Facing Fear!

[zenmaster]

having control is part of the illusion.

Yes and can you really relinquish this control? Nope. The 3D mind works and we learn by virtue of its mechanism of identification. You may be more "in the present" and not try to "control the future", having replaced the latter with "faith". However, because as Ra relates we can't really understand here, what we experience must become part of us in one way or another which demands the conscious act of "control".

Fear is emotional feedback due to lack of acceptance. When you look at what it's protecting you are providing opportunity to acknowledge self. The circumstances of the fear-provoking idea may be allegory for what has yet to be accepted. (i.e. not "acknowledged" at work). Some circumstances may be recalled to shed light on the fear-idea association, while other experiences may be more deeply buried due to trauma (emotional) or misunderstanding of circumstances (the connection is not there).