Those who eliminate fear, use faith as a positive reinforcement as they drop fear from their life. They use autosuggestions to inspire them—
“When God is for us, then Who can be against us?” “God is Greater than my Greatest problem.”
“Lord help me to remember that nothing can happen tomorrow that you and me, can’t handle together.”
Such positive reinforcements with faith dilute fear until it dissolves and disappears.
While courage and faith are two antigens to fear, fear is not something that can be easily overcome. This is because the mind constantly produces fear and unless we make it a habit to live with courage and faith, we can easily be defeated by the mind.
The most effective way to overcome fear is to activate the intellect. How does one do this? Silence is a simple method. What does silence do? It reduces the MTR or the Mental Thought Rate. Once there is no bombardment of thoughts, it is easy for the intellect to discriminate fearful thoughts from real dangers. Therefore today, many people meditate on a “fear” to realize that it is an illusion. Meditation is prescribed as an effective cure from fear, worry, and anxiety.
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HOW TO OVERCOME FEAR?
One must develop the habit of living in the ‘Now’. The mind behaves like a monkey. It swings to the past and makes us rehearse and regret a tragedy. This manufactures fear. Then it jumps to the future and makes us imagine a disaster in the making. Instantly, we become worried and anxious. This constant monkey business of the mind, swinging to the past and then to the future triggers fear. Stop! Live in the ‘Now’! We must make it a habit to shut the door on yesterday that is gone, and on tomorrow that is not yet born. After all, we cannot change the past nor can we predict or control the future. However, by jumping like a monkey into the past and the future, we can definitely let fear ruin our present moment. If we want to overcome fear, we must learn to live in the ‘Now’. If we live life moment by moment, chances are we will be able to eliminate fear.
There is an advanced method of overcoming fear. Some people go on a quest to realize the truth about life. A very few are fortunate to do this, but they are the ones who realize that fear is an illusion. It doesn’t exist. The ego that thinks it is ‘me’, and the mind that produces fear for free make the body live with toxic thoughts and feelings, leading to depression and anxiety. Spiritual seekers realize that we are not the ego, mind, and body. We are the Divine Soul. This wipes our fear completely from our life.