you until you do something about it. No matter how ridiculous the thing may be, the subconscious will reproduce it until the conscious mind, the mentality, takes it in hand.
Let me tell you how I handled a ridiculous fear reaction, as an illustration:
From the time I was a very small girl I had a horror of walking on ice because I often slipped and fell. If I had to go only a few blocks, I would always ride if I possibly could. But a year or two ago, I decided that this was silly for a metaphysician. I made up my mind I would go out and see what happened. I lived on 58th street at the time, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, and I had a luncheon date at the WWellington - about four blocks distant.
When I started to walk, the ice hills seemed enormous. The Alps never looked so high as the crossing at 57th Street. My first impulse was to go home. Then I reminded myself that it was God who walked through me, and with fear and trembling I sallied forth. I never prayed so hard in my life. If you could have seen me you would have thought I was walking on eggs. But I did get to the hotel, and I didn't fall.
From then on I walked on ice and snow, though the first few times I never stopped reminding myself that God was walking through me, and He couldn't slip.
How do we go about eradicating these fears?
There is only one sane way, one safe way. And as usual, we go to a Bible text; Paul says "For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." II Corinthians, 8:12.
So the first thing, according to Paul, is a willing mind. If you make the effort, no matter what has been before, if you consciously and constantly make the effort, you will project that which you put into your subconscious. It does not matter what was there before. That is the great thing about metaphysics.
Other religions used to teach a fire and brimstone

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