My opinion.
I am not fundamentally my emotions and thoughts. They come and go but I am something more permanent. They contain knowledge about me (or contain a part of me if you like) which can be extracted. By understanding the emotion or thought.
As long as I remember the separation then I remain detached from them, I understand them by paying attention with my awareness.
This method works wonderfully for me but it is very hard. It requires constant effort and attention because some fears are so deeply rooted or hidden away that we don't see them. And then we need to the courage to fully explore them.
Easier methods are to find some motivational or inspirational sources and use these to overpower fear. But I believe my method is better in the long run because it works directly on fear. |