{"product_id":"2940015562446","title":"A Proven Road Map To Banish Fears: Navigation Tools To Move Upward","description":"The Realm Of Fear There's unhealthy fear and healthy fear. For instance, when we're afraid of something that can't really hurt us – like spiders – or something we can do nothing to head off – like old age or catching a cold or being run down by a truck – then our fear is unhealthy, for it functions only to make us distressed and paralyze our will. On the other hand, when somebody stops smoking because they're afraid of getting lung cancer, this is a healthy fear as the danger is real and there are constructive measures they can take to avoid it. We have a lot of fears-fear of terrorist act, fear of dying, fear of being apart from people we love, fear of losing control, fear of commitment, fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of losing our job, the list is ceaseless! A lot of our fears are rooted in delusions– garbled ways of viewing ourselves and the world around us. If we learn to contain our mind, and cut down and finally wipe out these delusions, the origin of all our fear, healthy and unhealthy, is annihilated. All the same, at present we require the healthy fear that develops from scrutinizing our present state of affairs so that we can decide to do something about it. For instance, there's no point in a smoker being frightened of dying of lung cancer unless there's something that he or she can or will do about it, i.e. Quit smoking. If a smoker has a sufficient fear of dying of lung cancer, he or she will assume steps to kick the habit. If he would like to dismiss the danger of lung cancer, he'll continue to produce the causes of future suffering, living in self-denial and in effect relinquishing control.\u003cbr\u003eWorkAtHomeSuccessAcademy.com - 13 -\u003cbr\u003eJust as a smoker is vulnerable to lung cancer due to cigarettes, it's true that at this instant we're vulnerable to risk and harm, we're vulnerable to ageing, illness, and finally dying, all due to our being pinned in samsara-the state of uncontrolled being that's a reflection of our own uncontrolled minds. We're vulnerable to all the mental and tangible pain that develops from an uncontrolled mind-like the pains that derive from the delusions of attachment, wrath, and ignorance. We may choose to live in denial of this and thereby relinquish what control we have, or we may decide to realize this vulnerability, acknowledge that we're in danger, and so find a way to avoid the risk by taking away the real causes of all fear (the same as the cigarettes)-the delusions and damaging, unskillful activities motivated by those delusions. In this way we acquire control, and if we're in control we hold no cause for fear. An equilibrated fear of our delusions and the hurting to which they unavoidably bring about is consequently healthy as it serves to prompt constructive action to avert a true danger. We only require fear as an impulse until we have removed the causes of our vulnerability through discovering spiritual, inner asylum and step by step grooming the mind. Once we have caused this, we're fearless as we no longer have anything that can hurt us. Remaining firm between us and our resolve is unhealthy fear, a survival mechanism failed. There will be times it's healthy and normal. But fear has become rampant when it never exits us. It becomes a shadow, only visible in abbreviated glances, but is forever right alongside you. No more does fear take over when required; now it silently colors our sight, so that we see everything as sinister.\u003cbr\u003eWorkAtHomeSuccessAcademy.com - 14 -\u003cbr\u003eFear demolishes self-sufficiency, exuberance, and initiative. It promotes procrastination, and leads to debile character. It defeats love, mists memories, and finally leads to wretchedness and sadness. All the same take heart, for a lack of bravery is nothing more than a frame of mind. It can be mastered. Be forever on the alert for it. Fear is visible when somebody holds a gun to our head, but it's more difficult to make out in our daily lives. Be suspicious of indecisiveness and doubt, for they harden into profoundly entrenched sense of fear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey Are Only Excuses Excuses can appear unbelievably strong and valid now and again, to the point where we wind up trusting they're absolute truth. But, excuses can not only make us miss out on some opportunities, they really have the mightiness to demolish our lives if we let them. When we continually talk ourselves out of executing matters we wish to do, we produce a mighty downwardly spiral of diminishing opportunities, dwindling abundance, and decreasing self-regard. Finally we wind up being a hollow shell of the person we may have been. Don‘t let your excuses ruin your life! Excuses are for weak-willed persons who have no want or willingness to grow and develop themselves. They've talked themselves out of making the lives they sincerely want, and they won't budge from where they are today unless a life crisis pushes them to. Is this you? 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