Wisdom through fear
The biggest fear human beings have is the fear of losing their identity. The fear of losing your identity is much worse than the fear of death.
If a child is afraid of the dark, we say, ‘Don’t be afraid, you should be brave.’ When you say this, you are teaching the child that the fear he is feeling should not be felt. But the child cannot do anything if the fear arises in him. So now he tries to force himself to feel brave by suppressing the fear. This is how the child learns to suppress the natural emotion of
fear. His body is trembling with fear but he resists the fear in order to prove he is brave.
Instead, if you allow the child to accept the fear and explore the darkness that is causing him fear, the child will go through the darkness and the fear completely. The fear will automatically drop from him because his own experience would have shown him that the fear has no solid existence.
Fear of losing identity
The biggest fear human beings have is the fear of losing their identity. Even the fear of losing one’s life is not as great as the fear of losing the identity. The fear of losing your identity is much worse than the fear of death.
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