Releasing Fear

I was emailing a friend yesterday afternoon, I went to the dentist and there was a book I was reading. These 3 "happenings" got me thinking about fear.

The past 4 months, I've been so scared of things. Scared of life without Anna, scared of getting fat, scared of the unknown. Being scared makes everyone anxious and worried.. This book I was reading, was about living a fearless life.. How great would it be, to live without fear?

Fear is an illusion. It isn't real. I just stated that I was scared of the unknown. So what am I scared of? I can't answer that, because it hasn't happened yet and it therefore not real. By feeling fear, you try to predict the future. Fear is unreliable. You can't trust your fear, because just like a fortune teller.. you can't trust them either.. Not until it happens. You could compare it to the dentist..the waiting-room. Everybody is afraid. But what if, afterwards, only 5% of the people in the waiting room felt the pain, what happened to the other 95%? They were scared as well, but they needn't have been.. They all felt fear, but they didn't feel the pain. So what was the point of being so scared and nervous? None..
For the 5%, the fear came true. So the next time this small percentage goes to the dentist, they will give their fear credit for having protected them, which will encourage them to spend the rest of their life being anxious for the dentist..

Will the feeling of fear, make the moment come any faster? Will it make it all less painful? Will it speed up the process? No.. It won't do any of these things..
Our body knows how to protect itself, whether we are scared or not..Whenever there's danger, you're body will act to escape and survive.

What causes fear? Events that have happened in the past? But why would we let things that have happened once, take over and convince us it's going to happen again? An example is the Tsunami. Before this happened in 2004 people never feared it. But now people don't feel safe anymore, going to tropical beaches.. But 10 years ago, this could have happened but nobody feared it, because it wasn't heard of. It had to happen to give people a reason to be afraid.

So is the world a scary place? Is the world our home? Isn't your home supposed to be the safest place? What happens when something has crept in to your home, that makes you scared..a poisonousness snake for example.. You can't get rid of it, so get used to living in fear. It's not until you release yourself of the fear of this snake, that you'll feel safe. If fear isn't real and if it's pointless, then why force yourself to learn to live with it instead of letting the fear go?

Fear has taken over the world, without people realizing it..everyone is used to living in fear.. If we could let it go, we'd be able to see what's underneath.. Fear is a fog bank inside each person.. but pierce through this fog and you'll find what's underneath..you'll be fearless and you'll find out how it feels to know the joy of your soul..

It makes so much sense. I went to the dentist yesterday. Mam asked me: "Are you scared, are you nervous?".. I said.."No".. And I wasn't.. So I lay there while they were drilling and chiseling and hammering.. The needle hurt like hell but it had to be done. Was I scared? No. I was in the car going back home, thinking about how much it would have hurt if I had of been nervous and scared before going in.. It would have been the same.. So it would have been pointless.. It would have just caused me stress and anxiety all day, if I had given in to fear.

We can't live in the past and we can't predict the future..it's all about here and now..and right now, we're safe.