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258 THINK AND GROW RICH
THE SIX BASIC FEARS
27 There are six basic fears, with some combination of which every human suffers
28 at one time or another. Most people are fortunate if they do not suffer from the
29 entire six. Named in the order of their most common appearance, they are:
30 The fear of POVERTY
31 The fear of CRITICISM
32 The fear of ILL HEALTH
33 The fear of LOSS OF LOVE OF SOMEONE
34 The fear of OLD AGE
35 The fear of DEATH
36 All other fears are of minor importance, they can be grouped under these six
37 headings.
38 The prevalence of these fears, as a curse to the world, runs in cycles. For almost
39 six years, while the depression was on, we floundered in the cycle of FEAR OF
40 POVERTY. During the world-war, we were in the cycle of FEAR OF DEATH.
41 Just following the war, we were in the cycle of FEAR OF ILL HEALTH, as
42 evidenced by the epidemic of disease which spread itself all over the world.
43 Fears are nothing more than states of mind. One's state of mind is subject to
44 control and direction. Physicians, as everyone knows, are less subject to attack by
45 disease than ordinary laymen, for the reason that physicians DO NOT FEAR
46 DISEASE. Physicians, without fear or hesitation, have been known to physically
47 contact hundreds of people, daily, who were suffering from such contagious
48 diseases as small-pox, without becoming infected. Their immunity against the
49 disease consisted, largely, if not solely, in their absolute lack of FEAR.
50 Man can create nothing which he does not first conceive in the form of an
51 impulse of thought. Following this statement, comes another of still greater
THE SIX BASIC FEARS
27 There are six basic fears, with some combination of which every human suffers
28 at one time or another. Most people are fortunate if they do not suffer from the
29 entire six. Named in the order of their most common appearance, they are:
30 The fear of POVERTY
31 The fear of CRITICISM
32 The fear of ILL HEALTH
33 The fear of LOSS OF LOVE OF SOMEONE
34 The fear of OLD AGE
35 The fear of DEATH
36 All other fears are of minor importance, they can be grouped under these six
37 headings.
38 The prevalence of these fears, as a curse to the world, runs in cycles. For almost
39 six years, while the depression was on, we floundered in the cycle of FEAR OF
40 POVERTY. During the world-war, we were in the cycle of FEAR OF DEATH.
41 Just following the war, we were in the cycle of FEAR OF ILL HEALTH, as
42 evidenced by the epidemic of disease which spread itself all over the world.
43 Fears are nothing more than states of mind. One's state of mind is subject to
44 control and direction. Physicians, as everyone knows, are less subject to attack by
45 disease than ordinary laymen, for the reason that physicians DO NOT FEAR
46 DISEASE. Physicians, without fear or hesitation, have been known to physically
47 contact hundreds of people, daily, who were suffering from such contagious
48 diseases as small-pox, without becoming infected. Their immunity against the
49 disease consisted, largely, if not solely, in their absolute lack of FEAR.
50 Man can create nothing which he does not first conceive in the form of an
51 impulse of thought. Following this statement, comes another of still greater
