The root cause of fear is past karma and it’s likely effect on our destiny. Karmic account gets updated by actions, words and even thoughts.
Thinking bad about someone (or something), saying bad about someone behind their back or on their face and doing bad to someone, all equally add up to the karmic account that makes you fear your destiny (future) in the subconscious mind.
Similarly, thinking good about someone (or something), saying good things behind their back or on their face and doing good to someone, all equally add up to the karmic account that makes you confident and fearless about your destiny (future) in the subconscious mind.
In order to completely get rid of fear, practice two things daily:
- Seek genuine forgiveness from your heart to anyone or anything that you may have intentionally or unintentionally hurt in this life or past lives.
- Be very very conscious of not creating any future karma that can hurt someone/something irrespective of how much external pressure and stress you are subjected to. All external pressures will disappear sooner or later. Just be silent and let them pass. They are like a storm that comes and goes. This level of calmness and silence can be achieved only through consistency in meditation and being fully aware of what you should not do when faced with external pressures and stresses.