We have learned fear, we know fear and we are comfortable with it. Fear is a vine, which has grown up with each of us. The roots are deep, the leaves healthy and we cannot fathom the reach of its tendrils. Our lives are led in reaction to fear, our choices colored by anxiety and our thoughts dogged by apprehension. Fear is the greatest obstacle to knowledge and understanding of ourselves.
Fear is woven into the tapestry of our lives.
Human beings took what nature gave them as instinct and have grown it up into an essential part of the modern human equation. We have intellectualized fear, creating a plethora of psychosis. We have even made fearing being afraid an issue of human character. Since shamans first crawled out of the mud they have recognized fear as the single greatest obstacle to their practices. The fears we learn as children stay with us and operate all our lives.