Originally Posted by kedar

How to overcome fear, eh? How to eradicate the sense of fear from the mind? Fear is mere illusion, really. Simply put, all you have to do is to see through it and detach yourself from its transient bondage. By doing so, fear is perished. It is not that simply to do so, however. You want the methods that Warrior Monks employ to surmount trepidation, eh? I will impart all that I know, except a method called dark withdrawl, so brace youself.

-Meditate. Find a comfortable place, sit down, close your eyes, and concentrate your mind on courage, and nothing else. I know, focusing your mind is not that easy, but all it takes is a lot of practice and self-discipline. Remember: You cannot conquer fear overnight! However, with daily practice of meditation, improvement is ought to be seen. So, practice, practice, and practice. If you want to prevail over something so attractive like fear, you must put forth even great effort to phase out the attraction. There is not other easy way. You just have to accept, exchange blows, and move on.

-Through The Divine God and by prayers. If you don't believe in God and prayers disregard the following, but if you do, just read on. Find time to visit a Temple, Church, or wherever you worship, and devote yourself on contemplatation. Calm and sensitize all of your senses through pure devotion to The Divine God. Accept the ubiquitous existence of The Infallible One, and find refuge through prayers. Oh, never underestimate the power of prayers! In addition, read sacred scriptures pertaining to your own religion or if you are like me, read others, too. Just don't let the mind to be a monkey, which jumps from one thing to the other, randomly. Control your mind and senses. Ha! Even the most experienced Monks cannot control their own mind. It is not simple, but practice.

-Through love, compassion, and others. Yeah, you can. Love provides courage, thereby fear can be stunned! I don't know, but there is so divine and powerful behind love that it lets you conquer everything even fear. No matter how stressful/fearful the situation, the power of love can act as an potent antidote against fear. It is hard to explained, but it can be experienced. Oh yeah, compassion lets you do the same, too. In addition, have confidence in yourself. It is crucial to believe in yourself to overcome fear. Without courage, the roads look cloudy, so have faith in yourself. Oh yeah, do all of the things that you possibly can to relax yourself, too.

To end, remember, you have to understand fear, to overcome fear. Without knowing what it is, how can you overcome it? That is a discussion for another time. Anyways! These are few of the methods that I know of, but there are even higher principles and practices, which are beyond the scope of discussion like dark withdrawl and the others, so I will leave it here. I hope that my post has lead to some enlightenment! .

Originally Posted by dark angel swordsman

i consume it and use it in my own twisted plans. in english terms, i use fear to my advantage fear nothing but death.