Ignorance may be bliss when particular knowledge is of no practical utilize, but it is imperative to learn correctly about matters that bother or interest us. Marie Curie declared, ‘Nothing in life is to be feared, only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.’
She declared this almost a century ago, and it still holds special significance today, when access to knowledge is at our fingertips and just a tap away.
Fear sometimes consumes a person. It could be related to the future, advancing age, career, education, children, or the fear of being alone. It is declared that the time-tested chanting of the names of Vishnu, as in the Vishnu Sahasranam, rerelocates all fear of disease, old age and death.
Another elementary solution is to live simply in the present, as fearing the unseen robs one of today’s equanimity. Yet another way is to remember que sera, sera – what will be, will be – and that the future is not ours to see.
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