Transforming Fear

"Love what you hate, and it will lose power over you." This was the message that Saqib received as he woke up one morning after a long night of suffering. Through this practice, you will learn how to love your fears and, eventually, transform them. As you delve deep into the labyrinth of your fears, he will transport you to a realm of profound introspection. Unveil the hidden stories behind your fears, untangle their intricate knots, and witness the alchemy of transformation as you emerge with newfound courage, ready to conquer life's challenges with unwavering strength and serenity. If you like the meditation, check out Saqib's course here on Insight Timer: "Shadow Work For Healing & Authenticity."

Transcript

There was a time in my life when I was experiencing some profound fears.

And these fears affected me a lot.

So one morning I woke up and I heard this voice in my head.

And this voice said,

Love what you hate and it will lose power over you.

Love what you hate and it will lose power over you.

I welcome you to this meditation called transforming fear.

And this voice in my head that I was talking about was some entity or something that was telling me that I need to face my fears.

I need to love my fears.

I need to stop resisting my fears.

I need to stop hating my fears.

And I need to embrace them.

I need to have a conversation with them.

And this is precisely what we will do in this session today,

In this meditation today.

We will talk to our fears and we will see that what happens.

Because I believe that once we have a conversation with our fears,

Once we embrace our fears and talk to them,

I feel that they have something immensely powerful to teach us.

And that teaching can lead to a great transformation.

So in this meditation,

What we will do is we will give a personality to our fear.

Or in other words,

We will personify our fear.

Now the problem with fear is that we can't really see our fear.

And hence it becomes difficult to talk to our fear.

So that is why we are giving a personality to this fear,

So that we can have a conversation with it.

So in this meditation,

What you can do is you can see your fear as a person.

You can give it a personality.

And what I like to do is I see my fear as a person who looks just like me,

But is a very fearful version of me.

Someone who is totally embodying that fear.

So without further ado,

Let's get started.

You can get into a comfortable posture and then you can gradually close your eyes.

Allow your body to relax,

Your mind to relax.

Let's start with becoming aware of our breath.

So bring your awareness to your breath and just observe your breath as it goes in and out of your body.

Let your awareness follow the flow of your breath.

And this time as you breathe in,

Visualize that you are breathing in white light.

And as you breathe out,

Visualize that you are breathing out thick black smoke.

Through this black smoke,

Through your out-breath,

You are releasing the fear from your body.

Continue breathing in white light and breathing out black smoke.

And now this black smoke that you are breathing out is transforming.

It is turning into a person.

This energy is getting accumulated and has become a person now.

This is your fearful self.

This is your fear personified.

Visualize this fearful version of you.

Your fearful self is sitting right in front of you.

Notice the clothes that they are wearing.

Notice their body language.

Notice their facial expressions.

Notice the fear in their eyes.

And now you will ask three questions to your fearful self.

And this fearful self of yours will talk to you.

So the first question you ask is,

When did you enter my life?

When did you enter my life?

And let your fearful self answer.

Take your time to listen to what your fearful self has to say.

And now you ask the second question.

What are you trying to teach me?

What are you trying to teach me?

And now you ask the third question.

How can I use you to my advantage?

How can I use you to my advantage?

And now if you feel like it,

You can say something to your fearful self.

Or if you feel like it,

You can also give a warm loving embrace to your fearful self.

And then gradually bring your awareness back to the presence of your body and your surroundings.

And then slowly in your own time,

You can come out of the practice.

So how was this conversation with your fearful self for you?

Did you get any insights?

I would love to know.

Take care.

Reviews

Thanks so much for this , I could relate to the questions- my answers were to have faith and surrender- wondering if you have any guided meditations on these 🙏🏽

I will (have to) explore this much more as-intentionally or unintentionally- the answers were very vague and garbled.
I’m signing up to your course and going to explore it more.
Thank you for getting me started on this journey.🌷

This meditation was so insightful for me that I am saving it. Thank you Saqib 🙏

This was a really great brief meditation just in those three questions I was able to recognize so much and I’m hoping now to take some actions that I’ve been wanting to take knowing I should take them, but being held back by my own fear. Thank you so much and I am definitely going to look into your course on the shadow.

Very helpful in helping me to face my own fears to help another. Thank you. ❤️🩷💥💫💚❤️

This was extremely helpful for me. Currently going through a tough relationship, and this helped me to see where my struggles with it are. Thank you for this, it helped me a lot this morning. I’ve got better clarity and insight on what’s going on.

Thank you Saqib, definitely need to become more comfortable communicating with my fears💙🌲

Thanks for this great visualization guided meditation, I needed it today for my yesterday's class presentation which i was going to skip. ❤️

I enjoyed this novel approach and loved the calm pace and voice

This was what I needed - hug my fearful self
Thanks

Loved it .It is possibly going to help me overcome my fears.

Amazing in that in my real life i feel as though i have met the person who does embody my fears, and it has been said we are all mirrors and we attract what we are, so im sensing quite a journey ahead. I would not have recognized any of this if it werent for your course on shadow work for authenticity and healing and now loving what you fear. Oddly, im wondering if this could be the love my life has been ripening for on my journey to becoming a whole person. Im 68 years old and feel like the universe is giving me green lights spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, and at last the true manifestation of what disease represents in this worlds’ amazingly perfect existence. MR, San Diego, CA

Good for when you need to go deep and transform fear!

Thank you. I learned that my fear is wanting me to consider that circumstances and people may actually be here to help me live a more joyous life. I had a serious accident a couple of days after this meditation and the white light visualization has been very helpful 🙏

thanks Saqib, your calm manor and voice helped me settle into a place where i could ask my fears these questions. my fears are simply trying to keep me safe especially since i was abused by two older siblings from a very young age. my fear just assume i never leave the house. and lastly i agreed to honor my fear as i continue to live my life and respect its desire to keep me safe 🙏 namaste

Thank you so much! I felt comforted and at peace with my fearful self.

I had a hard time getting answers to the questions. But I’ll return to this meditation because I think there may be some powerful answers. Thank you❤️

Gorgeous .. What a beautiful way to surrender into fear. Thank you .

Saqib, what can I say? The profundity of your flawless meditation has effortlessly brought deep and sad emotions to the surface!?

What a powerful and emotional experience it was. My fearful persona was happy to see me and so was I❗We both had so much to offer to each other. I embraced my fearful me and somehow through my tears, a transformation took place as my fear has become my goalpost to lean on because now my being can walk through my darkness by following my fearful persona into the light.

We shall both become fearless together. More so we both respect and love one another after practising this powerful practice - 🌑⚡️🔆 🫂

Much love, courage and light ❤️🙏🏻🌻

Thank you . My fear started as a little girl. I had loving parents that worked hard, but I was by myself a lot. I was the only child, scared at night even sleeping next to my parents. My mom is 94, I have the worry about her , on my own. I want to leave the little fearful girl behind. She told me I am a big girl now and can do this . Facing fears is not easy but important.