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battlefields pale into insignificance when man contends with internal enemies. He was fearless and therefore truly free - real freedom when soul is free from all karmic matters.
Fear is the most common and the most natural emotion. Fear has been called mother of all emotions. Fear is a rather uncomfortable experience that often upsets people. Aggression, anger and cruelty are manifestation of fear in their essence and lead to disruption of brain functions and can be dangerous to the point where it leads to decay of personality. Whatever we feel manifests in our body. Toxic emotions - fear, anger, hatred, frustration, resentment, grief, loneliness, sadness and dejection are ferocious germs that keep eroding ones health and consequently make one sick. The digestive fluid in the body get disturbed under fear and anger. Fear and shock in mind make our body tense.
Fear is the biggest factor of tension and stress. It has direct impact on whole of the system of the body. Body chemical and metabolism are disturbed. Fear commonly occurs with shifts in the work of the nervous system, causes sudden increase in heartbeat, resulting in the weakening of lungs which is a vast source of strength, enlarged pupils and slows down excretion of acids and fluids (saliva) and influx of adrenalin in blood that supplies muscles with extra oxygen and minerals and may cause psychosomatic disorders. The tension and agitations caused by them are felt for a long time. The immune system or the immunity power of the body seems to be greatly affected by mental level of unhappiness and emotional distress, which fear brings.
Mahavira said, “One who is fearful gives up the
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