Handling Fears

[Minyatur]

In all, do we just "tough" our way through fears when they come up?

Or what's a good foundation in which to process fears?

Fear has been a major part of my journey. Sometimes it feels like I have a demon attached to me.

More than "toughing" your way through, you gotta seek to know why they're there and distill whether they are justified or not. Find their opposite charge when you feel them, a fear-less state of being free from these shackles. Let go and release them with your breath as you work the feeling of fear you experience. Breath it all out.

About the demon part. I had many occasions on higher spiritual states where I would start feeling fear out of nowhere. Never lasted long because it makes me scan my surroundings and usually I feel a presence and get interested in it which makes fear go away instantly. The entity or entities never sticked around in my case, I'd question them with a certain genuine interest. I think it's either to prevent something in meditation or your train of thought, or whatever reason. Here you can tell yourself both you and that entity share something that allow this link to happen, most probably something both of you need to learn to love within yourselves.

Anyway, the best thing to do with fear (or any other thing) is to work with it, to not let yourself be controlled by it.