing that&#8217;s stopping us from following our dreams and doing something we really want to do is a fear of: &#8220;What if I fail? What if I put all this time and effort and money into it, and it&#8217;s all a waste? What if I everyone knows I&#8217;m a failure? It will be so humiliating.. It&#8217;s safer just not to even try&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>How do you overcome these kind of thoughts?</p>
<p>Well, you&#8217;re right: there is no guarantee that the first time you do something that you&#8217;ll definitely succeed. But if it&#8217;s the first time you&#8217;re doing something, isn&#8217;t it a bit of a big ask to expect yourself to get it right first time?</p>
<p>When a baby is learning to walk, does it just start walking smoothly straight away? No! A baby allows itself to try, try and try again. It learns from the early wobbles; learns ho to adjust and re-balance until after practising for a while, <strong>despite all the early wobbles and falls eventually a baby learns to walk &#8211; and even run!</strong>  Failure isn&#8217;t a problem; failure is literally part of the learning process. Failure is part of the process of becoming a success.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/you_got_this_poster-228588733426670885?CMPN=shareicon&#038;lang=en&#038;social=true&#038;view=113381087925757000&#038;rf=238418629569684551" rel="nofollow" > <img src="http://rlv.zcache.com/you_got_this_poster-rab1b800aaa444c9586a2f9c34757c5c6_wvc_8byvr_512.jpg?max_dim=325" alt="You Got This girly floral encouraging encouragement motivational Poster" align="right" style="border:0;" /> </a>What is failure really? It&#8217;s just the wobbles at the beginning of your learning process as you learn to walk this new path. <strong>Once you start TRYING, only then can you get a feel for how to course-correct</strong>, but you have to start if you want to succeed.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t even try, you can never succeed. Sure, you&#8217;ll be safe in that you don&#8217;t experience failure in that field&#8230; But if you don&#8217;t even try going for your dream, <strong>what will you be doing instead? Something you don&#8217;t really want to do?</strong> And you&#8217;ll always have that &#8220;What if&#8230;?&#8221; hanging over you? What&#8217;s the point in that when you can try to do something you REALLY want to do?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/you_can_do_it_orange_motivational_poster-228678290525654827?ratio=0.391304347826087&#038;CMPN=shareicon&#038;lang=en&#038;social=true&#038;view=113381087925757000&#038;rf=238418629569684551" rel="nofollow" > <img src="http://rlv.zcache.com/you_can_do_it_orange_motivational_poster-rfa5134695674400baecfc96dfae0f209_ahmyr_8byvr_512.jpg?max_dim=325" alt="You Can Do It orange Motivational Poster" align="right" style="border:0;" /> </a> If you try following your dream, you may not succeed right away, but the more you practise and go for it and persist &#8211; the further along you are on your journey towards success, and the more likely you are to succeed.<strong> With every attempt you grow wiser and learn more and more</strong>. If you&#8217;re committed and determined, you will see success eventually &#8211; it&#8217;s just a matter of time. Look for a way until you find a way.</p>
<p>Put aside all your limiting beliefs, and put aside all the things nay-sayers are saying &#8211; don&#8217;t listen to them. Just say: <em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t care what anyone says, I&#8217;m gonna do this; I&#8217;m gonna figure it out; I know that there&#8217;s a way to figure it out&#8221;. </em></p>
<p>Just decide: <em>I don&#8217;t care how many times I fail before I succeed &#8211; I&#8217;m gonna do this.</em> </p>
<p>Success is slowly moving towards something that we really want and love. So choose what you want and start moving towards it!</p>
<p><center><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/modern_dreams_quote_typography_bright_watercolor_poster-228353528204942726?CMPN=shareicon&#038;lang=en&#038;social=true&#038;view=113381087925757000&#038;rf=238418629569684551" rel="nofollow" > <img src="http://rlv.zcache.com/modern_dreams_quote_typography_bright_watercolor_poster-r7180f06e3177499c8b1972e37a0a48c7_w2q_8byvr_512.jpg?max_dim=325" alt="dreamy pretty follow your dreams quote watercolor poster" style="border:0;" /> </a></center></p>
<p><strong>References</strong><br />
What if I fail? by Aaron Anastasi  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7g3EqRmyyg</p>
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