Fear

Every living being has fear and keeps looking for how to overcome fear. From one-sensed to five-sensed, inside every living being, there are four types of instincts, food, sex, sleep and fear. From the time a living being comes into the womb, right until death, these instincts are ingrained in him, and through them, the actions keep happening. How does the instinct of fear work? For example, a small puppy is sitting in the middle of the road, and on hearing a car’s horn, the puppy immediately gets up and starts walking. Due to the instinct of fear, it is afraid that “what if I die?” If there was no instinct of fear, even the puppy would not get off the road and a traffic issue would get created on the road.

Initially, the living being has a natural fear due to the instinct of fear. But as it comes into the human life-form, contrary fears usher in from which it desires to be fearless. Early in the morning, listening to cases of thefts, robberies, etc. on TV or newspaper, one experiences fear of himself getting robbed or ‘what if there is a riot?’—such fear arises. Even when there is a slight power outage and hence no lights, out of fear, one begins to panic. When in a plane or car, one fears meeting with an accident. Seeing a lizard or a cockroach in the house, one jumps up in fear. Many, when wake up in the middle of the night, the fear of ghosts frightens them. Also, if some wrong deed has happened, the fear of ‘my reputation shall be ruined!’ remains. After exams, one fears result. So, where is fear not there? The fear of past harasses many, while many remain afraid of the future. Thus, the state of a human being has become like that of a startled horse! Life is flowing in a dependent state. In addition, the contrary intellect of the current era (kaliyug) creates fear out of nowhere, multiplies one fear into many and shows it hundred times more; and hence, it becomes difficult to live a peaceful life! Thus, it becomes essential to know how to overcome fear.

Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan says of what use is such a human state? Humans should be fearless. Nothing in this world can shake us, that’s how it ought to be. Which is that fearless place? One’s own real self! Upon realizing ‘I am the Soul’, as one ascends the stages of pure Soul’s experience, fear keeps diminishing, and even in a fearful world then, one can prevail as a fearless Soul. As much one considers oneself perishable, that much fear arises. When one realizes that “I am permanent”, from that moment, one begins to become fearless.

Here, we get a detailed understanding of the various types of fear, the reasons behind those and practical solutions to overcome fear.

Fear due to Wrong Belief

Why do we have the feeling of fear? What is the spiritual science behind arising and dissolving fear?

Spiritual Quotes

When the fear of insults will no longer be there, no one will insult you. That is indeed the rule. The ‘transactions’ will continue as long as there is fear. When the fear leaves; the ‘transactions’ will end.
There should be no suspicion in the work you are doing and if suspicion does arise, then do not proceed with that work. Your work will not be successful from the moment you start to have suspicions about your work.
Suffering comes to those who fear it.
Some people say that they employ deceit and deception out of fear, but fear of what? The one with the fault will have fear, is that not so?
Suspicion is removed by doing proper pratikraman. One has to repent against suspicion. One should not become careless about it. The one who did the suspecting, the one who was in violation, should be made the doer of repenting.
In the worldly life, what is misery? It is the pain created from wrong suspicions.
Nowadays most of the quarrels at home arise from suspicions. Suspicions create vibrations which create a blazing fire. And if one becomes suspicion free, the fire will extinguish on its own. How can the flames be put out if both parties are suspicious? There is no choice but for one of the two to become suspicion free.
There is no solution for suspicions. There is solution for real facts. There can never be a solution for suspicions.
Abhaya-daan is higher than gnan-daan, but ordinary people cannot give abhaya-daan! Only the Gnanis and his followers of enlightened beings can give abhaya-daan.
You should not be suspicious about anyone’s conduct, it is very dangerous. How can you see faults in women, when women have given births to great tirthankars? Why should you doubt them? When you do that, there is tremendous liability.
You will fear the one you have contempt for. There is contempt for a snake, a tiger; that is why you are fearful (of them).
The pain that you do not fear, will not come before you at all. Neither do the gansters come, and nor does God. Nothing happens to the one who has let go of fear.
Ignorance of the Self (agnanta) is indeed fear.
If one does secret acts, what should one do to correct them? He should expose the acts and thereby he will no longer fear anyone.
Until egoism reaches the non-existent state, there is nothing but fear in the worldly life.
Who has fear? The one who has greed.
What is the essence of Vitaraag (Enlightened one, who is free from attachment and abhorrence)? It is fearlessness!

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