How to Handle Fear in Using the Law of Attraction

The "I Can't" principle of mentality, as opposed to the "I Can and Will" mental attitude, is the state of mind in which everything appears to be seen through blue glasses — in which everything seems to bring a sense of futility of endeavor. It's the nasty weed in the mental garden that kills the valuable flowers that grow there. The spider in the cup of the Wine of Life is the fly in the ointment.

According to our knowledge, Horace Fletcher, a well-known writer, was the first to use the term "Fear-Thought" — which has since become standard usage — to replace the use of the word "Worry" in a certain sense. He had stated that Anger and Worry were the two most significant roadblocks to a well-balanced, advanced, and progressive thinking, but many misinterpreted him and believed that eliminating Worry meant abandoning any consideration of the future — a lack of common sense and preparation.

As a result, Fletcher developed the term "Fear-Thought" to describe a phase of his concept of "Forethought without Worry," and his second book on the subject was named "Happiness, as found in Forethought minus Fear-Thought," a very cheerful expression of a very happy idea.

Fletcher was also the first to propose that Fear was not a thing in and of itself, but rather a manifestation of Fear-Thought – a state of mind known as Fear-Thought. He and others who have written on the subject have taught that the best way to drive out Fear (or any other undesirable mental state) was to cultivate the opposite quality of mind by compelling the mind to dwell upon the mental picture of the desirable quality, and by the appropriate auto-suggestion.

The illustration has frequently been mentioned that the greatest method to drive darkness out of a room is to open the shutters and allow the sunlight in, and this is also the best way to neutralize Fear-Thought.

The mental process has been properly described as "vibrations," a term that has full scientific support. Negative vibrations can then be countered by elevating the vibration to a positive pitch. Fear-Thought can be countered by cultivating the virtues indicated in the other lessons of this book. Fear-Thought poison is devious and subtle, but it steadily works its way through the veins, paralyzing all useful efforts and action, until the heart and brain are impacted and find it impossible to shake it off. The majority of failures and "falling down" in life are caused by fear-thought.

If a man preserves his nerve and trust in himself, he can get back up after each stumble and face the enemy with determination — but if he feels the effects of Fear-Thought to the point that he can't cast it off, he will be unable to rise and will perish miserably. "There is nothing to fear but fear," as the saying goes.

We've talked about the Law of Attraction before, and how it works to attract what we want. However, there is a downside to this: it is a bad rule that will not work in both directions. Fear will activate the Law of Attraction in the same way that Desire will. Fear will pull to him the item depicted in his mind as the Thing Feared, just as Desire draws to one of the things he depicts in his mind as the Desired Thing. "It has come to pass that which I had feared." And the reason is straightforward, and the seeming inconsistency dissolves when we look into it.

What is the pattern that the Law of Attraction follows when Desire is present? Of course, there's the mental image. In the case of Fear, the person carries around the Mental Image or haunting image of the Feared Thing, and the Law of Attraction attracts it to him in the same way that it attracts the Desired Thing. Have you ever considered that Fear is the polar opposite of Desire? In both circumstances, the same laws apply.

So avoid Fear-Thought like the toxic potion you know will cause your blood to turn black and thick and your breathing to become strained and difficult. It's a filthy creature, and you shouldn't be satisfied until you've purged it from your mind.

You can get rid of it by combining desire and willpower with the mental image of fearlessness. Increase it by developing the polar opposite. Make a shift in your polarity. Raise the frequency of your mind. If someone has claimed, "There is no Devil but Fear," then send that Devil back to where he belongs, since if you treat him well, he will turn your heaven into a hell in order to make himself at home. On him, use the mental Big Stick.

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