OFv3 - Only I will Remain...Reloaded

[Shannon]

Day 59

I imagine fear existing as three tiers. These tiers progress from the simplest/outermost fears to the most complex/innermost fears. Each of these tiers consists of sub-tiers like levels in a video game. Each tier and sub-tier is increasingly difficult to overcome due to the depth and robustness of its root. According to this image,  I feel like I'm at the final level of the simplest/outermost tier. It's not uncomfortable, but it's a fight.

I disagree with your concept of how the fears are structured and work.  Based on what I have seen and experienced, the simplest fears are the deepest and most difficult to deal with, because they arise from the most primitive parts of the awareness operating out of the most primitive parts of the brain.  They are built upon by other parts of the awareness with more awareness, which allows for more complex fears, and those are in turn built on by more aware parts capable of even more complex fears.

The issue we face in removing fears is not how complex they are; it's how primitive and irrational the awareness is at the level of the root fear.  Thus, the deeper we go, the harder it gets to deal with and remove the fear because the part of you experiencing the fear becomes less and less capable of thinking instead of acting instinctually.

That is not to say we cannot remove the root fears.  It's just a slow and challenging process right now.