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Originally Posted by Bitsy  If you are love-polarized, fear cannot be in your realm of emotional experiences, as far as I understand, so I guess when you talk about fear, it has become a theoretical notion to you. |
I think there is a clash of terminologies here.
Fear the emotion, is not the same as fear the polarization (if I understood it right). Fear the polarization is a mindset whereas fear the emotion is a feedback mechanism of your brain. Thus, you may continue experiencing fear the emotion even if you are not fear-polarized. Emotions are just chemical reactions that inform you about the internal states of your mind. They are non-verbal feedback paths that inform you about what's going on in there.
Fear seems to have two root causes:
1) Protection
2) Lack of knowledge and/or understanding
#1 is surely needed (don't touch the hot stove!), but #2 could sometimes be mistaken for #1. I think that is the main problem for most people. What we don't understand, we fear. What we fear, we ignore/avoid. What we ignore/avoid, we get accustomed to. And finally, what we get accustomed to, we are reluctant to change!