Hi and welcome to Season 3 of Insight with Pratima Nagaraj,
A podcast that invites and empowers you to live an inspired life.
In today's podcast,
Move beyond your fears and create your life greater than what your fears make you believe.
Fear is one such thing that's been programmed into our consciousness almost as deeply as our very desire to seek happiness and to simply exist.
Fear of failure,
Fear of success,
Fear of being judged by others,
Fear of rejection,
Fear of death,
And many more,
It keeps popping its head very often in our lives.
We hold fear close to our heart more than love.
Fear is deeply familiar than any other emotion in our lives.
Fear manifests in different ways for each one of us.
It shows up in different intensities and varieties.
But deep within,
Deep down inside our guts,
They are all the same.
There is just one fear that I may not exist anymore.
All other fears are simply a reflection of this.
We all have to go through varieties of fears in order to really understand it,
To realize that fear only has power as long as we give it power,
As long as we make it significant and valuable,
As long as we don't recognize our true nature,
Our infinite self beyond this physical body.
Fear keeps us stuck in the known.
We are somewhere seeking comfort,
Security,
And safety because it is known.
We can't move away from fear unless we learn to move beyond what we know and plunge into the unknown.
The more we cling to what we know,
The more unaware we become.
Resist the temptation to stay in your comfort zone.
Resist the temptation to do what is only familiar to you.
Resist the temptation to do what you've been doing all these years.
Embrace the uncertainty and learn to love the discomfort that comes with lack of clarity because you can tread the unknown path only with total awareness.
Live life adventurously,
Beautiful one.
Remove the safety belts.
Let go.
Jump off the cliff.
It's only then you discover your hidden wings.
It's only through the adventure of life you grow,
You evolve,
And find more of yourself.
Nothing greater is born out of fear,
Ever.
When you feel like fear is crippling you and you're engulfed by it,
When you feel like fear,
Anxiety,
And uncertainty are driving your life,
Stop fighting it.
Stop running away because it's a never-ending battle.
There's nowhere to run,
Nowhere to hide but from you.
The more you fight,
The more powerful is its presence.
The farther you run,
The closer it gets to you.
Stop running,
Dear one.
Take a deep breath now and allow all those fears hidden deep within your heart to come up.
Feel them dearly as you would hold a sweet little bird.
Face your fears.
Allow them to surface.
Take a deep breath and gaze into its eyes.
Look at it with total compassion.
When fear knocks your door,
Welcome it with a loving heart.
You'll realize it's a small child waiting to be embraced.
Hold it with love,
Acknowledge its presence,
Lend a sympathetic ear,
And listen to the message it wants to convey.
It's here for a purpose.
Listen and receive the hidden voice of wisdom it holds and allow the truth to unfold.
Face the present moment and notice the fear melt away.
There's no past,
No future.
Fear can only exist when we cling on to the past or anticipate the future.
When there's only here and now,
There can be no fear.
