Fear arises from thought and time
Psychological fear comes from thinking about a remembered past or imagined future, not from a present fact. Thought projecting forward or backward manufactures the fear.
On fear
4 ideas
Direct observation without escape ends fear
Naming, analyzing, or fleeing fear only sustains it, whereas attending to it fully dissolves it. Escape is what keeps fear alive.
The observer is the observed
The one who is afraid is not separate from the fear itself. Seeing that the division is illusory removes the conflict that perpetuates fear.
Freedom from the known
Security-seeking rooted in the remembered past generates fear of loss and change. Ending fear means dropping that dependence on the known.