Notes on Fear - (537)

Introduction

These are some notes taken during a class, so they are not my observation and understanding but my missionary’s.

Indication

It is important while working on fear to keep ourselves away from people, activities, events, movies, articles, conversations etc. generate impressions that cause or provoke fear.

General

Fear is the ego of 'countless possibilities'. It is also the ego of 'but' and 'if'.

It is the ego of finding a thousand seasons not to do what we are scared of. We need to find a ay to confront each and every one of those excuses.

We must avoid the impressions that keep alive all the excuses and reasons of fear.

We have to know the impressions that affect our fear. We have to know the thoughts and especially the type of fantasies that affect our fear.

Confronting the Impressions of Fear

We have to end up either confronting those impressions, or either wisely avoiding those impressions. Not avoid them with fear.

The way to confront those impressions is to put the consciousness there in front of those impressions. We have to see the things we should avoid. 

When we know that what we are experiencing is fear, 50% of the battle is over. We can usually end up blaming the external environment when we don't know that what we are experiencing is due to fear.

The ego of fear creates physical and psychological impressions and symptoms. We can avoid conversations that are negative and provoke fear.

Inside Fear

Every ego is a firm belief. This firmness of belief makes any ego strong and persistent. So to counteract this strong belief we need a just as strong a belief in the values of the consciousness or the Being.

The belief of the ego always has a reference point and that reference point is usually facts. Though the belief in the opposite of fear also has facts as well and usually what we fear is the minor probability.

Trust the Antidote to Fear

What do we base trust on? Or how do we cultivate trust?

Trust is based on the fact or the certainty that fear can be dissolved, and whatever we think and feel can certainly be changed.

The last instalments of working on fear are dealing with the consequences. Sometimes we will lose everything whether we plan to or not. That is where acceptance is needed,

The greatest fear of the human being is fear itself. Another very strong fear is also the fear of death!

Fear sustains itself in Pride. Fear also destroys hope. Responsibility, acceptance and hope are the antidotes to fear.

Fear does not accept responsibility. When we take responsibility for fear and everything for that matter, our thoughts and feelings towards fear and what we are scared of change.

The problem with fear is that it thinks that the situation we are scared of will go on forever.

Fear is death or obstruction. We are scared of failure because we don't see through aspect of restarting.

We only fear the consequences! Not the thing, person or event.

Conclusion

Fear is essentially an intellectual ego, but with very powerful cascading effects on our emotional, motor and instinctive centres. We really have to work fear in our mind first of all.

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