Fear: Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Life
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Summary
A journey through what makes human beings afraid， into a new relationship with our fears
In Fear: Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Life， 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。
In Fear: Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Life， 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。
Reviews
Cynthia_entrelineas
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Todos tenemos miedo。。 pero el miedo nos limita。 Me gusto。。 de vez en cuando es bueno recordar estas cosas。
Ganesh D
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The best book for all age group and all time。
Swati Sonawane
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If you have read other books of Osho， this will come across as repetitive。Beware of Misogynistic statements which are quite common in Osho's writing。 If you have read other books of Osho， this will come across as repetitive。Beware of Misogynistic statements which are quite common in Osho's writing。 。。。more
Sagarika Shrote
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When reading it， I felt that I already knew everything but still felt renewed， like fresh energy pulsating throughout me。
Malak
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Although the perspectives in the book are great and the manner they were presented was even better。 I found contradiction in his definition of fear and a lack of research in a couple of topics that he often repeated。 He claim to be absent of fear yet some of his sentences claim otherwise。 I would recommend this book for a fresh new prospective on fear， but would say keep an open mind and read more about the claims mentioned as not all are scientifically true。
Lujain Almarsomi
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A useless book。
Nhi Luu
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I agree with the author that we fear for nonexistent thing。 I’m unsecured and I have fears; fears of being alone， living life， being loved and loving others。 Fears are not existed unless I keep thinking， worry about its arrival。 It will come when it comes。 The more I’m afraid of， the faster I am pulling it closer。 Life is revolved uncertainties。 Whoever I am with， whatever I have， I will have my only self and own my only self at the end of the day， and for the rest of my life。 While I’m afraid o I agree with the author that we fear for nonexistent thing。 I’m unsecured and I have fears; fears of being alone， living life， being loved and loving others。 Fears are not existed unless I keep thinking， worry about its arrival。 It will come when it comes。 The more I’m afraid of， the faster I am pulling it closer。 Life is revolved uncertainties。 Whoever I am with， whatever I have， I will have my only self and own my only self at the end of the day， and for the rest of my life。 While I’m afraid of my love one might or will leave me one day， I should enjoy his presence。 If I have enjoyed the moment enough， I have had him enough， I’ll be ready when he leaves。 Likewise， if I have enjoyed living my life， I’ll stop worrying about the death， the past， the future， I’ll have no fears when death comes。 I also like the very last chapter in the book when he mentioned the reason we cannot love ourselves is that we don’t accept ourselves。 We’re fighting to change， to pretend to be someone else or to become a standard of others’ expectations。 We cannot love others unless we love ourselves first。 I kept loving， giving the best and all of mine to everyone and the one I should have loved firstly， but I forgot was me， myself。 Since I didn’t love myself， I ran out of love to give others。 I must accept who I am， my weakness as well as my strength。 The part I didn’t agree was that the author explained we are fearful of living because we are afraid of death。 However， I’m the person who is waiting for death， but I’m terrified of life sometimes。 Maybe for this perspective of his point， it doesn’t fit for my case。 。。。more
Mariah Hernandez Rivera
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This book opens up the panorama of what we are afraid of， why it arises and what can be done。This book what I leave for my whole life is that whoever fears death fears life since you are like ying and yang complement each other。In addition to the content， it has meditations to control fear。 For these moments of anguish due to the pandemic， it can help you calm down and understand that fear is part of life。
Hazlitt
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~ Osho's writing， just as a run-of-the-mill one。 While reading the book， I can sense that there are many resemblances to the classic self-help books。 Some portions of the book are so contemplative， but to my disappointment， the remaining section is just a half-pie of research works and his spontaneous thoughts are also indulged vaguely。•~ The book depicts the preconception of apprehension， uncertainty， the exploration of the origins of fear， ego， self-love， death-based fear， trust， love， intimac ~ Osho's writing， just as a run-of-the-mill one。 While reading the book， I can sense that there are many resemblances to the classic self-help books。 Some portions of the book are so contemplative， but to my disappointment， the remaining section is just a half-pie of research works and his spontaneous thoughts are also indulged vaguely。•~ The book depicts the preconception of apprehension， uncertainty， the exploration of the origins of fear， ego， self-love， death-based fear， trust， love， intimacy， meditation， etc。•~ The psychological and philosophical aspects of terror are conveyed by the highly recognized and controversial deity， but the book incurs from a particularly limited interpretation of the utterance。 He also stresses the message about social traits like not all the values that society imposes need to be valid。 You as a separate entity， exclusively the byproduct influenced by the environment， parent， friends， family that reinforces an individual but coming out to light and thinking out of it can aid oneself to come up with the real identity while analyzing the strict insistence on individuality。 。。。more
