What is the source of our fears?
Upon further consideration, I came to the conclusion that it may be better to find the source of the fear and deal with that rather than trying to understand it afterwards. Stop the nurturing of the fear in the first place.
So again why do we fear? I am sure that there are countless answers for this question. Perhaps a different answer for every fear. Or maybe some answers that address many fears. But I came to an answer that seesm to fit with me. It is something that I have already touch upon in an earlier post. Attahments. Sounds simple but I feel that it may be true. Consider, I may fear death because I am attached to life. I fear sickness beacuse I am attached to health. I may fear flying because I am afraid of crashing, again attachment to life.
Please understand, I do not belittle fears, quite the opposite. I have had and do have my share. But if I could live in the moment without attachment then what would I have to fear.
The trick now is to try and accomplish living this way. I feel that in the type of world we currently inhabit, it is an ongoing practice. I really believe that it can be attained, at least to some degree. But we have to be vigilant and ever present.
Like any worthy skill, there has to be a starting point and there requires much practice.
Thank You
Excellent Sir. You have truly found out the source of all fears. It is attachment. This is what Krishna, states in His wonderful Gita.
ReplyDelete"Attachment to an object leads to fear. Fear leads to delusion of the mind. Delusion of the mind leads to fall of intellect. Fall of intellect leads to wrong action and wrong action breeds sin and thereby the soul perishes."