What you say here resonates 100% true with me. I practice and experience fearlessness every single day of my life when I skateboard. Could you imagine what kind of courage it takes to literally hurl yourself down a 12 stair handrail only to slam into the cement below, over and over again until I make the trick?

That type of stuff puts your mind through some vigorous training and really frees it in the process. I owe much of my current mindset to the “Skate Gods” for they have taught more than I could have ever asked.

Matthew

Great post my firend. Fear is totally something that stops so many people and put people into a state of non-action. I know that I have been there and have been overrun by fear. But moving through it and deciding to be in control has been the key for me.

Steve

I also came across this fantastic article from Deepak chopra on the same subject just today, that i think bears reproducing and suggests some more excellent approaches to releasing fear…mainly through moving our fears out of the mind and in to sensing them within the body from where we can more easily assist their release…

“Start releasing fear by reaching out and beginning to talk freely and expressively, about feeling afraid. If this seems impossible because you have been taught that fear is a sign of weakness, talk about that.

Guilt is a tremendous obstacle in this regard, and so is shame. But an opening must be found, and I believe the following steps are effective:

Be with your fear, seeing it as a bodily sensation. Think of this sensation as rooted in old energies that have been stored up. Ask that pent-up energy to flow out of your body. Assist this flow until you have released what is ready to leave right now.

Each step has its own technique. First, feeling fear as a bodily sensation gets it out of the realm of the mind. Fear has a voice. It speaks of many dangers; it accumulates scenarios of doom and whirls from one to the other without end.

As a voice, fear is extremely persuasive, yet the words are connected to bodily reactions. These are much easier to release than your thoughts. Thoughts come and go, often increasing in intensity the more you resist them. Bodily sensations are more objective.

First locate your bodily sensations of fear. These often include tightened muscles – first explore the susceptible areas of neck, forehead, chest, pit of the stomach, and lower back. Sometimes we feel pronounced weakness or heaviness in the limbs.

Fear and anxiety send up countless thoughts, but until you move the energy, attending to the thoughts will not bring lasting relief. Fear will just attach itself to a new set of thoughts. Ask for this unwanted energy to leave, and assist it to depart. This assistance, the most critical step, can be done through deep, relaxed breathing, listening, moving, making sounds, or toning.

Adapted from The Deeper Wound: Recovering the Soul from Fear and Suffering, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2001).”

Thanks for the great post. The ebook sounds like great value as well as a free download.
Johneal

Love the post about how fear is keeping you from your true potential. I operated from this place for a long time. I had the fear of failure and the fear of success. Yes it was a constant argument that took me a long time to resolve!

I've come to realize that fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. These thoughts must be CRUSHED if one is to overcome them and be truly successful. Thanks for your constant leadership and helping many to unlock their true potential.

Ken Pickard
The Network Dad