Fear, Phobias and Freedom

It amazes me how we hold ourselves back from so many of life’s simple pleasures and the joy of accomplishment when we allow these fears to run over our psyche and make us feel there is going to be a painful response.

Pain itself can be either physical or emotional. The physical pain of an injury is often forgotten within months. Child birth. for example, will once again see the parents procreate even though the physical pain was experienced during the first child’s birth. Most times when we physically hurt ourselves we are reluctant to do the same thing over again which is a good thing and prevents us from damaging our bodies.

Fear of Physical pain is not a false perception but instead a survival mechanism which protects us. It is our Fear of Physical pain which prevents us from damaging the physical body and we often refer to that as ‘Common Sense’. When you have had a physical injury caused from an action you did, it is common sense which prevents you from doing it again. If you placed you hand on a hot element by accident, the next time you were around that appliance you would be fully aware of what can happen if you do not pay attention.

However, Emotional Pain is different and is usually never forgotten. Ponder for a moment your emotional scars. They have the same physical effect on you today as they did when you were emotionally hurt. When you think of one of those past events in your life, you may still experience the tightness in your gut or a rush of humiliation that runs through you like goose bumps. These are the emotional scars you carry with you for a lifetime and just recalling them causes a noticeable uneasiness within your physical body.

It is not our individual thoughts that are an enemy; it is our persistent wallowing in a particular thought-feeling that creates these base ingredients.

It is only through our understanding of our emotional pain and the realization that, our words hurt others who have their own emotional pain where, we will finally become more compassionate human beings, supportive of ALL living things on this planet.

I do not believe that people are maliciously hurting us, emotionally, because they are evil, it is just what our human nature may have become and the habits we may have learned when we are full of our own emotional pain inside.

I do not expect, as a society, we will be able to change these beliefs in a short period of time. However, over generations we can set in motion a more supportive positive emotional experience for new parents that will change our children’s perception of the world we live in.