Are you scared that your fearful thoughts are manifesting bad things into your life? Maybe a fear of failure or a fear of loss, or maybe even a fear of getting sick?
If you already believe in the power of your thoughts, that fear can feel very alarming. Every fearful thought starts to feel dangerous.
This article explains exactly how to stop manifesting bad things without suppressing fear or forcing positivity. You’ll discover that you can start manifesting good things by understanding what fear actually is and using Mind Power to redirect it.
Let’s start exploring.
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What Fear Actually Is
Fear is the intense focusing of your thoughts on something you do not want to happen. By focusing on this yet-to-happen event with strong emotion and intensity, you give power to these images and help to attract them.
Long-time followers of my teaching know that our thoughts and emotions are vibrations of energy, and as such have a direct impact on our lives. What we think and how we feel are the two most important parts of who we are.
When our thoughts and emotions are directed positively, they not only make us feel better, but they also attract to us the conditions we are focusing on.
However, the exact same law is in play when we have negative thoughts or feelings. We must be diligent in monitoring our thoughts so that negative thoughts and emotions do not find a resting place in our consciousness and then make themselves at home.
This is the tragedy of fear and worry. Negative mental images, charged with emotion, are powerful forces that work to create the exact thing we fear. This is precisely what we don’t want to happen. It is the mechanism behind manifesting bad things, and yet, often, we feel we have no power over these thoughts.
Incredibly, we do have the ability to monitor and direct what we think, act, and feel by the thoughts we choose.
There’s a newspaper article I read several years ago. The headline was. “Woman’s whale phobia comes true.”
Let me quote you parts of the article.
“A Labrador woman with a lifelong whale phobia was badly injured after an unidentified whale slapped her with its tail on the maiden voyage of her husband’s new boat. Brenda Hancock was struck in the head by the tail of a submerging whale in the Labrador Straits region of Forteau Bay on Sunday. (…)
‘It’s freaky,’ said her husband, ‘because we were going along pretty good and she said, Slow down and it’s like we slowed down just like we were waiting for the whale to hit.’
‘He slowed down to a crawl,’ Ms Hancock said, ‘and all I remember is this awful bang on my head, as if someone hit me with a piece of two-by-four.’
It wasn’t lumber, however, it was the tail end of an enormous whale that clocked Ms Hancock in the back of the head, nearly sending her overboard and tearing off the windshield of the boat in the process.”
‘My wife,’ Mr. Hancock added, ‘was sitting at the back of the boat, next to my brother – who wasn’t touched.'”
The article concluded by saying, “Ms. Hancock has a self-professed lifelong phobia of whales and doesn’t think she’ll venture out into the ocean anytime soon.”
Now there are hundreds of thousands of people yearly who whale watch without incident, and millions who boat the oceans. Isn’t it interesting that this freak accident should happen to someone with a whale phobia (i.e., fear of whales)?
It is too much of a coincidence to ignore. Never underestimate the power of fear.
Professional coaches who prepare their athletes to win know well that when an athlete has a “fear of losing,” they have already lost. Unless they can change their “fear of losing” to an “expectation of winning,” their chances of winning are slim to none.
Here is where Mind Power comes to our assistance. Mind Power not only gives us the tools to create and manifest any situation we desire, but also to eliminate fear and worry with equal effectiveness.
The Difference Between Concern and Fear
There’s an important distinction to make between worry and concern.
Concern about the different aspects of our lives, and what may or may not happen, is valid and beneficial. It allows us to view our lives and to be proactive in making positive choices. This is a very constructive process.
Worry, on the other hand, is simply focusing on what could go wrong. It has no positive aspect to it. Not only are we focusing on this negative outcome, but we are also giving it energy. Why would you do that?
How to Stop Manifesting Bad Things Step by Step
1. Recognize that fear is just misdirected focus
Next time you find yourself fearful, take a few good, long breaths, relax, and realize that the only thing making you fearful this very moment is the thoughts you are thinking.
It is not your present circumstances, nor something that may or may not happen to you in the future. It is the thoughts you are thinking now.
You are the cause of your fear. Resolve to change this. And here are a couple of practices to help.
2. Focus on the opposite
One of the ways you can do this is by spending several minutes focusing on the exact opposite of what you have been fearing. Whatever the fear has you focusing on, change the focus to the exact opposite.
