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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Codes of Training Fear Fear is a universal phenomenon. Every living creature has the instinct of fear to a lesser or greater extent. In abstract terms fear is essential for the safety of human beings. A person who doesnt have the instinct of fear is not a psychologically normal person. This is the fear which makes man run away from dangerous calamities and save himself from death.

Therefore, fear is a blessing that God has infused in the nature of human beings. But this blessing is useful only when man utilizes it judiciously. Otherwise it will bring about harmful results. Fear manifests itself in two main forms: First: Imaginary, misplaced and inane fears. Second: Meaningful, reasonable and legitimate fears.

Inane Fears: The first category of inane fear can be the fear of devils, evil spirits; fear of the darkness, fear of harmless animals like cats, rats, frogs, camels, horses. Fear of thieves and burglars, fear of cadavers, the coffins; fear of the doctor and the shots he injects, fear of the lightning and fear of sleeping alone; fear of the examinations; fear of disease and death. There are a lot of such baseless fears that can become the bane of a person if he is not able to overcome them.

He is always obsessed with the fears and wakes up sometimes from sleep shouting and yelling as a result of seeing disturbing and horrendous dreams. Unnecessary fear and tension is a psychic illness that can have very harmful effects on the childs future life. A timid person will lack courage and while taking any major decisions he will be subject to great pressure. He will avoid meeting people and will always be worried and crestfallen.

He will run away from congregations and will prefer a lonely existence. Several psychic illnesses spring from such inane fears in a person. Hazrat Ali says: Fear is calamitous. [1] Therefore a good mentor will makes efforts to see that the child remains free of unfounded fears. We have some suggestions here for the consideration of the mentors: Preventing fears is far better than curing them. Try to ensure that the child is not exposed to situations of unfounded fears that it turns timid.

Psychologists observe that the sound of a running locomotive, lightning, thunders, sound of alarms and noises near the head of a baby can be the initial causes of fear in a child. As far as possible protect the child from such exposures. Fear is infectious. The child by nature is not timid.