The Quantum Mechanics of Fear

Fear is an emotion that is felt by the body. Sometimes it starts out as worry which is internal (our minds) and sometimes it starts out from an external source threatening our physical body. No matter how or why it begins, when it is felt, it moves through the body very quickly. It causes certain hormones to be released by our brain that allows us to move quicker and become a little bit physically stronger. These powerful hormones that are released, particularly adrenaline, can and do save lives, but they also become toxic to the body if the body is in a prolonged state of fear. It can cause illness of the body, and the breaking down of relationships, communication and self esteem. It is one of those wonderful double edged swords, or coins with two sides.

The emotion of fear with it’s toxin bearing qualities then starts to seep through the nerve endings of the physical body and is released into the atmosphere as an unseen energy. (This happens with all our emotions, but I will stick with the fear today).

We live in a sea of thought and emotional energy. Our nerve endings pick up this energy and transfer it into our being without much conscious discernment. This is one reason why mass hysteria and group violence happens. It can happen on a lesser scale among family members or on a larger scale which includes very large groups of people. We have seen it happen in large stadiums during sports games, or in countries during times of civil upheaval. You can equate it to a virus, which breeds and is passed onto others until anti-bodies are developed.

If we become aware of the dynamics, we can consciously choose our reaction, possibly even avoid nasty situations, but if we are not aware of it, we can find ourselves in the mists of chaos, anger, or rage and even join in, without ever realizing how we got there.

There is a deeper level to fear and the energy of it and I will call that the quantum mechanics of fear. When fear is festered within us by our emotions, dwelled upon by our minds and released by our bodies, we embark in a co-creative dance with the energies of the universe.

We begin to create the desire of that energy. In other words, we begin to manifest and draw to us the very thing that we fear. (this also happens with other emotions and is the reason prayer is so powerful).

I have a friend who was deathly afraid of spiders. She told me that she was forced to face that fear. Before she faced that fear, she said, she never thought about them - wouldn’t allow herself because when she did think of them and how scary they were, she would always run into one. She said that the fear in her called them to her. She said she found a way to deal with the fear of spiders (another story I might tell at another time) and removed her fear of them. Since then, she said, she seldom sees one. I have noticed that sort of thing within myself. The very thing you don’t want to happen, happens, as if your very thoughts created it. And the interesting thing is: they do!

The quantum mechanics of the emotion fear is that you give it power because of your thoughts. Remember, the ‘universe’ always says ‘yes’. It is unclear on exactly what you desire, so it sticks with the answer 'yes'. It supports us in the only manner it can and it supports the energy which we put out. So, if we put a lot of fear and fearful thoughts into something, you can rest assured it will come to pass.

In these recent days of terror and the abundance of violence, we all need to take a good look at what we fear. We need to find a way of seeing things clearly so we can defuse the fear within ourselves and in others. Fear, at this moment in time, will do us no good because it will paralyze us, it will get us in trouble, it will create something that few of us desire. Fear based creations never produce a win-win outcome.

Fear, like all other emotions, are and can be powerful tools, they are not forced upon us, they are a choice that we make. We choose to feel the way that we feel, we choose how to react to things, we choose our path, just like we choose the road we take to the grocery store or to the gas station. We can choose to overcome and be helpful, or we can choose to be paralyzed by fear. By choosing which emotion we feel and therefore emit out into our stratum, we also choose the outcome of a situation.

There are ways to combat the spiraling of emotions that we don’t consciously desire (read ‘The Shaman’). There are choices, we are not the slaves of our emotions.

This is a time to be consciously aware and responsible for what we are feeling, we want to choose wisely, we want to be completely aware of the choices we make and consider the future outcomes of those choices in our lives and in the lives of others. We want to be responsible participants in this, our country and our world. We must be very clear on the desired outcome that we want with long term future in mind.

- Prissy Hamilton