Basic FEAR

Fear of Insecurity
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Fear of insecurity manifests out of a need for safety. When our
safety or security is threatened, this fear arises. Safety here
refers not only to physical safety but also emotional and mental
safety. We take great pain to protect ourselves from emotional
and mental hurts and harms.

Fear of Loneliness
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This fear includes also the fear of separation and arises out of
our need to be accepted and included. We fear being excluded,
forsaken, shunned, rejected, ostracized or abandoned. The sense
of loneliness can be felt even when one is physically present in
the midst of a crowd of people. What we want is not merely
physical closeness but emotional and mental acceptance. We longed
for approval and acceptance.

Fear of Loss
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This fear arises out of our need to hold on. We fear loss of our
life, our property, our family, our money, our reputation, our
fame, our freedom, and just about anything you can think of. We
cling on to things we like and run away from things we don't.
This fear of loss is the fear of loosing everything we considered
dear and near to us.


Yet even these 3 basic fears can be traced back to a root cause,
which is the belief that we are merely physical being. The more
we hold on to this physicality, the more we fear, for there is
nothing that can be permanent or secure in this physicality. No
amount of money or properties we hoarded can save us from the
destruction of a tsunami or hurricane, for example. Our physical
body also must one day decay and die. Our physical life must come
to an end in death.

The only way to reverse this fear is therefore only possible if
we begin to believe in our spirituality, that we are indeed
spiritual beings. Our spirituality offers us continuity,
security, permanence, love and completeness. Only when we operate
from this perspective can we begin to release our fear and
embrace the love, peace and completeness that have always been