Understanding Fear

At the root, fear is the difference between expectation and possible reality. Fear of loss is more common than fearing for ones life or safety. In many ways, fearing for one’s life – is contingent upon the expectation of having health and a life.

We will talk first about the more common fear, which is the fear of loss, and not meeting one’s expectation. This fear originates from desire. When we want something and we don’t get it, we fear the feeling of not having the thing we wanted.
Many times, what we truly fear is the loss of not having the benefits of a thing, not having the social accolades of not having the thing, not having the reputation, the bragging rights, or the ego boost of not having that thing.

This is the most common type of fear.

Occasionally, one experiences fear of their life. The origin of this is the expectation that you will have health, and that you will be alive.
A situation arises which challenges that expectation of having a life, and all of a sudden, there is something in front of you that can harm you.

The natural consequence of fear, in both scenarios, is to prevent someone from accessing their full potential.
In the first option, not desiring an outcome, allows one to act in a way, in total harmony, in resonance, with the matter at hand.
Because they don’t desire the perception of the outcome, or the accolades that would occur of having an outcome, there is no fear.

There is no limitation on what they can do. They can do everything, or they can do nothing. The amount that they do, will be directly related to their awareness and their understanding of the matter at hand.

In regards to fearing ones life: If there is something that a person fears, like for example, an intruder entering the home, fear- in of itself, would cause that person to get tight, to tense up.

This would be a misstep when engaging in a life and death moment.
In the times in my life where I thought I saw impending doom, where I could see something or someone approaching me that was going to hurt me,
It wasn’t the fright portion of fear, nor was the flight portion of fear that gave me a chance to survive.
It was the understanding that fear is an added step, and in many ways a misstep that would prevent me from seeing the matter at hand.

Once I saw the matter and I recognized the threat, evading or responding was a natural second step, which required no thinking. Just as I perceived the threat, the action came naturally to me.