Conscious organisms are subject to fear. That’s a good thing—for the most part. In our ancestral past a well attuned fear-mechanism was a useful survival benefit. Notice we are talking about a properly adjusted fear-calibrator inside our skulls and not what we would all recognize as “skittishness,” or over-reacting to stimuli [particularly non-harmful stimuli.] Some see the goal of being fearless as wise, but in practice it is neither attainable or desirable. Fear is our “motion detector.” It is often our first-alarm system that tells us that danger is on the horizon and it is time to take steps to avoid or to prepare and rally resources to meet and thwart detected stimuli. Fear in this context does not mean paralyzed with inaction, it means the fearful emotive energy is re-directed/utilized as energy to engage what provoked the fearful reaction. If we see the wisdom of this evolved mechanism, we understand that seeking to be fearless is not ideal, but rather seek...
Examining & Resurrecting Indigenous Skills and Frontier Rough & Tumble Combat