Well, before reading everyones responses, I was kinda sorta thinkin along the lines of,
if it's like a holographic collective consciousness, within each and every photon, then the knowledge of the all is contained within the all. (used to have a relative tell me: we never learn anything new, we only discover things we've always known) fwiw.
Now, if we contend that, there is nothing new under the sun, then we must accept that thoughts are nothing new, but something of old and renown, no? While the brain grows, adepts, sponges(lol as frankn puts it), we develop the engrams or "files", both consciously and sub-consciously, that we refer back to, for living and decision making. But, are the forming of the "files" led and manipulated? Or, are they pre-programmed? Were you trained under the reward/punishment system, the guilt/shame principles, loving/with-holding of love game?
Can anyone say, they have ever had a truly original thought?
The fear thing, is best to not get fixated on. That, that you fear the most, rushes after you(because that, that the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon. Plus some other stuffs, about pulling in energies.....). Can't let them birds build nests.
Oh, and what aa battery said, but not to be confused with, ignorance is bliss.