Inspiring dialogue between a monk and a man

 

Hooham: What is fear?

OrangeGuy: Fear is the projection of a memory from the past into the future. You cannot be afraid of something you haven’t experienced before.

Hooham: Why fear is created?

OrangeGuy: Depends on how your mind is designed to work. Fear is created from pain and ignorance. If you have experienced getting eaten by a crocodile before, you will feel the fear the next time you approach a crocodile. If you have listened to so many people talk in fear about something, you will experience fear when you experience that thing in your life.

Hooham: Can it be changed?

OrangeGuy: Yes, mind can be changed. But not until you are identifying yourself with the mind.

Hooham: Am I fear or am I fearless?

OrangeGuy: Whether you think you are fear or you think you are fearless, you are that.

Hooham: So from now on I will believe that I am fearless.

OrangeGuy: Whatever you believe, you become. Whatever you know, you are.