A couple of articles ago I offered to share here on substack the two chapters I wrote dispelling fears in my book Creating A Bug Free Mind.
There are several sections in the book on Fear, and I haven’t revisited the work since 2011. So I’ll put all of the sections on here one at a time. Then I’ll add some details relating to current events and fear in a follow-up article.
Fear is the reason we all had to endure the ridiculous situation in 2020. Fear is the reason we are still enduring it. The French Revolution showed that when death is preferable to existence then fear is finally gone and the people finally dare to do what is necessary.
In the ideal world on this go around, we won’t let it take that long. However, the chances of changing human nature are slim at best. So all I can do is what I am prepared to do to help you overcome all your fears. The lessons you’ll learn here will work in the moments you find yourself struck by fear. But there is one caveat. You have to remember to deploy the lesson at the crucial moment.
Always remind yourself that your mind is not static…
Just because you learn something today, you know you know it for certain. There is no certainty, that it will be there for you when you need it to be. Because your mind is not static, this is just like exercise your body’s need for it. Your mind needs exercise to be able to handle what the future delivers to it. So I suggest reading and re-reading the articles on fear UNTIL this way of thinking is part of you. Meaning you no longer know it, it is simply how you respond.
Part of your journey in this go around, is in my opinion that you intuitively want to be able to handle things like a stoic master. This in itself tells me a lot about you. It tells me, you are not on one of your early journeys here. It tells me, you are using your intuition to feel your way through life.
The reason you found my work, was you can feel I don’t just think these things, but they are part of me. And if you feel what I’m writing to you now, you know my role here is to aid you in the part of your journey you seek to get better at on this go around.
The cancer to your ability to master a lack of fears is doubting that you can. The spiritual problem is remaining present (spiritually conscious) long enough to choose to think through the irrationality of the fear.
Enjoy the ride.
***Taken from Creating A Bug Free Mind (without alteration)***
Part 1 - How To Overcome All Fears
Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad… Illusion?
~ ‘No passion so effectually robs the mind of its powers of acting and reasoning as fear’ ~
Edmund Burke
Fear – False Evidence Appearing Real
FEAR – STRESS
Never a better description given! And if we were enlightened then that statement should be all there is ever needed to overcome our fears.
The problem is that our minds are so full of bulls**t and irrationality that we have managed to add layer after layer of crud on and taken our level of madness to such an extreme that virtually the entire world is paralysed by their fears.
Over the next two chapters I’m going to break down each of the fear barriers for you and provide you with all that is necessary to remove them all from your life forever. That means if you apply this you will never fear anything again.
No I am not kidding!
I live with no fear of any kind, and so can you. I know it may sound impossible, but the truth is that through observation and understanding of the mind’s problems, fear is just yet another state of mind that simply does not have any value for you at all. And as it has no value you can dissolve all fears as easily as other illusions of the mind.
All it holds for you is negativity and of course negativity, as we have previously seen, just holds you back - or actually pulls you in the opposite direction to the one you wish to go in. We also know that nothing stands still and each thought either moves us towards or away from what we want. Therefore, there is no argument that this state of mind needs to be permanently removed from your life forever. If you think otherwise, then you need to become present. Just relax and over these two chapters and I will explain how you can ‘if you choose to’ remove fear from every area of your life.
What Type Of Fear Sufferer Are You?
~ We crucify ourselves between two thieves: regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow. ~
Fulton Oursler
Different people have different fears and just because all people have them it doesn’t make them acceptable. If you are unconscious and intend to remain unconscious then what I am about to teach you is some very powerful stuff. As with this knowledge you can literally control the weak-minded who live in fear. That’s most (nearly all) people by the way, as most people live in fear (how do you think democracy works?). But as a conscious person that is obviously something that is so alien a concept that I almost forgot to add it in. But you should be peripherally aware that if you live in fear then it is easy for you to be controlled.
The problem is that people ‘believe’ removing fear is either impossible for them, or it is so much hard work that they can never even ‘believe’ they could be free of their collection of fears. Or that it is going to take so much courage that they know they can’t achieve it!
Firstly remember, I don’t do hard work (and neither do you if you ‘want’ the life you desire). If the job is hard then it’s time to get someone else to do it! When I used to work as a tradesman I had a saying, “If the job can’t be done with a power tool, then the job can’t be done.” I’ve always liked it easy, and easy is all you ‘want’ in your future, “we don’t do hard!” As for courage, well that sounds like hard work too so we don’t need to do that either!
Now perhaps you are one of the people who ‘believes’ it to be either impossible or hard to remove fear from your life forever. That’s ok, continue to ‘believe’ that, it’s your choice what you ‘believe.’ Do not fight that feeling, just read what I write and then think about it. Observe how your mind reacts and see what you think.
You’ll find that most fears will dissolve but there may be some more that require extra work. Just re-read again and they should dissolve too. If they don’t, then ask me on the site and I should be able to show you how to dissolve them. You will also be helping me to refine my explanation of how to remove fear completely.
If you are one of the many who know you ‘want’ rid of your fears, then no worries, you’ll find the answers you are missing here. And finally if you don’t have much fear then this will be the final missing piece you need to eradicate the last few bits.
Sounds like a bold statement doesn’t it really. Sounds like I have amazing courage or unbreakable willpower to be able to handle fear. Well nothing of the sort. I merely understand it completely and therefore it requires no effort to live a fear free life.
Stop Being A Caveman
~ Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. ~
Marie Curie
Look at your fears like this: if you showed a Ferrari to a cave man he would be scared of it. If you started it up he would be terrified. Obviously we know there is nothing to be scared of and it is quite normal. It is not magical or supernatural in any way; we have not been courageous in our mastery of the Ferrari. It is just that we understand it; we know what it really is. If you still have fears, prepare to relax and stop being a caveman around them, as you are about to take another BIG step towards enlightenment.
Now, there’s one more thing to do before we start. Just know this while you are waiting for it. Allow yourself to get excited as you really are about to dissolve your fears. No, this is not hype and I will deliver on that statement. Enjoy the certainty of the moment and as you do, observe this feeling and remember it. When we come on to setting out your dreams and desires, I’ll be asking you to remember this feeling. You are creating a tool in your tool kit.
If you have your doubts that’s ok, remember this feeling too. But if you do have doubts then I would like you to ‘try’ this without judgement…
Just pause for a few seconds and feel what it would feel like to never fear ever again (re-read that again and apply it just for a few seconds).
Feels good? I know it - I live it and you will too, it is certain. Certainty does not require you to rush. Allow yourself to get excited!
***End of Part 1***
I’ll publish part 2 tomorrow.
Best wishes,
Andy
I dug out my copy of your book and started reading it again, thank you for your wise words 🙏
Fabulous. Thank you.