Fear exists because I don't understand something.
I haven't experienced it directly, and haven't encountered it continiously. If I'm very afraid of something I begin having nightmares and unwarrented thoughts. These are abstractions to an actual experience. For a simple example, I might develop a shyness to the cold as it bites my tender skin. Anybody would tell you that to feel sensitive to the cold is a natural response, but if I haven't understood this myself I might think myself to have an alien quality towards the cold and become afraid to experience it.
Fear is only an abstraction, it's a shadow of an experience we are still hesitant to get to know. Fear is not a foe so don't make an enemy out of it. A fighter's whip can give his arm farther reach, thrust, and velocity, and also focus these forces upon it's tip; In the same way fear can be handled as an extension of myself, a pointer of what to understand, and perhaps a hint of how to approach that very same fear.
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