What does it mean to be fearless?
Posted on Oct 5th, 2008
by
Sigung Hikari
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for October 04, 2008:
Fearless is actually does not mean to be without fear.
It means to operate from a place of Less fear... versus being Fearful or full of fear.
There are times when fear pops into our consciousness and in those moments we must choose love or fear.
Will we act and respond out of a fear conscious state of mind or one of love?
As the course says, Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God."
So what is there to fear?
As a spiritual being having a human experience, I do at times experience fear...
But the key is what do I / we choose to do with it once we recognize it.
Elanor Roosevelt said that we are to feel the fear and do it anyway...!
"We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot. "
"What would you do if you weren't afraid?"
* I would act. I would attend auditions and send letters and headshots. i would create my own company like Tyler Perry and then create my own plays, films, and TV shows.
Not only that, I would be more active in creating a school for metaphysical/ holistic studies, lose weight, date, travel, get certified to interpret, get certified through ADDP, use models for my art work and show and then sell my art... and more (lol)
Yeah, I am allowing things to hold me back right now. . .
Is there a difference between fearlessness and recklessness? Between being courageous and being foolhardy?
*Yes there is a difference. Courageous has a reason behind it. It takes courage to stand up to a bully. It is fool hardy to walk down a dark alley just because you are not afraid and you want to take the short cut.
It is courageous to make a positive change in the world when you know you will be criticized and ridiculed for doing it.
It is foolhardy to have unprotected sex just because you are not afraid to get HIV.
Recklessness and being foolhardy always buts one in danger's way for no moral reason; It is done for the ego.

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