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...what is pleasing gives rise to fear. One who is freed from what is pleasing, who feels no grief, what has he to fear?Affection gives rise to grief; affection gives rise to fear. One who is freed from affection, who feels no grief, what has he to fear?Attachment gives rise to grief; attachment gives rise to fear. One who is freed from attachment, who feels no grief, what has he to fear? Desire gives rise to grief; desire gives rise to fear. One who is freed from desire, who feels no grief, what has he to fear? Craving gives rise to grief; craving gives rise to fear. One who is freed from craving, who feels no grief, what has he to fear? <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/pleasure#p4</ref>It always seems to me that the reasons usually given for becoming wise are poor reasons: "Don't do this, it will bring you suffering; don't do that, it will give birth to fear in you"... and the consciousness dries up more and more, it hardens, because it is afraid of grief, afraid of pain. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/pleasure#p12</ref>

== How to deal with Vital Fear ==

...one is cowardly because one is very tamasic and fears having to make an effort. In order not to be cowardly, one must make an effort, begin by an effort, and afterwards it becomes very interesting. But the best thing is to make the effort to overcome this kind of flight out of oneself. Instead of facing the thing, one recoils, runs away, turns one's back and runs away. For the initial effort is difficult. And so, what prevents you from making an effort is the inert, ignorant nature.

As soon as you enter the rajasic nature, you like effort. And at least the one advantage of rajasic people is that they are courageous, whereas tamasic people are cowards. It is the fear of effort which makes one cowardly. For once you have started, once you have taken the decision and begun the effort, you are interested. It is exactly the same thing which is the cause of some not liking to learn their lessons, not wanting to listen to the teacher; it is tamasic, it is to be asleep, it avoids the effort which must be made in order to catch the thing and then grasp it and keep it. It is half-somnolence. So it is the same thing physically, it is a somnolence of the being, an inertia. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/26-january-1955#p21</ref>

= Physical Fear=

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