Michael Kohan (Mukunda Chandra das) Wellness Entrepreneur | Health and Life Coach | Yoga Teacher

 

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Podcast:  Courage - What’s In It For You?

 

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Show Notes

 

Courage - What’s In It For You?

 

Courage is a curious thing. Those who have it need not have it explained. Those who do not have it don’t understand it at all. Courage is not the absence of fear. Nor is it fearlessness. Nor is it bravery.

 

People with courage have just as much fear as the next person.

 

Osho explains it like this: “In the beginning there is not much difference between the coward and the courageous person. The only difference is, the coward listens to his fears and follows them, and the courageous person puts them aside and goes ahead. The courageous person goes into the unknown in spite of all his fears.”

 

When you have courage, going into unknown, uncharted territory is an adventure. There is a thrill to it. Every fiber in your body begins to bristle. You feel so very much alive.

 

To accept the challenge of the unknown in spite of all your fears is courage.

 

You feel strong, you feel a sense of integrity, and you feel very, very sharp. Exchanging the familiar for the unfamiliar is an adrenaline rush on all levels.

 

Courageous people are always seeking adventure in all that they do. But it isn’t just something you do - it’s a way of being.

 

Isn’t Life One Big Adventure?

 

Life is totally unpredictable isn’t it? We have no idea what will happen from one minute to the next. Despite our best efforts to plan, schedule, and organize, life is totally random on all levels.

 

Yet, we’re taught to seek security and stability in order to feel safe and protected.

 

Helen Keller wrote: “Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger in the long run is no safer than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”

 

It’s interesting that we’re taught to seek out something that doesn’t exist. How can we ever find something that isn’t even there?

 

Courage: Living From the Heart

 

The word “courage” is also interesting. It comes from the Latin “cor” which means “of the heart.” To be courageous means to live from the heart.

 

To live with courage means to embrace the known insecurity of life and live in it, with love and trust. Those who live with their head full of the known and seek safety and security cannot live life to the full. They can never be fully alive.

 

The way forward for humanity is in listening to the heart consciously, alertly, and attentively, and to follow where it leads you.

 

Will you make mistakes? Yes. Will you make errors of judgement? Yes. Will you have to start over from time to time? Of course.

 

And in all that you do, you will learn, you will grow, your confidence and competence will rise, and you will become infinitely wiser because of it.

 

Courage: Being Decisive

 

Making mistakes is inevitable. It’s how we learn and develop experience. We just need to avoid making the same mistakes twice. That shows that we learned from the first time.

 

There is nothing to be gai