The Four Ghosts Of Fear

Hi friends! This was an interesting topic and of course a valid information which I read as an article in a magazine. This blog is about the four ghosts of fear. I just want to share my thoughts with you on this topic. And so, I post it on our blog m, so that you people too can become aware of it.

Before getting into this topic, first we must know about the three enemies which are Indecision, Doubt, and Fear. After analyzing them, we can prepare ourselves to understand the six ghosts. These members are closely related with each other.

Of them, Indecision is the seedlings of fear. It just crystallizes or slowly blends into Doubt and finally appears as fear. However , this process is slower but is dangerous as it grows without their presence being observed.

The purpose of this topic is to drive your attention to the cause and cure of the six basic fears. Before mastering these enemies, we must know their names, habits and their place of dwelling.

They are named in the order they most commonly appear as,
The fear of poverty,
The fear of criticism,
The fear of ill-health,
The fear of death.
The fear of poverty is nothing but our state of mind. It kills our self reliance, discourages our innovative thoughts, encourages procrastination, drops our self-control, diverts concentration of efforts, etc. Without doubt, this fear is the most destructive among all others. It brings nothing but sufferings and humility. Only those who’ve experienced it can know its cause.

The fear of criticism-No one can state it definitely, but it is certain that man has it in a highly developed form. Because it robs man of his initiative, destroys his power of imagination and even takes away his self-reliance. For example, when a parent criticizes his/her child, there he builds an inferiority complex in their mind. This can be viewed as a crime. Criticism can be expressed through nervousness, their timidity in conversation and in meeting strangers.

The fear of ill health-Man fears ill health because of the terrible picture which has been planted in his mind of what may happen if death should overtake him. Our powerful and mighty mind is responsible for this fear. It either builds or destroys us. This fear usually keeps increasing because of our habit of concentrating upon the disease and expanding its appearance. It is brought on by negative thinking and nothing but positive thought can affect a cure.

Last, the fear of death which is the cruellest of all the other fears. For hundreds of millions of years man, has been asking the still unanswered questions, “Where did I come from, and where am I going?” If man keep thinking of this eternal punishment, it destroys his interest in life and makes happiness impossible. We all must know that entire world is made up of only two things, energy and matter. According to our elementary physics, they both can never be created and destroyed, but can only be transformed from one form to another. Similarly, our life is an energy that can neither be created nor be destroyed; it can be passed from through various processes of transition, or change. In that death is a mere transition. If we think that death is mere change, then nothing comes after death except a long, eternal, peaceful sleep, and sleep is nothing to be feared.

So friends, the one thing to overcome these fear is to have an absolute control over our thoughts which is the most significant and inspiring of all facts known to man. It reflects man’s divine nature. This divine nature is the sole means by which we may control our own destiny. If we fail to control our own minds, we may be sure that we’ll control nothing else.

Our mind is our spiritual estate! Protect and use it with care to which divine royalty is entitled.
All the best friends…………

By

Gayathri.C

3rd year CSE