Bajram
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This was my first Osho book。 Initially I kept it up to learn about fear， but I learned much more。 Nietzsche used to have a motto on his wall: LIVE DANGEROUSLY。 When somebody asked him: "Why have you written this" he said， "Just to remind me， because my fear is tremendous"。 Everyone experiences fear in the face of the unknown。 Fear is such a powerful and destructive force as it doesn't let us grow。 It lets us shrink。 Osho argues that， once a person is teathered to the known he is dead （metaphoric This was my first Osho book。 Initially I kept it up to learn about fear， but I learned much more。 Nietzsche used to have a motto on his wall: LIVE DANGEROUSLY。 When somebody asked him: "Why have you written this" he said， "Just to remind me， because my fear is tremendous"。 Everyone experiences fear in the face of the unknown。 Fear is such a powerful and destructive force as it doesn't let us grow。 It lets us shrink。 Osho argues that， once a person is teathered to the known he is dead （metaphorically）。 I think that's very true。 Life therefore can only be lived dangerously， there is no other way。 If we want to live perfectly safe， than life is not possible。 Then we are already dead。 Insecurity is the very stuff that life is made of。 Everything can happen at any time。 We can't control it。 The people who think they are secure are simply fools。 Nobody can be secure while being alive。 Only until up the age of five humans truly learn。 We learn only through trial and error。 If we stop making errors we stop learning too。 Then we get programmed in certain ways and we get clever and efficient in those ways and at the same time we get more conservative， more orthodox， we seek security in what we already know。 People who stop learning get neurotic， neurosis is a kind of non-learning。 We only rely on what we already know。 Fear arises every time the unknown appears。 What I learned through thi book is， we basically have to be aware of our emotions as our driving forces， not only of fear but of all of them。 And then we have to understand and accept them as those emotions are part of life。 It doesn't help to fight emotions， to surpress them， because emotions constitue us。 We have to understand them。 In a sense reading Osho feels like deprogramming myself from all conditionings and ideologies I've accumulated over the years。 As Gabor Mate says: "Your thoughts shape the world but first the world shapes your thoughts"。 It's true， Osho keeps repeating himself over and over in different variations， but it didn't get boring， it rather helped me to reflect and integrate the key insights into my daily life。 Reading Osho gives me more self-awareness， helps me to be more courageous， more kind， less judgemental， more living in the moment and enjoy the little things， more accepting， less angry， more loving， less ego。 He fundamentally teaches me to be myself and live life fully。 。。。more
Naeem Parvez
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Great bed time read
Tina Koke ♡
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I would say that Osho was going around the point a bit too much。 I like the idea of criticism he put onto the book， but not enough for entertaining reader's focus。 I would say that Osho was going around the point a bit too much。 I like the idea of criticism he put onto the book， but not enough for entertaining reader's focus。 。。。more
Marisa Fernandes
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De todos os livros de Osho lidos até hoje （e já são alguns）， este parece-me ser o mais essencial e talvez o mais adequado para ler nestes difíceis e incertos tempos que estamos a viver。 O medo tem na sua base o medo da morte e， de acordo com o autor， apodera-se de nós logo na nossa infância de forma inconsciente。 Mas。。。 Tem também a ver com o tempo e， por inevitabilidade， com a ideia de finitude。 É uma neurose， um mecanismo da mente。Por outro lado， relaciona-se sempre com algo no futuro。 É a au De todos os livros de Osho lidos até hoje （e já são alguns）， este parece-me ser o mais essencial e talvez o mais adequado para ler nestes difíceis e incertos tempos que estamos a viver。 O medo tem na sua base o medo da morte e， de acordo com o autor， apodera-se de nós logo na nossa infância de forma inconsciente。 Mas。。。 Tem também a ver com o tempo e， por inevitabilidade， com a ideia de finitude。 É uma neurose， um mecanismo da mente。Por outro lado， relaciona-se sempre com algo no futuro。 É a ausência de amor， o apego ao desejo。 Osho lembra-me neste livro um outro autor de que gosto bastante， o norueguês Jostein Gaarder， mais conhecido pela sua obra "O Mundo de Sofia"。 Gaarder dedica-se na maior parte dos seus livros a esta ideia de vida-morte， celebrando a vida sem esquecer que quem dá a vida dá， de igual modo， a morte。 E este livro do medo de Osho debruça-se muito sobre esta temática， uma das que mais e muito me fascina。Ler "Fear: Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Life" é uma libertação， um empurrão corajoso， sobretudo quando nos sentimos tão pequenos perante o desconhecido， o incerto e o difuso。。。Termino apenas referindo que， até à data， este livro não se encontra disponível em português， em Portugal。 As duas últimas edições estão esgotadas pelo menos desde há cerca de dois anos， quando comecei a minha descoberta Oshiana， o que é uma pena porque este tema é um essencial。 p。s。: Na edição que li em inglês， a capa de fundo azul claro está cheia de borboletas， sendo que enquanto simbolo as borboletas representam a imortalidade da alma。 。。。more
