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= Fear and Illness =
<span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Nine-tenths of the danger in an illness comes from </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">fear</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Fear</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">can give the apparent symptoms of an illness; and it can give the illness too,—its effects can go so far as that. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/16-june-1929#p17</ref></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Refusing the illness,completely trusting the Divine while infusing oneself with a confidence in the Divine Grace and busying yourself with something else can completely eliminate the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">fear</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">in the cells of the body and help one not catch even contagious diseases. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/11-may-1955#p13</ref></span></br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Fear and Death</span>
<div style="color:#000000;">One of the most subtle fear is the fear of death which comes from the concern for self-preservation so as to ensure the continuity of consciousness, fearing the unknown. THowever, this fear of death is in the physical cells selves which is beyond reason and almost unconscious. Thus, it is the most difficult to uproot. </div>