Simple Steps To Overcoming Fear
Remember that courage is not the absence of fear – it is the conquest of fear. Fear loses much of its quality of fearfulness when we see it as the summons to putting forth new energies. Try to come close to that thing you are afraid of.
First get out of the worry-habit! The language of worry is often sleazy. It pretends to be the voice of a good counsel whereas in reality it only suggests fear and possible failure.
Too frequently we allow our minds to fantasize disasters. When worry comes to your mind, recognize it, take a couple of deep breaths and simply drop it. Practice until you master it.
Learn to control your imagination. Courageous people are able to control their imagination. They take no assumptions which are nothing but veiled imagination. They are practical and present.
Face fear. Identify clearly what you are afraid of. The best way of dealing with fear is to face it. Facing fears builds confidence and emotional strength. Work specially with imaginary fears.
Deny fear. This is not suppression. If a child says, ‘I am afraid’, you tell them that there is nothing to be afraid of. Then you explain to the child the actual thing, the Truth. You must positively affirm and assert what is true.
Talk to your mind
If you are worried say to yourself, ‘I am not worried about this. Excuse me my mind, I am not cooperating with you anymore’, as if you were talking to a child.
Meditate with a mantra such as Om in order to still the mind and calm the subconscious.
Use the power of prayer. Say a prayer asking for protection, for the fear to be removed and to have courage to open to life.
Limit the exposure to media; media often creates indirect fears.
Appreciation for life
Wake up in the morning with appreciation for life and be thankful for another day.
Say, “From today I will live with no fear”. Visualize and contemplate courage, replacing negative emotions with a positive image.
Truthfulness and love
Steep yourself in truthfulness, love and harmlessness, and you will know no fear.
Fearlessness means that we should neither fear anything nor inflict fear on others.
Remove the veil of separation
Our true nature knows no fear. Love—where the perception of ‘otherness’ is absent—is the antidote to all fear. When we emphasize differences between others and ourselves the con- sequence will only be fear. Those who try to love and accept what they fear will fear no longer. Wherever there is love, there is no fear; wherever there is fear, there is no love. Love and fear cannot co-exist.
When we see nothing outside of ourselves then we are indeed fearless. Fearlessness is the abolition of all differentiation, all comparison, all ‘otherness’, all duality, all lovelessness. When we are truly united in our heart with someone, we do not fear them. Love knows no fear. The solution to all fear is love.