# Fear
- URL: https://www.petrikajander.com/fear/
- Author: Petri Kajander
- Date: 2004-08-05
- Language: en

Why do we fear everything that is unfamiliar to us (or, to put it differently, why are we uncomfortable with something new?)? Actually, how is it possible to fear something that is not known to us (i.e., understandable, defined, strange)?

We do not. We are only afraid of the things we know and have—we have nothing against the unknown. We simply are afraid of letting go of the past—afraid of the idea that we might have to part from the current state of affairs (i.e., possessions, friends, job, lifestyle, way of living, our point of view, etc.).

How do we stop fearing or getting angry? By letting go. When you give away—there is nothing left. No fear. That's freedom, eternal happiness.

We are not afraid of the fear—only the concept (i.e., idea)  
of the fear itself.