Yoga and Meditation - Eliminating Fear

What is Fear?values. Comparing yourself to someone else causes
Fear is a disorder. As one observes fear, one can seeinsecurity because there is a desire to be that which
how it causes disorder. The whole psychological stateyou are not, and you fear not being able to achieve
becomes tense and insecure. One wishes to escape,it. Where there is comparison there is conformity and
but the fear always remains.imitation.
Most human beings are afraid.Can you live without comparison, conformity and
We are in constant fear of not fulfilling or notimitation? Of course you can. Then there is no
becoming. We have fear in relationships. There'sbecoming, no desire to become something you are
employment related fear. There's fear of darknessnot.
and fear of death. The very act of living can breedYou will think fresh thoughts, unburdened by the past
fear.There's fear of the past, the present and theor the future. You will live and learn by observing
future. Our causes of fear are numerous.things in the present moment, all that you need to
Why have human beings not applied their intelligencelearn to understand yourself, and this world in which
to become free of fear?you live, without the burdens of fear. This is the
Certainly no outside agency has ever solved thislegacy of Yoga and Meditation. This is what Yoga
problem of fear. No religious or political group hasand Meditation teaches us.
ever effectively addressed this problem. Maybe weThere are so many secrets that Yoga and Meditation
have so accepted the patterns of fear that we don'twill reveal to you. There are so many ways that
want to or believe that it's impossibleYoga and Meditation can make your life easier and
One of the main causes of fear is comparison? Let'smore fulfilling.
become beautiful, ugly, or some ideal or pattern of