Meditation to over come fear.

Over come your fears in Norwich.Sometimes our fears are rooted in something that has happened in our past.  An event happened and our brains learned to be afraid of something.  If this is so, then you need to find out what the event in the past was and examine it as rationally as you can. Use your meditation to travel back in your memories, once you have identified the event meditate on the event, see it like a film playing on a screen. Repeatedly watch the event over and over until it looses meaning.  Is the fear even real or is it imagined?  Our subconscious minds often can’t recognize an event that is real from an event that was imagined or programmed into us by ourselves or someone else.  For example, a parent can unknowingly program a child to be afraid of a range of things, either unwittingly or because the parent is afraid and through showing this fear to the child, transfers that fear.  Who knows how many generations this fear can be transferred or in what manner.  Try to understand where the fear comes from and that will be a major step towards regaining control of the fear.

Sometimes the fear is about something that is unlikely to happen and yet our brains tell us that it will and then the fear builds up inside of us.  In your meditation examine the event and work out how unlikely it is to affect you.  This occurs time and again and is most noticeable with the media and it’s portrayal of events.  They tend to focus on the negative images and reinforce our fears by retelling tragic events over and over again.  The reason they do this is the business they are in, a business that needs to have people watching their programs and staying tuned so that their sponsors or advertisers have the opportunity to sell their products.  Are aware of the biases the media have when they portray a story? It’s easy enough to watch out for once you are aware of it. Your meditation will help you free your mind. 

To control the fear you can do the following.

1.    In your meditation visualise yourself prepared and ready to face your fear.  What do you need to do in the physical world to deal with the fear? Often preparing for something you are fearful of will help you to gain control over it since you are ready and able to handle it better.

2.    Is there a way to desensitize yourself to your fear?  Will repetition of the event make the fear go away?

3.    Teach yourself to enjoy the task if it’s sensible to do so.  This can be done through using an assortment of positive reinforcement techniques.  Repeating to yourself that the task is good for you, or reinforcing for yourself the benefits that facing the fear will bring.

4.    In your meditation train your mind to acknowledge the fear and accept it for what it is, simply your mind telling your body that something concerns it.  Repeatedly telling yourself that you are no longer concerned about it and not to be afraid will help you to believe.

Always be kind to yourself.  Fear happens to everyone and you can choose to work with it and nullify its effects rather than let it take control.  Don’t be frustrated with yourself if you don’t see the effects immediately since it can take time to resolve.

Fear can be controlled.  Remove it’s power to affect you and you remove the fear itself.  Having the self-confidence to be able to handle situations will help you with other events as well.  You will build up an ability to cope that you didn’t know you had before.