Fearlessness is that state of mind, when a person has come to know that nothing can disturb him anymore. No matter what happens, he is going to be at peace with himself and the universe. Not even death can bring him to his knees.But then there are people who proclaim that they are fearless by frightening others. If left alone, they can kill themselves, which is why solitary confinement tramples the pride of hardest of criminals. Even an insane person living in a mental asylum can say that he is fearless. This kind of fearlessness is not true, its just pretense. A mad man may say that he is not afraid of anyone, but he is afraid of himself and the society is afraid of him. A true fearless man is he who has won his own fears and his very presence removes the fears of people surrounding him.
The origin of fear is weakness, fatigue and lack of knowledge. Sometimes we are just afraid that we will divulge the secret that we are weak and tired. Then there are fears of losing and being lost. Sometimes we are afraid of ourselves so much that it causes depression, it makes us hate ourselves. Some get so scared that they commit suicide or come near to killing themselves.
There is this very interesting concept – Pareto’s 80-20 Statistics. According to this 80% of the problems are caused by 20% of the problems. That is, if we can wash away the small traces of fear from our thoughts, we can remove big existential problems from our life.
Relaxed mind is not afraid. Only knowledge can ward off fear.
One day, I want to look in the face of the fear and say – ‘I am not afraid anymore’.
2 comments:
Wat do u think, a person is in fear only ven he do sumthin wrong?? coz i usually remains in fear, dat is nt coz i makes sum mistakes .... dat is coz i hv fear of loosin sumthin...n wats dat sumthin.... m still thinkin!!!
well maneeksha, i feel, fear is an inevitability until there is life. but fear makes one miserable when the person doesn't have strength & confidence to face the fear. fear cannot be destroyed, only the part of u which makes u miserable can be strengthened! see if u can gather some idea from the following discourse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_xwt1DaH9g
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