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allow us to succeed in anything. Besides, 4. What supports and adds to the fear?
it also attracts many unwanted tenants in 5. Describe the fear response, — physically,
turn filling our mind-space with all kinds of psychologically?
dangerous elements. Have you identified it? 6. What calms you down?
Well, it is fear, and like jealousy it is a very
dangerous enemy and once allowed, it tries
to take hold of the whole house by throwing
the dark fumes of depression, anxiety and
despair. Besides, this enemy can wear many
a disguise and finds admittance even in high
and beautiful places. If jealousy is like a slow
poison that corrodes our soul, fear is like a
toxic vapour that enters through the slightest
openings and easily spreads form there to
the rest of the places. It has been said that
fear is a perverse form of will and often The enemies within
attracts that which you fear. Jim Corbett, the
famous hunter of man-eaters has observed Fear and jealousy are not the only enemies
that animals are attracted towards their prey of our inner house. There are others. Doubt
by a peculiar odour that emanates from fear. eats us from inside like white ants. So does
So many unfortunate accidents, calamities anxiety and worry. Of course, a certain
and failures could be avoided if we did not degree of anxiety and worry is natural and
harbour this thief in our own house. Its role in normal, since we are terribly limited in
diseases is well known. But only a few of us knowledge as well as power. We have an
recognise this thief and keep blaming others enormous databank available at a push-
for our problems though the real enemy is button but with all this information at our
inside us. disposal, we cannot predict with any certainty
what may happen to us the next moment.
List the number of things you fear Similarly, we have an enormous machinery
Physically — at our disposal to assist and augment our
Emotionally — personal capacities to achieve what we desire,
Psychologically — yet with all this machinery we have no real
power to change either ourselves or others.
See how irrational most of these fears are. See All this creates a certain degree of anxiety. But
also how deep-rooted fears can be. See what there is a limit to which our mind and body
parts in you support your fears. can take the load of anxiety, worry, doubt,
etc. Beyond a point, the wiring snaps and
Go to the roots of each fear we have a breakdown or the fuse goes out
1. When did you experience it for the first and we are plunged into a state of confusion.
time?
2. How did it start? Similarly, we have greed. Greed is like a thief
3. What triggers the fear-response? in the house who eats or takes away what

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