Now that the
three kinds of people have been generalized, let us see what drives them off
towards and away from their course. The course, as is well known by the general
people, is the goal or the desire to move ahead for many. From having a toy to
winning a Nobel Prize can all come under the same desire.
The goal is
always a far side view, and the path towards it always a tarnished or
unattended one. With the many kind of people around, majority being dull and
drawn away from reality, one always faces the negativity of an action they have
to take.
How come the
society be driven away from reality when they are actually living it? This is
the crazy part. Reality is where one accepts the turmoil and moves forward to
defeat them. But with growing time, not many get the courage to act as such.
They tend to live in a false reality which consists of false safety and
security. The worst is when they try to impart their crooked and tarnished
wisdom to others. And just as a virus multiplies into many, the false reality
is thus imparted into the developing minds, getting them into the troubled
stage of decision making.
What is courage?
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to get over it. Fear and
courage mutually coexists, just as good and bad. One has to realize that fear
is not the factor that draws one from success, but the lack of courage to overcome
it that draws them back. Fearing God and respecting him are thus two different
things; when you fear God, you live under the delusions of mortals, while when
you respect Him, you are under His direct protection. Unfortunately the words
have tarnished so badly by the many generations before us, and they sure will
do so later too.
With this kind
of trouble over them, they come over to the stage of making a decision, and
slowly the three kind of fear surfaces and grips them by their throat. Napoleon
Hills has describes many kinds of fears, and Eackhart Tolle has stated these as
reasons of drawing oneself from the present. But here I am only going to point out
the three major fears that bring people down.
Fear of
pain
This is perhaps
the least known fear for many, but for those who had faced it tend to keep away
from it. This is one thing people with sportsman spirit overcome, for it takes
a great deal of courage to overcome it. Once inflicted with pain, people fear
to face the trouble or anything similar to it. A small love failure can cause a
man to run away from someone who actually loves him. Being cheated in business
can cause him to start working under someone else. Fear of pain is so powerful,
and yet the weakest of the three major causes of fear I am going to state.
Fear of
loss
Fear of loss is a
different kind of fear, which mostly caused by losing something. If being in
pain and losing something are mutually interactive, then why are both
different? Because pain can be overcome by experiencing the whole thing again,
but fear of loss is something that can causes turmoil in the human minds. When
one has lost something, mind tends to seek protection from everything around
him, while fear causes mind to seek protection from that particular instance
alone. This can in turn create mystical tragedy in the person’s life too.
Fear of
the bad
This fear is
very much important, because it doesn’t require experience of anything ill. The
bad can be anything which you have only heard of from a friend, seen through
television or anything as such, but never experienced for one self. But as soon
as you have heard of it, mind develops a precautionary stage that can stop you from
attempting it. If you hear about a person choking to death while eating spaghetti,
mind doesn’t tell ‘Man! That’s unexpected!’ Instead it says ‘Man! It could’ve
been you!’
I am sure you
have met people who have said similar sentences to you. ‘He died while riding
his bike. What of it were us?’ ‘Why do you have to go out at night? Didn’t hear
that a girl was raped over there? You could be next!’ Inflicting fear of the
bad is the easiest thing anyone can do it, and you may not even have come
across it.
The fear of the
bad is the worst to come across, for it can prevent you from being creative or
productive. It can kill you off the roots. But yet there are people who develop
the courage and acts according to what their hearty says. Steve Jobs had once
said, “Listen to your instincts (heart) and do accordingly, for some reason it
knows what is right for you.” He is right. Mind wants you to be safe; heart
wants you to be happy. Happiness can be obtained only if one gets over fear.
So if you want
to start a business venture, the first thing you have to do is shut your ears
from everyone and your own mind, and open the doors of your heart. If you want
to ask a girl out, don’t think, just do it. If you want to have a start-up., just
start it up. You are the beginning and end of your life, no external factor
should design who you are and what you can do, because the external factors are
only meant to throw stones when you are sinned and praise you when you are
hailed.
They who have
the courage to face the indefinite can meet up with what they want. They who
want to take the road not taken should just take them. As they say in the
Alchemist, “When you want something, all the universe conspires in making it
come true.” Believe in what you want to do, and just do it.
Remember the
words from the poem Invictus, the favorite poem of Nelson Mandela: “I am the master
of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.”
Repeat with me: I
shall not give up for anyone’s influence. This is my life, this is my choice,
this is my dream, and I shall not step back till I win my dream.
Success shall be
yours.
My references:
1. Power of Now: Eackhart Tolle
2. Think and Grow Rich: Napoleon Hills
3. Invictus: William Ernest Henley
4. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho
5. The Road Not Taken: Robert Frost
