Sri Bhagavans Teaching Fear Bhagavan, why do we suffer from fear and how do we get rid of it? Fear, is at the core of human existence. It acts as a stimulus for all other emotions. Nature or Universe has designed fear to ensure physical survival. The lower brain or the reptilian brain is responsible for producing a fight or flight reaction, whenever physical survival is endangered. As civilizations grew and societies advanced, people’s lives became secure. Threat for physical survival diminished. The focus thereafter turned to the psychological sphere. Mind with a strong sense of individual identity, then emerged, creating this territoriality and division as the “Me” and “Not me”. The human mind, which is a survival mechanism, came into force with fear as the epicenter. Almost every one of the mind’s activities could be deciphered to this fear of survival. It is the mother of all emotions. When you arrive at the root of hatred, it is fear of being dominated or crushed that manifests as revulsion for somebody. Jealousy on the other hand is fear of being overrun in a race. You become violent when you are insecure or your psychological edifice is endangered by a person or a situation. Guilt is fear of losing a good image you carry about yourself. Hurt or pain is again fear of losing love or fear of being rejected when you realize that you are a ‘nobody’ in the eyes of the other person. As you grow in awareness of this fear you see that it is a mere projection. There is no truth in it. The mind projects a non existent identity and struggles to protect it. It is a like a blind man searching for a black cat in a dark room which is not there. The mind has embarked on a mission impossible, since there can be no time when it would achieve a state of total security. As one becomes conscious that fear is merely a projection by the mind then one loses fear, of fear itself. Fear cannot be solved it has to be dissolved. It merely changes form from one to another when one attempts to solve it. When you become aware and allow the body to go through these uncomfortable sensations then fear dissolves. Fear has no greater role, no meaning unless you give it. Intellectual understanding fails to help the phase of fear because it defies all logic. When an effort to understand seizes, there is a total experiencing of it, which is freedom.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:46:45 +0000
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