I feel most protected [i.e. secure or confident] when I mentally discard the fear of death. I still feel fear in the form of "jump-scare-type" situations that shock the senses; but overall, I don't feel like I've much to lose. I don't rely on any other strength beside my own willpower and my personal convictions. Whether I live or die, I think only of being the best version of myself at that moment. So basically - get yourself into the mentality of going "balls-to-the wall, 100%, blaze of glory" at any moment you need to and you won't have to worry about stuff. You've lived the best you could given the circumstances, everything else is out of your control.
Fear is a good thing that keeps us alert and balances our optimism, but I find that it is a waste of energy to allow fear to paralyze us into indecision in the face of perceived danger. when something would generate the feeling of fear, don't just be fearful, try to get a little pissed off; yet inquisitive.
Let me explain...people fear that which is not totally understood (who, what, where, when, how, why). People also fear that which is ingrained in the illogical and logical. Logical things are experiences where you correlate threat to something b/c you've either heard about 2nd hand or experienced something prior 1st hand - the only logical thing is how you psychologically correlate one thing to another. Illogical things are your assumptions on matters that aren't backed by evidence and where correlation does not equate to causation.
You can be a logical person and be fearful, you can also be an illogical person and be fearful, what matters is that you break the control that fear has over you, without totally discarding the fear. Again, fear is a good thing to make you more aware, but it should never control or limit you to the point where you are not being 100% at the top of your game.
We can fear fellow humans, we can fear concepts of war & destruction, of death and deterioration, or the physical or meta-physical.... just don't let that weaken you to the point where you become dependent on only a handful of paths for decision-making. |