In this video, Tom Campbell talks about his process of getting rid of our fears. If you're not familiar with Tom's work, much of it centers around the idea that consciousness if fundamental. He does extensive work on how to have out of body experiences, and talks about many esoteric subjects. He often says that in order to have these experiences, it helps to be more authentic and release many of our fears. Here are some highlights from his process: - How do I get rid of the fear? - 1. First, know that you have the fear. You have to locate the fear. If you don't know it's there and it's submerged, then it's completely impossible to get ride of it. - 2. To find your fears, notice where there are negative emotions: anxiety, stress, anger, fear, sadness. All these emotions are attached to a fear. - 3. Become authentic. This sounds simple, but it can be a challenge for many. Essentially, Tom says to be aware of your choices and don't judge yourself. Simply see what you do, acknowledge why you make the choices, and own it. - 4. Don't focus on the cause of your fears. It's helpful to find areas where we've been wounded and heal those, but we mustn't dwell on the events. In the Air Force, we say, "Stop admiring your problems". Instead, acknowledge that the event happened and that emotions came along with it. In my case, I have fear of not being validated and I must own it. - 5. Once you own your fear, you have the ability to own it and get rid of it. So, when I feel invalid, I can see how it affects my choices and how that has led me down the path of my life. In Neil Gaiman's book, American Gods, he uses the metaphor of the old gods fading away and losing their power as people stop paying attention to them. Similarly, my fear of not being validated becomes my god and it becomes a powerful god to me as long as I "admire my problem" and give it power. Once I own it, I can turn away from it - cast it aside - and it loses its hold on me, setting me free. Florence Shinn teaches us to "cast this burden on the Christ within and go free". - 6. Once you've owned it and you choose to make different choices, you rewire your brain and begin to make different choices from a place of love and authenticity rather than fear. - 7. Give yourself time. Be serious about it, decide to do it, and be patient with yourself. - 8. Nothing gets rid of fear except courage. Taking that first step in courage can be difficult. We often get used to our ways of thinking and being. Our ego likes to keep us operating the way we always have because it's good enough for our survival. But the ego only wants us to survive - it doesn't care if we thrive. Taking that step away from what our ego wants takes courage. More than that, it takes the maturity and self-awareness to reassure the ego that things will be OK. - 9. Tell your fear that you have the courage to live with your inadequacy. This takes the teeth out of it. For me, I have a tremendous fear of death. Maybe it was instilled in me through years of indoctrination of Heaven and Hell - but that's irrelevant. These days, I learn as much as I can about near-death experiences so that my fear of death loses its grip on me.

Hello! ## What's your nickname? Mikan (mee-kahn) it is the word for "orange" in Japanese. Since it is hard for Japanese people to say my last name, they shorten it to this. They all do it. ## Where are you from? I am from America, the US. Where in America? I have lived all over the place while growing up. But mostly California. For the last 10 years I have been living in Japan and only have a feeble grasp on the language. Just enough to survive and get by. ## Biggest strength? Getting by. Dreaming. ## Biggest weakness? Getting by. Dreaming. ## What do you do? I work full time at an electronics recycling facility. I fell backwards into the job and didn't even know it was a real job. But with this job I will have worked through the complete circle of online commerce since I started working in tech support 20 years ago. I sort through a couple of tons of discarded electronics every day, and sometimes haggle with people from around the world. There are networks that stretch around the world from the first world to the developing world; trading junk and creating value from junk and it is extremely interesting. A few months ago I started auctioning off items online that are perfectly usable. I will start doing minor refurbishments as soon as I can convince my boss to let me buy some equipment. I also teach English in my free time. I spent most of the last 10 years in Japan teaching English at public schools and to professionals at for-profit learning centers. I am working on a product in the bit of free time I have within my free time. I also have a couple of kids and a wife. ## What's your goal inside this community? I really like the idea of being my own boss and getting paid to work on a product and build a business. It is something I have been working towards all my life but I only realized it during the pandemic. ## What triggered you to sign up? (Was it an email, IG post, Skool post?) I think I saw it on linked in. It was free and sounds too good to be true, but also it made sense. I also thought it would be awesome to work on something that could save the world.