{"id":151303,"date":"2011-12-07T17:18:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T15:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/what-to-do-when-fear-comes\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:28:13","slug":"what-to-do-when-fear-comes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/en\/what-to-do-when-fear-comes\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do when fear comes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a question addressed to Osho. And here is how he responds:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy should you ask to do anything? When there is fear, be afraid! Why create a duality? When moments of fear come be fearful, tremble with fear, allow fear to take possession. Why this constant inquiry: What to do? Can\u2019t you allow life in any way to take possession of you?<\/p>\n

When love takes possession, what to do? Be loving! Don\u2019t do anything \u2014 allow love to take possession of you. When fear comes tremble like a leaf in a strong wind. And it will be beautiful. When it has gone you will feel so serene and calm, as when a strong storm passes by everything is still afterwards. Why always fight something?<\/p>\n

Fear comes \u2014 it is natural, absolutely natural. To think of a person who is without fear is impossible because he will be dead. Then somebody will be honking the horn on the road and a man without fear will go on, he will not bother. Then a snake will be on the path and a man without fear will not bother, he will go on. A man without fear will be absolutely foolish and stupid.<\/p>\n

Fear is part of your intelligence; nothing wrong in it<\/strong>.”<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2014 Osho<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

For me, the best part of the text above is Osho’s question: “Why must you do something? Why must you create a duality?”<\/i> This is one of his most vital messages\u2014to be total in what we experience, because it is precisely this totality that serves as the means for transformation. Transformation is the moving beyond duality, and as such, it leads to the birth of a love that also exists beyond the pendulum of emotions.<\/p>\n

Kameliya Hadzhiyska<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a question addressed to Osho. And here is how he responds: \u201cWhy should you ask to do anything? When there is fear, be afraid! Why create a duality? When moments of fear come be fearful, tremble with fear, allow fear to take possession. Why this constant inquiry: What to do? Can\u2019t you allow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":149319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[648],"tags":[692,667,662,814,681],"class_list":["post-151303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotional-intelligence","tag-duality","tag-fear","tag-feelings","tag-oshoen","tag-spiritual-teachers"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t