Episode 355 – Is Fear Required?

In this episode, we talk about whether fear is really a requirement. I always hear the nonsense about fear helping us in times of danger. I’m not even sure that is true. As often as not, big fear paralyzes people—the old “deer in the headlights” thing. Let’s be clear. Fear is NOT Required. Fear usually comes not from some physical threat but from some threat to our ego. That thing inside us worried about others' thoughts. What we think others think is the thing we are protecting—such a waste of time. We don’t know what people think anyway. Fear is imaginary, not in its effects but in its substance. You can’t get a teaspoon of fear. It is also counterproductive to happiness.