“From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!”

We’ve all heard at least some of this ancient Scottish prayer. But is it the lord that will deliver us? How many times have you woken in the middle of the night and every sound you heard was nerve wracking – even dangerous? Have you every glanced at a toy spider and shrieked out of fear?

There is little doubt that our fears are mostly conjured up from the mind, and the mind alone. What is your greatest fear? If you think about it, I’m sure you’ll come up with one – the key word here is, think about it. There is a psychological practice called “flooding” where we are over exposed to our fears, in an attempt to overcome those same fears. Afraid of spiders? (millions are) How about having to move 10 tarantulas from one container to another with nothing more than your bare hands – that would be considered flooding.

But flooding is nothing more than forcing your mind to know something else. Can’t you change your mind all on your own? We change our minds about things nearly every day.

My over all point here is that our fear is largely a product of our mind. What we believe is true, comes true and our entire body responds to something in our mind alone, in a very real physical way.

If fear can have this hold over us – just think what love can do.

Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard