Food. Shelter. Safety. The most essential physical necessities for survival. These at the most basic level is all one needs to stay alive. If this is in scarcity, the basic need isn’t so hard to understand around the decisions and actions. And fortunately, many people are no longer concerned with these survival instincts, at least not the way primitive and ancient humans were.
What is ultimately the singularly universal, most primal fear we all share? The fear of… Judgment. Rejection. Separation. This is our universal primal fear that drives all fear-based decisions.
Judgment of being different, not good enough, or standing out too much, having different thoughts, ideas, opinions, being criticized, not meeting expectations, disappointment, failing. Being Rejected based on that judgment and ultimately being Separated from the “pack”.
Just think about how many decisions we make on a daily basis that isn’t based on not being judged, rejected and separated by “others”. How we talk. What we say. How we act. What we think. How hard we try. Our expectations of ourselves. Expectations from others. Why we say “yes”. Why we say “no”. What we think of ourselves. What we think others think of us. Why we do what we do.
But these fears are all imaginary, they’re illusions, stories we tell ourselves of the humiliation, rejection and excommunication. They are not threats to our literal survival but we treat them as if they were. Fearlessness is knowing, even if you have to endure the judgment, rejection and separation, you are ultimately invincible it. It will not “kill” you.
Fearlessness is freedom for you to be who you are.