Is Fear Holding You Back

As you gotten to know me, you have probably noticed that personal development and education are very important to me. I believe that by not only studying the great works of famous motivators, but by taking action on what I have learned, I will become the best person I can become.

On yet another journey into to building my repertoire of my own greatness, I spent an afternoon listening to yet another fabulous teacher. The wonderful “Anthony Robbins”. If you are familiar with “Tony” you will recognize him one of the greatest motivators of modern time, and know that his teaching have helped to improve the lives of thousands throughout the world. Needless to say I am one of those people.

The topic of this particular audio was the fear of pain. As I listened I was struck with a moment of clarity. We all do thing in our life to “minimize pain and maximize pleasure.” We fear pain and we desire pleasure.

If we are honest with ourselves we know that fear is simply the invalidated expectation of something that we perceive may happen. We all experience fear, sometimes much of it is subconscious, other times we validate through an illusion that it is a reality.

So the expectation of fear controls us. The state of fear causes us so much pain that it becomes greater than the pleasure we will achieve if we take action. We are paralyzed by the illusion of fear and so remain in the pain of our current existence.

Let me give you an example:

Many of use see prosperity and abundance as a state of extreme pleasure. But, we fear the pain that we must go through to achieve this greatness. In this case although the opportunity I have presented you with may give you the life of our dreams, you are paralyzed by the fear of what you must do in order to be successful.

On the other hand we feel pain from the life we are currently living where we may lack abundance and prosperity. But the fact remains unless we come to feel more pain from the life we are currently living in, and it is greater than the fear of the pain we must go through to be successful, then we will remain in the first state.

So if you truly want to make your dreams a reality, you must learn to feel more pain from the state you do not want to be in, and feel great pleasure in the journey towards the state that you desire.

“Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.” – Marilyn Ferguson