How to overcome fear

 If you have faith in your ability and if you have faith in God, the creator of this great world, you can counter any obstacles arising out of fear. Fear is mostly a psychological and in some cases, physiological problem.  For example, when you sit for any competitive examination, you will be nervous at least psychologically to reminisce whether you will be able to pass or not.  Even you know that your preparation is good, and you are putting your best efforts and you believe in God and His power of blessing; you  will be under anxiety.  In the same way, when you are afflicted with any kind of disease, you will be under fear psychology thinking that you will  not be able to recover.

Faith is a very important aspect in the life of any  person, who is trying to seek something of his life and its surroundings.  Faith is classified as three types.  One is faith in self, second is faith in the master and third is faith in life.  Because of this faith, you are able to socialize, you are able to express your thoughts and feelings and you are able to enjoy the pros and cons of life.  When you have trust on your ability, you will able to support others in the work place, you will show love and affection, socialize freely and ultimately you accrue the benefits out of your these activities. In the end, you are able to share the same with others. They also reciprocate in the same manner because faith attracts faith of the other persons. In these ideal circumstances, supposed your life is suddenly attacked with obstacles, hindrance, pain, sufferings and anxieties, you feel crestfallen. Your life then becomes cramped and restricted.  The fear factor will grapple you and you lose interest to perform any type of activity.  Once you are bogged down with fear, the same will haunt you till the time you banish the same exercising your power of faith.

Take the case of children. They are often fearless, because they have faith in their parents, siblings or elders.  They know they will get protection from them at any cost.  This quality of blindly trusting others is a stepping stone for those children who in their adult life also try to follow this pattern unless they are  deceived for some reason, which  of course is not in their control. In the adult life, people become a coward because of many constraints they face and  ultimately they lose faith and are not able to depend on others. If you are able to develop unshakable faith in yourself, the same will be one of the admiring qualities through which you can transcend any impediments. Then fear cannot grapple you. Unfortunately, few are able to develop this quality to the degree which ensures proper control of oneself.  Despite knowing that the action taken by you for any problem is correct, your faith is mostly being challenged by constant experience of  your  less mental power, anxiety and frailties.  Now, if you don’t have any faith in yourself, you cannot overcome fear and the same will always haunt you.  Ultimately, the progress in life will be in the doldrums. So, you need to inculcate a habit to be always faithful to yourself, because without the same, you cannot be loyal to anyone under trying circumstances.  Further, you won’t be able to stick to your own perceptual ability, which is the hallmark of the foundation of your reliable character.  Self confidence is a special characteristic trait, but it is not an inborn quality.  Some people are gifted with this quality, but you can surely develop provided you have immense faith in your capability.  For this matter, you have to select a role model and the same is to be chosen very carefully.  By emulating your role model, your Guru who must have faith in himself, you can increase your this quality.

Faith is an incredible guide  to propel you in the right direction for your prosperity.  Through this power of faith, you can nourish your life and vitalize your energy in the face of setbacks and failures, the constraints and difficulties, limitations and failings.  If you observe the life closely, you will find that it is narrow, distorted and twisted, but if you see the same with the eyes of a spiritual master, it is pure, untainted and blissful.

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Faith is a conceptual matter and it should be  clearly understood and it is to be identified not as a mere intellectual opinion.  It is an inner instinct through which you can obtain a purity of life on the basis of God’s immense blessing. When you have a good opinion about somebody, you must rely on that person. You must show faith in his ability and character, which includes honesty and other qualities.  Further, the type of faith, which has no involvement of spirituality  is meaningless in the long run. You must have enough faith to your spiritual master  to guide you to live in a right direction.  Living with faith  has the most vital forces and a positive quality to conquer anything around you.  It is a powerful factor that only develops your personality  and courage to sustain the pitfall in life; it is created intuitively.  Being a disciple, when you respect your Guru, you show tremendous faith to him.  He then becomes the source of your inspiration.  You develop this faith, not because of your mere opinion, but because of your confidence in his ability to transform your inner self to the path of supreme consciousness. So, be faithful to anybody who matters in your life and  in this way, you can overcome your fear.