Abhinav Chada
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I had heard of Osho for all the wrong reasons。 There was a recent Netflix documentary on him as well。 But I came across one of his speeches on fear on youtube which really got my attention。After re-reading it， I realized that reading Osho needs a slightly different mindset and there are reasons to it。 First， the text is a kind of transcript of his lectures， so the language felt crude。 The terms Osho uses might have a different meaning in the dictionary but he goes on explaining what he really in I had heard of Osho for all the wrong reasons。 There was a recent Netflix documentary on him as well。 But I came across one of his speeches on fear on youtube which really got my attention。After re-reading it， I realized that reading Osho needs a slightly different mindset and there are reasons to it。 First， the text is a kind of transcript of his lectures， so the language felt crude。 The terms Osho uses might have a different meaning in the dictionary but he goes on explaining what he really intends to convey。 Second， Osho's tone can be said subversive to some extent。 So， the reader needs to be patient and read the book with an open， empty mind。The way Osho has dissected the idea of fear， it's origin and it's implications， makes this book worth reading。 Anyone who can take out the central idea and the gist of the book will find this book interesting。 The only downside I found was its repetitive text in some chapters。 。。。more
Ayush Lakhotia
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It will not be justified to summarise this book。 Every sentence has a deeper meaning and the book constantly persuades you to accept your insecurities and your fears。 As per Osho， you should be afraid of love and not fear。 Fear is not the problem， love is。 Fear is just an absence of love。 How can you be afraid of something which doesn't exist？Similarly， he talks about how the society conditions you to be fearful always because once you fear them ， only then they can tell you the rules and eventu It will not be justified to summarise this book。 Every sentence has a deeper meaning and the book constantly persuades you to accept your insecurities and your fears。 As per Osho， you should be afraid of love and not fear。 Fear is not the problem， love is。 Fear is just an absence of love。 How can you be afraid of something which doesn't exist？Similarly， he talks about how the society conditions you to be fearful always because once you fear them ， only then they can tell you the rules and eventually control you。 One who is in deep love has no fear and as a result cannot be controlled。 Prayer is one more such technique which they tell you will help you stay away from misery。 It is just a template which you keep on repeating and inturn develop fear of God。 If we are indeed children of God， then why will he ever punish us？The first step towards living a life without fear is to accept death。 Death is the underlying cause of any form of fear always。 One must accept that life is only fun when uncertainty looms over it。 Death is that uncertainty。 A rose will become a plastic if it doesn't have to fear death。 Will you ever appreciate a plastic rose？ If you want to enjoy life， you will have to enjoy death as well。 They go hand in hand。 Being afraid of one inturn means that you are afraid of the other。 。。。more
Laurent Szklarz
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Andrea
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stopped reading after this: "So for millions of years women have been completely denied their birthright。 That’s why they have become so bitchy， so continuously nagging， always ready to fight。 There is no possibility of having a conversation with a woman。 You are living with a woman for years， but there is not a single conversation that you can recall when you both were sitting together talking about great things of life。 No， all that you will remember will be fighting， throwing things， being na stopped reading after this: "So for millions of years women have been completely denied their birthright。 That’s why they have become so bitchy， so continuously nagging， always ready to fight。 There is no possibility of having a conversation with a woman。 You are living with a woman for years， but there is not a single conversation that you can recall when you both were sitting together talking about great things of life。 No， all that you will remember will be fighting， throwing things， being nasty！ But the woman is not responsible for it。 She’s being deprived of her whole possibility of blissfulness。 The n she becomes negative。" 。。。more
Ahmed Faiq
