Buddhism: Why Do We Fear? The Secret About Your Fears!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- Why Do We Fear? The Secret About Your Fears - Buddhism Explained!
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What is Fear? What Causes Fear?
Fear, a strong and complex emotion, never exists in isolation. We often wonder, how can we fear something when it has never been a part of our personal experience? The truth is, fear is always linked to what we know. For example, the fear of death is not actually a fear of death in general, but a fear of losing what we have become familiar and cherished. This makes us question the true nature of fear - is it really a fear of the unknown, or actually a fear of losing the known?
Finding Freedom From Fear
The journey to overcome fear is not about completely eliminating this feeling from our lives, but about understanding and facing it. The question is not just "how to not fear death," but "how to accept and overcome the fear of losing family, reputation, oneself, possessions, and material desires." This requires a deep understanding of the origins of fear and how we link events in our lives to potential losses. Through this, we can truly find freedom from the fears of the known, opening up a richer and more meaningful life.
Chapter 1. The Deep Origins of Fear
Many believe that fear originates from the conscience, however, our conscience is actually shaped by the conditions and norms we have experienced, meaning, it too is just a reflection of the known. Our understanding of the world around us, about ourselves, is essentially just a system of viewpoints and ideas built from experience and memory. These ideas, memories of past experiences, are the foundation of our reaction to new challenges.
Fear and Loss
Fear, at its core, is not just the fear of death or material loss, but also the fear of losing oneself, the ideas and concepts we hold dear. It also includes the fear of not truly understanding who we are, fear of being lost in society, and fear of suffering from loss. These fears ultimately relate to loss: the loss of what we have known, become familiar with, and have defined as our identity.
This indicates that fear is not an irrational instant reaction, but a response grounded in the consciousness of the known and what we consider important to ourselves. Overcoming fear requires a journey of deep self-understanding about what is truly important to us and how we build life's meaning through experiences and relationships.
Fear to me seems like it comes from a sense of wanting to control and hang on to things which is not inline with the reality of the ever changing situation we currently find ourselves in. So therefore if we can be comfortable with being out of control, let go and just allow things to unfold as they will we’d be a lot better off.
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Yo the info is good but can you stop using dramatic effect music in the background? Something peaches speaking about the Dharma.
Fearness only exists in duality . But in non duality only existing is the true self .
Ordinary people regard death as a big and frightening issue.
Buddhist practitioners regard rebirth as the most important task.
Buddhists don't fear death but they fear their next rebirth.
Unfortunately, for ordinary people no matter how much they worry over death, can they not die?
They are ignorance of reincarnation and the existence of the Six Realms.
Because of their ignorance and stupidity, most of them are reborn into the Lower Three Paths.
A saying : Bodhisattvas fear cause, ordinary people concerns of effects.
Lord Yama sighed and requested to change job because he is tired of seeing sentient beings just walked of hell and are back within minutes.
What a pitiful sight.
🙏🙏🙏Amituofo
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