Overcoming Phobias Through Meditation

A phobia is an intense , continuous and illogical fear of an object, situation, activity, person or animal that’s generally considered harmless. Accompanying the fear is an excessive, unreasonable desire to avoid what you fear. When facing the object of his/her phobia, the person may experience negative feelings like excessive sweating, poor control of nerves, difficulty breathing, rapid heart rate, anxiety , etc. In some cases, the avoidance or distress in the feared situation interferes significantly with the person’s daily routine, social activities, relationships etc.

To overcome any phobia, read over silently and visualize the following positive thoughts:




I am a soul, an eternal, immortal and indestructible (which cannot be destroyed) point of life energy……..



Sitting on my throne in the centre of the forehead, I the ruler, perform actions through my body……..



I have incarnated (entered) in this physical body from ‘shantidham’, my incorporeal (non-physical) home, original home of light……..



I am an actor on the huge world drama stage……..



All the other souls are actors too, each acting a unique role through its own individual body-costume……..



This spiritual knowledge makes me detached and fearless……..



Unimportant scenes of the drama that would have previously brought about fear in me no longer affect me……..



Through Rajyoga meditation, the soul can experience all relationships with the Supreme Soul in its day-to-day life. I continue -



I experience receiving powerful vibrations of spiritual might from the Supreme Being……..



I fill my mind with thoughts of courage……..



When the Almighty is my Father, my Mother, my Companion, my Guide, no one can be my enemy……..



Nothing can harm me in any way……..



Fear is wasted energy, it has no power in my life……..



Now I am becoming a bold person and I am capable of facing all fearful situations with increased self-confidence ……..





At the end of the meditation practice, for a few minutes, the patient should create a picture of the fearful situation in his mind, while at the same time learning to relax. This will help him to decrease the anxiety (worry) when he faces the real life situation and he will be able to completely overcome (face) the specific fears.

Understanding The Mental Laws

The Law of Focus and Attention

Wherever we focus our attention is where our thoughts are directed with most frequency and interest. Thus energy is produced in this direction, whether positive and beneficial energy or negative and harmful energy. If we have a complicated mind, which thinks too much about certain things unnecessarily, our attention may be led towards the obstacles, problems, upsets and the things we worry about from a critical and negative viewpoint. By paying more attention to difficulties and problems, we feed these types of thoughts with our attention, so that we end up attracting these situations towards us. Finally, the problems and obstacles absorb us due to the amount of energy we have invested in them, turning what was perhaps a molehill (something very small) into a mountain. The situation does not necessarily change immediately on changing our attitude. With this inner change, however, we will have more energy, clarity and determination to face up to and change the situation. When we focus on seeking solutions to problems and difficulties with a positive and enthusiastic attitude, we attract positive energy towards us, and this helps us transform mountains into molehills.
If our attention is focused on people’s defects and weaknesses, we transmit energy to these aspects and strengthen these weaknesses in the other person and in ourselves. If, on the other hand, our attention is directed at the positive aspects of others, we reinforce these qualities and virtues and help this person express them, which is also beneficial to us.

Our personality is made up of a series of values, beliefs and habits. If we wish to transfer our energy to new and positive aspects of ourselves, we must choose the personality traits that we want to emerge from us, focusing our time and energy on them and, in this way, this virtue, value or quality will manifest itself in our life.

Positivity And Health

The target organ in a physical body is the organ, which is most prone to disease. It is determined by a mixture of genetic, background and environment factors (internal & external), which in turn are decided by good or bad actions in past births. Bad actions consume the spiritual energy & good actions increase the spiritual energy. Bad actions performed by a particular organ system in a particular birth leads to decrease in nourishing spiritual energy from the soul to that particular organ system, which in turn leads to development of disease in the organ system over a period of time. Mind acts as a sieve between the soul & physical body. Negative mental energy blocks the sieve of mind thereby blocking the flow of spiritual energy (peace, love etc.,) from the soul to the target organ. It also attracts microbes e.g.: bacteria, viruses, etc., oxidants, toxins towards cells of the target organ in the physical body, which damages the immune system thereby leading to disease over a period of time & disease consciousness. Positive mental energy opens the sieve of mind thereby increasing the flow of spiritual energy (peace, love etc.) from the soul to the target organ. It protects the cells of the target organ in the physical body from microbes e.g. bacteria, viruses, oxidants, toxins etc. It attracts healing proteins, molecules and anti-oxidants and boosts the immune system thereby leading to rapid recovery from disease and health-consciousness.

“To see ourselves in the mirror of knowledge is to bring progress in ourselves.”

Projection:

The usual way of looking at ourselves when things don’t go right with us is to either look at ourselves with self-pity or to point out others’ mistakes. When we do this we lose the opportunity of learning from whatever has happened and so there is no progress.

Solution:

The ideal way of looking at ourselves when things go wrong is to look with a knowldgeful eye and see what we can improve in ourselves. We only have to look and we are sure to find something that we can work on and improve. This brings about real progress in us.