Making the Transition from Fear to Courage
By Paul Lenda
Many souls around the world today are still living much of
their lives and consciousness in the state of fear. It’s sad thing to see but
it’s a reality that can been seen all around us. Many systems (various social,
political, religious, and others) within society perpetuate the energy of fear,
and such systems will continue as long as the consciousness of courage does not
exist within us.
By having courage, we are able to stop experiencing the fear
being perpetuated by those systems and take off the illusory shackles imposed
by them.
The transition from fear to courage is a very big step and
often requires much effort and energy, but it is entirely possible with a
little determination and perhaps some external support. Not only is it
beneficial for us to confront our inherited fears but also for society as a
whole. The less power that the systems within our cultures and societies have
through their use of fear, the quicker they will disappear into the sands of
time and liberate consciousness wherever it may be imprisoned.
Fear limits the growth of our personality and inevitably
leads to a nature of inhibition and repression. When we exist in a state of
fear, we put up an impenetrable boundary between ourselves and our own
self-actualization.
It takes a bit of energy to transcend this level of
consciousness, which is why we see so often that some people gravitate towards
those who seem to have conquered fear and who offer to lead them out of the
slavery that it holds. Unfortunately, these individuals whom they are attracted
to are many times oppressive totalitarian leaders who take advantage of those who
follow this logic.
It is unfortunate, but the subjective consciousness state of
fear is a limiting, prevailing, and habitual state of expectancy that can be
projected onto essentially any and all aspects of one’s life. Stress becomes
the primary byproduct of the fear and creates its own problems as well, which
are too many to mention here.
Embodying Courage
The perpetuation of fear will be stopped in its tracks once
we embody the consciousness of courage. Courage allows for exploration and
accomplishment thanks to our focus of awareness being on exciting, stimulating,
and challenging parts of life. Progress occurs when courage is emboldened.
There is a passionate willingness to experience wonderful
things that have not been explored before. Fear will been faced head-first
thanks to a significantly-higher level of energy and any previous hindrances
are gone. Self-esteem will go through the roof because there is a sense of “I
can do this” which becomes progressively self-reinforcing. Productivity soars
to new heights.
In courage, there is enhanced confidence that one feels
within their being. There is an empowerment of the self, thanks to the
realization that a person is not dependent on external factors. Everything that
one ever needed has been within his or herself the whole time. Freedom is
finally experienced as the shackles of fear are taken off and thrown away.
The significant shift from fear to courage allows for a
person to now be able to realize and work on manifesting his or her inner
potential. This potential can be aligned with one’s sense of an overall mission
or goal in life that will be the primary focus from then on out. Pursuing our
life goals would not be possible if we had a consciousness of fear since it
would inhibit any action towards manifesting such goals.
With courage, our overall level of happiness grows immensely
and everything is seen in a more positive light. People are perceived as being
more friendly, societal problems are not seen as hopeless as they used to be,
and many other positions of awareness are shifted. The evolution of
consciousness from fear to courage can change our lives in such a dramatic way
that we’d feel we’re living in a different reality than before.
Taking Responsibility
There is perhaps one factor that is more important to be
mindful of beyond all others which has to be realized if we wish to make the
transition from having fear to having courage: accepting personal
responsibility. This critical action is a requisite for the shift from fear to
courage and requires that a person gets rid of the idea that he or she is a
victim of a perpetrator.
All social belief systems that are based on the suppositions
of blame and excuses have to be transcended so that we can shift away from
fear. None of this is easy since courage requires a higher input of energy than
fear below it does. However, whether it is through the inner determination of
oneself or the outer support of others, this critical transition is certainly
an obtainable reality.
Understanding the differences between these two sates of
consciousness is important to know before the process can begin so that we know
what we’re working with. It can take a day or it can take a lifetime, but
whatever the pace may be, once it occurs, the sense of self-empowerment can be
the satisfaction one has always felt was needed in order to accomplish a
most-fundamental self-realization.
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