Fear

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Osho takes the reader step by step over the range of what makes human beings afraid—from the reflexive “fight or flight” response to physical danger to the rational and irrational fears of the mind and its psychology. Only by bringing the light of understanding into fear’s dark corners, he says, airing out closets and opening windows, and looking under the bed to see if a monster is really living there, can we begin to venture outside the boundaries of our comfort zone and learn to live with, and even enjoy, the fundamental insecurity of being alive.
Fear ends with a series of meditation experiments designed to help readers experience a new relationship with fear and to begin to see fears not as stumbling blocks, but as stepping stones to greater self-awareness and trust.
notes
Previously published as Fear Itself.
time period of Osho's original talks/writings
(unknown)
number of discourses/chapters
5   (see table of contents)


editions

Fear

Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Life

Year of publication : 2012
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 978-1-250-00623-3 (click ISBN to buy online)
Number of pages : 192
Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P
Edition notes : first edition October 2012

Fear

Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Life

Year of publication : 2012
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 978-1-250-02747-4 (click ISBN to buy online)
Number of pages : 190
Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : E
Edition notes :

table of contents

edition 2012
chapter titles
source of the compilation
1 Understanding Fear Itself
Where Does Fear Come? Where Does It Go?
Buried Alive
So Much to Do, So Little Time
Understanding Is the Key
Divine Insecurity
unknown
2 Scared to Death -- Exploring the Roots of Fear
Realities East and West
Psychological vs. Physical
Known vs. Unknown
Afraid of Life
unknown
3 Uncertain and Unknown -- The Mystery of Trust
From Knowlenge to Innocence
Trusting the Inner Voice
Move the Way Love Makes you Move
Drowning in Nothingness
The Prison of "I"
unknown
4 Make Love, Not Fear -- Trusting Oneself and Others
The Fear of Intimacy
Afraid of Yourself
The Other Side of Love
unknown
5 Finding a Way to Fearlessness -- Insights and Meditations
No Escape
Self-conscious or Self-aware?
Afraid to Be Silent
Whatever Frightens You, Go into It
Beware of the Two Extremes
Don't Be in a Hurry
Don't Make Fearlessness a Goal
Afraid to Exhale
If Fear Is There, Accept It
Nothing to Lose
Joy Is the Antidote
unknown