fear

What is the root cause of fear?



Questioner: Fear (bhaya), self preservation instinct (bhaya sangnya), what are these? How do they arise? How do they charge and discharge?

Dadashri: One experiences fear to whatever degree he believes himself to be temporary.

Questioner: I did not understand what you mean about one believing himself to be temporary.

Dadashri: 'I am Chandubhai*' is a temporary state and, when one believes he is 'Chandubhai*,' then he will be subject to fear. 'I am Shuddhatma - the pure Soul, nothing at all can happen to Me, I am eternal'; with this awareness, what is there to fear?

Questioner: Then there is no fear.

Dadashri: The experience of 'temporary' applies to non- Indians to a greater degree as compared to Indians. This is because of the belief of doership. 'I am the doer and these actions are of my own doing.' So here (in Indians) there is less fear. Non-Indians fly away like startled birds!

Related Spiritual Quotes by Param Pujya Dadashri:
1) What is the reason for fear? You consider yourself as temporary; Fear vanishes with the understanding - vision of 'I am the eternal Self'!
2) Soul is endowed with resultant bliss! One himself is Soul, no one else can take its happiness away from him. One is free of all pain and suffering by nature. He has tremendous (powerful) grandeur (splendor)! How can any misery affect him?
3) The root cause of all miseries of this worldly life is your own 'blunders' - Not knowing your Real Self (atma), and by believing that you are Chandubhai* you have made the one fundamental mistake upon which a series of mistakes continue to take place.

*Chandubhai = Whenever Dadashri uses the name 'Chandubhai' or the name of the person Dadashri is addressing, the reader should insert his or her name for exact understanding.