Bad advice. Some people may develop full-fledged phobias by doing this; by focusing on the fear. From a clinical psychological standpoint, which I know doesn't hold water with you New-age types, facing the fear is the best way to flatten it. |
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Fear is something everybody has to live with, and there are many different responses. The most common advice on fear management is to conquer your fears, go out there and put yourself in front of them. I say, why manage them at all? |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
Bad advice. Some people may develop full-fledged phobias by doing this; by focusing on the fear. From a clinical psychological standpoint, which I know doesn't hold water with you New-age types, facing the fear is the best way to flatten it. |
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I gotta agree with drewmandan. |
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This IS facing your fear in the only way you can face it. Fear is doubt. You can't get rid of it, as anything can always happen and there is always something to be insecure about. |
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Last edited by Omnis Dei; 10-06-2008 at 06:59 AM.
Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
There is a big difference between a fear and a phobia. Fear serves an actual purpose, a phobia, with its irrationality, doesn't. I don't have a problem with embracing a sensible fear, but phobias should be done away with. I'm pretty sure people have beaten their phobias before and probably still do. |
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Phobias are connected to repressed memories and other such things that meditating by yourself is not always the easiest way to handle, but with help and support they can be faced and relieved, too. In the end it's still about forgiveness, and you need to look it in the eye to do that. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
I'm sorry then, Omnius, because I can't decode what you're trying to say. It sounds like you're suggesting that people self-talk "I'm afraid! OMG I'm afraid" over and over. |
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Different people respond to fear (rational or irrational) in different ways. If someone's going to jump in and face their fear, it's important to know how they're going to react. |
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"If there was one thing the lucid dreaming ninja writer could not stand, it was used car salesmen."
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Last edited by Omnis Dei; 10-07-2008 at 08:44 PM.
Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
I see you there. You won't tempt me to the dark side, Emperor. |
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The ability to happily respond to any adversity is the divine.
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I understand what you are saying about observation, as I have been practicing this for a few years now on and off. The value in mind control is staggering and I know it well. Yet I do not understand this concept of "without thought", as even when I am observing my mind, I am thinking; even though it may be very concentrated and steady. |
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Last edited by Never; 10-09-2008 at 03:14 AM.
My intention with that phrase was to realize your fear was something separate frm your thoughts, while you will think a lot when feeling fear, none of these thoughts can define how you're feeling. Defining it is an attempt to cut it off and protect yourself from it. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
It is a curious situation looking at oneSelf from this conscious standpoint, seeing OneSelf as "feeling", yet seeing through the eyes of this person which defines feeling. |
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