How fear works

Fear is something which affects most of us. Fear of the unknown, of public opinion, of being embarrassed, etc. The variations are endless and we spend huge amounts of time worrying about things that almost never happen. My own life experience has taught me this in spades.

Letting go of fear involves watching ourselves from outside our own bodies and reflecting on how much it affects us. Instead of being in the grip of it, we want to watch it as if we were viewing a film. We detach ourselves from the experience and find another vantage point to gain some measure of objectivity..

Imagine you have a thorn in your body and rather than remove it you spend energy trying to protect yourself from running against things which irritate it. Removing it solves the problem, but the second option involves permanent methods to avoid pain since the thorn remains embedded and exposed to being aggravated. One is a solution while the other becomes an unresolved part of our existence; in essence it becomes attached to our lifestyle.

This is how fear works so we endeavor to free ourselves from it one step at a time.