Very true! Wanted to add: fear triggers a response from the amygdala, the part of our brain that floods our system with adrenaline in a fight or flight situation. Nowadays, we face very few situations like that - our fears are imagined fears, related to identity and social status, hardly anything to do with danger for life. When the amygdala floods the system with adrenaline, we experience stress and when this happens a lot, it can lead to physical damage. However, when we experience fear, we also have the opportunity to face the situation with our logical brain, located in the prefrontal cortex. The route between the prefrontal lobe and the sensory cells is much longer than the route between the sensory cells and the amygdala. That is why our first response will always be the instinctive one, the amygdala. Still, we can train to use our logical brain in the face of situations that trigger our fear. As we do this more, the connection between the sensory cells and the logical brain grows stronger and over time, the amygdala's response can become less frequent. It's a scientific topic, but has everything to do with building awareness and what spiritual teachers talk about when sharing the science of enlightenment. Your post points out the importance of understanding fear and putting fear back in the place where it belongs. Wanted to add that we really have the biological opportunity to do so :).
I love these topics, will follow you. See that you're new on Steemit, as are we (started a shared account with my husband, we have one on YouTube also). Would of course deeply appreciate a follow back :)
Thanks.. youre right about fear being imagined. You should write a book