Hi everyone .. Sorry to scare you lke this. Just thought you'd like to see who it is you been speaking to.
Dr.Phil Is My Witness
I love Dr. Phil. He is a man after my own heart.
He gives support to much of what I have been saying here on the board.
The subject of his program today was combating phobias. Some of you will recall my saying that by controlling what we believe we can overcome phobias almost instantly. Dr. Phil agrees.
He said There is no reality only perception.
He also said "Its not what happens to you that is important but how you percieive whats happening.
He had several people on with various phobias. One was afraid of driving. Another was afraid of flying. But the one that was most educational was the one with a general fear of death.
About this Dr. Phil told the sufferer that no can control how it is they die. The only thing we can control is how we live.
The only way we can avoid being afraid of death is facing the fact when we die is totally out of our control. We in order to live a focused secure life have to learn to trust in a higher power. This higher power he readily admits he calls God. You have to look death right in the eye and call his bluff.
Without trust in God we can easily like the woman on the show become immobilized with the very idea of dying.
Dr. Phil explained that what people are really afraid of is not the thing that triggers their fear but in reality their fear is of being out of control.
Dr. Phil says fear serves a useful purpose when it is balanced with the risks. Irrational fear despite the slim chances of harm serves no one well.
I have concluded the supernatural power of faith and trust in God should not be underestimated. It is the one thing that seperates us from the animals. Animals are the direct product of their environment. Humans despite their environment can make their lives what they want it to be by their choices of what they believe.
Edited by - zechariah on 14 October 2002 0:8:44