You don’t need to fight fear or get stressed about it; this is counterproductive. Just observe it carefully to see what it might be suggesting to you, and then simply focus on the opposite.
If you are fearing losing your job, focus on being competent, doing a good job, and being respected and rewarded accordingly. If you are fearing losing your money, focus on being successful financially, making smart decisions, and living an abundant life.
Fear is fed by your thoughts, and taking your thoughts away from fear eliminates its energy.
3. Worry is always about the future; locate yourself in the present
Recognize that the essential component of worry is always future orientation. When you worry, you invariably focus on something that might happen but hasn’t happened yet. Knowing this takes away much of its power.
Another excellent technique to help is to “Locate Yourself.” What you do here is just put yourself in the present. Ask yourself, “In this moment what is happening?” Are you being evicted and on the street, or are you looking in the fridge for something to drink? Recognize that nothing terrible is happening in that moment.
The stress will release, your body will relax, and you can then focus on feeding better thinking into your consciousness. My students understand that it is your thoughts and beliefs that create your reality.
A friend, who at a difficult time in her life had a propensity to worry, and she used this technique. What she did was put up Post-it notes all around her house with the word “LOCATE.” Anytime she found herself going off, she would look up and see a Post-it note that said, “LOCATE.” It worked!
4. Recognize the cost of fear
Worry causes stress, which in turn affects our health and our decision-making process. You don’t make good decisions when you’re worried.
It actually attracts to us the circumstances we are worrying about, especially if we start to fear it. Understanding this, we choose not to worry. It is not worth the time or effort, and it is always counterproductive.
5. Challenge catastrophic thinking
Most of us exaggerate our situations during times of worry or when we are feeling fearful. We project ourselves into the most dire circumstances. There are excellent techniques to eliminate feelings of worry or fear. These techniques work and help you harness your thinking into being constructive rather than destructive.
Even though it might not seem like it now, solutions to every problem exist. Use the power of your mind to focus on creating solutions, not problems. Use your thoughts to create what you want.
Don’t let worst-case scenarios dominate your thinking. There is every possibility that the situation won’t be as bad as you think, and it could be a whole lot better.
6. Practice Mind Power daily
The daily practice of Mind Power will keep worry from overpowering you. Fear and worry will find no fertile place to take root in a mind that is aware and conscious of itself.
Why Suppressing Fear Makes It Worse
When we become aware of our fears, our first instinct is to push them away. We tell ourselves to stop thinking negatively, to force positive thoughts in place of fearful ones.
But this approach has a flaw. By fighting fear, by resisting it and telling yourself not to think it, you are keeping your attention fixed on the very thing you don’t want.
Where attention goes, energy flows.
The fight itself is the problem. This is why so many people find that the harder they try to stop a fearful thought, the stronger it seems to get.
You cannot think your way out of fear by pushing against it. You can only redirect it.
The One Thing to Try First
The easiest place to start is step two: the next time a fearful thought arises, pause and ask yourself what the opposite of that fear looks like. Spend a few minutes there.
That single shift, practiced consistently, is the foundation of everything Mind Power teaches about how to stop manifesting bad things and redirecting thought toward what you actually want. If you want to go deeper, my free introductory Mind Power lesson walks you through the core principles in full.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you accidentally manifest something bad just by thinking about it?
Not by a passing thought, no. Manifestation requires focused, emotionally charged, repeated attention. A dark thought that crosses your mind and moves on has none of that. What you need to watch is when a fear becomes an obsession. Thoughts you return to again and again. One unwanted thought is not a crisis. Let it go and redirect.
Do negative thoughts always manifest?
No. The key word is always. Thoughts that carry no emotional charge and no sustained focus do not imprint. What creates your reality is are the thoughts you dwell on, the ones you return to, the ones you feed with feeling.
Why does trying not to think negative thoughts make it worse?
Because resistance keeps your attention fixed on the unwanted thought. The more you fight fear, the more mental energy you give it, which is why redirecting your focus works better than suppressing it.
What should I do when I feel scared of manifesting bad things?
Redirect, don’t resist. The moment you fight a fearful thought, you give it your full attention, which is the opposite of what you want. Instead, observe it, then consciously shift your focus to the exact opposite. If you fear loss, focus on abundance. If you fear failure, focus on competence and success.
What is the difference between concern and fear?
Concern is constructive because it helps you make better choices. Fear and worry are destructive when they cause you to obsess over what could go wrong and energize unwanted outcomes.
