Fear : Roadblock or Stepping Stone

We being human and having numerous desires also posses some kind of fear. There are different forms of Fear. Oxford dictionary have whole set of words to define various types of fears humans have known. Fear of losing, Fear of uncertainty, Fear of failure, Fear of darkness, Fear of closed space, Fear of water, the list could go on and on. What is Fear? Why do we Fear? How does Fear work? Is it like some curable disease? Can all fears be overcome?

Fear is an emotion!!! An emotion which has very different characteristics than various other emotions we know of. As we talked in the first post that Life is Journey and it's full of uncertainties, Life has it's own twists and turns, it's own surprises. Fear is one such emotion which impacts the Journey more than any other human emotions. We can come across so many life examples where Fear has overpowered mind and body and proved to be roadblock for growth. There are numerous examples as well where Fear has actually helped individuals grow and attain new heights in life.

Why do we Fear? When you were child, do you remember waking up alone in a dark room with no sign of light. What you did, when you found yourself all alone? Did you cried? Did you sought for MOM? Now imagine yourself as an adult waking up in same pitch dark room. Would you still behave in same way as you did when you were child? I don't think so, at least 99% of people will have different reactions.

So is it something to do with our Mind which gets conditioned in specific way based on our experiences and develops a pattern of emotions and body reactions.

Life : The Journey

It's written in Bhagvad Gita that Life is a journey and we are travelers walking on our unique journey. Every journey has it's own story and no two journeys are same. According to Hindu belief, the path of a traveler is already scripted by God even before his birth, all the events of his life, all the happiness, sorrows, family and everything.

This is my first post and I am going to share my thoughts on different topics related to The Journey called LIFE.

We have very rich culture of great sages having walked on earth, great philosophers have enlightened and helped us understand this journey of Life. In every religion, we have sacred books which provide their point of view, tries to explain lot of different aspect of life by means of great stories and examples from history. We have people from different faiths who follow different religion based on their birth and family and thus not only we inherit chromosomes which defines our physical characteristics as we grow but also we inherit our family's faith. As we grow, we observe human interactions around us and get conditioned in some way which influence our decisions in life in big way.

However, at some point in life the curios human nature force us to think and introspect on so many things like what's the purpose of life, why certain thing happened in that way, what should we do now, what should I choose, who am I and so on, endless questions. While on this journey, we always get to the point where we have to take some decision which will direct the further journey, these decisions are again based on our experience till that time, our intelligence, our emotions, feelings and last but not the least our relatives.

Sacred books talk about concept of soul and our life being just one part of soul's journey until it reaches it's destination. Soul suppose to be a part of infinite energy, suppose to have experienced various lifetimes. However, we being bound to physical body, we don't have conscious knowledge of any such journey and thus we are bound to direct our journey based on our limited experience from current life. I am not going to touch base or try to analyze anything beyond current life, I believe, it's too complex to analyze or even comprehend such wide aspect as that of soul and it's journey through different lifetimes. We have knowledge of current life and there are so many things which we can observe and can control to some extent to direct our journey on highway with smooth ride.

I am going to talk about various things like beliefs, relationships, family, human behavior in different situations and so on, which shapes our life and our journey.

Keep a watch on this space for interesting topics, share my beliefs and also understand your point of views on those topics.

"It's your journey, think about it, define it, live it and most important Enjoy it!!!"