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“Don’t move the way fear makes you move。 Move the way joy makes you move – not out of fear， because all so-called religions are based on fear。 Their God is nothing but fear， and their heaven and hell are nothing but projections of fear and greed。 Rumi’s statement is very revolutionary: ‘Do not move because of fear。’ All the religions say to people， ‘Fear God！’…“You all have been living out of fear。 Your relationships are out of fear。 Fear is so overwhelming – like a dark cloud covering your life “Don’t move the way fear makes you move。 Move the way joy makes you move – not out of fear， because all so-called religions are based on fear。 Their God is nothing but fear， and their heaven and hell are nothing but projections of fear and greed。 Rumi’s statement is very revolutionary: ‘Do not move because of fear。’ All the religions say to people， ‘Fear God！’…“You all have been living out of fear。 Your relationships are out of fear。 Fear is so overwhelming – like a dark cloud covering your life – that you say things which you don’t want to say， but fear makes you say them。 You do things which you do not want to do， but fear makes you do them。 A little intelligence is enough to see。” Truly awesome， inspiring and beautiful， there is everything you can expect， about this important side of our life， Fear and how much influence it has on us and how we behave upon its effects on us， all this is answered fantastically in this book。 There are a lot of differences between Osho and other spiritual teachers I have followed， those differences made me hesitate to go to him， to read his books， until one day I saw this book while wandering round the market， and picked it。 Not long after that I started， since I had finished reading （The power of Now） recently， it was another option to continue on the same journey， within the same charming world。 But when started reading it， it was baffling how fluent is this book， how easily written without any effort， as if the writer is reading from another open book in front of him， The book of Being， or anything with all the spiritual power， his teachings are so convincing and direct， and the advises are as easy as not doing anything at all at sometimes， and waiting for all the gains and the good results。 The question that rises itself is that， are all the other books by Osho as beautiful？ If it is like that， it will be a real fortune to sail into the ocean of this great man。 。。。more
Zoe Jennings
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Incredibly helpful book and one that I keep coming back to。
Suzanne
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I read 13 Osho's books。 I like them to read。 It is easy， positive and Osho's world。At least while reading， we forget about our reality and wish to meditate each day。The book is published in 2012。I love the cover page of all Osho's books and the titles， we wish to dive in。Pay attention and be critical when reading Osho's books。 I read 13 Osho's books。 I like them to read。 It is easy， positive and Osho's world。At least while reading， we forget about our reality and wish to meditate each day。The book is published in 2012。I love the cover page of all Osho's books and the titles， we wish to dive in。Pay attention and be critical when reading Osho's books。 。。。more
Dilveen Ebrahim
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He explains fear from another poit and makes the reader think out of the ordinary。Accepting something that we told was a bad thing is not easy but while reading this book you would like to be in constant danger！Not only fear， death，love，pain。。。etc as well。
Saurav Singh Khekhaliya
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This book considered little things about life， how fear controls our life and what we can do against it。 And these all things are written in a very simple way so everyone can understand， everyone can change the way of living their life。 In short， this is beautiful， it can open a different dimension of life， a life of no fear， a life of accepting things， a life of freedom。
Laveen
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Not the greatest book but it still has some good parts : -you can run from a rope thinking that it is a snake if you come back and look closely and observe you will laugh at the whole stupidity。 this rope situation， might be similar to your fears too。-what is fear made of ？ fear is made of ignorence of one's own self 。-in the book it talks about meditation as it says : meditation is when you are not doing anything at all when the mind is not functioning at all the non functioning of the mind is Not the greatest book but it still has some good parts : -you can run from a rope thinking that it is a snake if you come back and look closely and observe you will laugh at the whole stupidity。 this rope situation， might be similar to your fears too。-what is fear made of ？ fear is made of ignorence of one's own self 。-in the book it talks about meditation as it says : meditation is when you are not doing anything at all when the mind is not functioning at all the non functioning of the mind is the meditation no chanting ， no mantra ，no image， no concentration。 one just simply is in that iness the ego disappears， and with the ego the shadow of the ego disappears。-this is a simple logic ， a simple arthimatic ， before searching anywhere else please search within yourself the world is vast， you will be lost in the search so first look within yourself。 maybe what you are looking for is already there。-live dangerously！ it is your life ， don't sacrifice it for any sort of foolishness that has been taugh to you。- each moment whatsover you are doing you are doing do it tottaly 。 simple things - taking a bath ; take it totally forget the whole world ; sitting sit， walking ， walk。wobble:sit under the shower and let the whole exsistance fall on you 。 be merged with those beautiful drops of water falling o you 。 small things : cleaning the house ， preparing food ，washing clothes ，going for a morining walk - do them totally then there is no need for any meditation。 - meditatation is nothing but a way to learn how to do a thing totally once you have learned make your whole life a meditation ， forget all about meditation ，and then time dissapears ，and rememeber when time dissapears ，death dissapears ，then you are not afraid of death ，in fact you wait 。 -if you start living in the moment fear dissapears ， fera comes through desires ，so basically desire creats fear。 look into it whenever there is fear see where it is comming from ，what desire is creating it and then see the futility of it。-if you meditate deeply and reach to your inermost center you will suddenly find an internal life current。- the inner quality of your being defines your ultimate reality。- you are already what you want to be， just a small thing is missing very small。 wake up！ in your walking you are a buddah。-the authors suggestion : when there is pain go deeply into it， don't avoid it， let it be so， be open to it become as sensitive as possible。 let the pain and it's arrow penetrate you to your very core 。suffer it。 and when the pleasure comes ， let that too move you to your innermost core 。 dance it。when there is pain be with pain ， and when there is pleasure be with pleasure become so tottaly sensitive that each moment of pain and pleasure is a great adventure 。 if you can do this， you will undrestand that pain too is beautiful， it is as beautiful as pleasure。- whatsoever exsistance gives you try to find a way to use it in such a way that it becomes a creative growth situation for you。- why would people watch television all day ？ one has to look into the psychology these people simply don't want to know anything about themselves， these people are trying to avoid themselves by watching television。 television is a substitude， otherwise having so much time you will have to look inward and that is a fear。-this is the inner alchemy : a problem disappears if you accept it and a problem grows more and more complex if you creat any conflict with it。 。。。more
Zahraa Maytham
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In this book， Osho talks about fear and from where does it originate。 He talks about physical and psychological fears。 He attributes all fears to the fear of death which I found interesting。 He also raises questions such as is it important to be afraid？ Should we avoid fear or should we accept it？ Is it necessary to drop out all fears or is it okay to keep certain ones？ Then he mentiones some meditative ways to deal with fear。This is one of my least favorite books of Osho。 It just wasn't what I In this book， Osho talks about fear and from where does it originate。 He talks about physical and psychological fears。 He attributes all fears to the fear of death which I found interesting。 He also raises questions such as is it important to be afraid？ Should we avoid fear or should we accept it？ Is it necessary to drop out all fears or is it okay to keep certain ones？ Then he mentiones some meditative ways to deal with fear。This is one of my least favorite books of Osho。 It just wasn't what I expected。 I thought it would talk more about fear of life than fear of the death so I felt the title was misleading。 Also， reading several of his books just made me notice of how repetitive he that it kinda felt boring at times。 。。。more
Shanya
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I wish that OSHO was still alive！ I have so many questions to ask himWisdom comes through suffering and wisdom comes through acceptance。 Whatsoever the case， be at ease with it。 Don’t take any notice of the society and its condemnation。 Nobody has the right to judge you and nobody can pretend to be a judge。 Don’t judge others， and don’t be perturbed and disturbed by others judgment。You are alone and you are unique。 You never were before， you never will be again。 You are beautiful！ Accept it。 Soo I wish that OSHO was still alive！ I have so many questions to ask himWisdom comes through suffering and wisdom comes through acceptance。 Whatsoever the case， be at ease with it。 Don’t take any notice of the society and its condemnation。 Nobody has the right to judge you and nobody can pretend to be a judge。 Don’t judge others， and don’t be perturbed and disturbed by others judgment。You are alone and you are unique。 You never were before， you never will be again。 You are beautiful！ Accept it。 Soon， suffering will become learning， then it becomes creative。Fear will give you fearlessness， out of anger will come compassion。 Out of understanding of hate， love will be born to you。 But this happens not in a conflict， this happens in a passing through with alert awareness。 Accept， and pass through 。。。more
Bernard Sia
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simple yet hard to follow :p
Abhijit Chougule
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Covers every aspect of the fear in very simple manner。 Loved it。 Always enjoy reading osho。
Igor Đukić
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I recommend reading Courage after this bookSome interesting quotes:Fear Is Just an Absence of Love。You cannot destroy darkness because it is not there in the first place。 Note the fact that darkness is there – and then start working on how to bring in light。Fear Is a Passive Form of Anger。The Idea of Ego Creates the Fear of DeathFear is natural， guilt is a creation of the priests。 Guilt is man-made。Love yourself and then you will love everything else
Girish
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Helped me a lot w my anxiety
Tara Brabazon
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