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The Science of Fear

The Science of Fear

  • There are only five basic fears, out of which almost all of our other so-called fears are manufactured.
  • These fears include extinction, mutilation, loss of autonomy, separation, and ego death.
  • When we let go of the notion of fear as the welling up of evil forces within us and see fear as information, we can think about them consciously.

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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

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