Dear Rohail Bukhari:

I don’t think there is a way to  “move forward without fear”. We are alive, therefore we are afraid.

I think healing is about being  afraid of what really is a danger and no longer  being  afraid of what is not a danger. For example, people fear  their thoughts,  fearing thoughts by themselves can  cause bad things to  happen. This is a fear that  is not related to real d anger. That fear can  be silenced.

On the other hand, if we   handle a woodstove that  is hot, better be afraid  of  getting our hand burnt and be careful. Or if we are angry and feel  like talking abusively to another, better fear harming another and be careful, choose  our words.

In summary, healing/ mental health is about directing  our fear where it belongs, and feeling an  intensity of it that is appropriate to the situation, for example, not feeling terrified every time I find that food has spoiled and needs to be discarded (an example in  my  life).

anita