OUR FEAR - LIVING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
Why It Grows and How You Stay Calm
Second volume of the series "Our Lifetime"
An elephant is running away.
And behind him – a little mouse.
It seems almost contradictory.
And that’s precisely the point.
Sometimes it begins very quietly.
A thought. A feeling. A situation that is actually small.
And suddenly it is there.
This inner unrest.
This book does not describe a theoretical approach to fear. It shows how it arises – in everyday life, in encounters, in your own mind. And how it grows, even when the moment itself is often calm.
You follow real situations in which perception shifts. You begin to see how quickly the body reacts, how the mind starts to move ahead, and how something develops from it that has little to do with the original situation.
This book does not offer quick solutions. It does not work with methods or techniques.
It creates something else.
Clarity.
You begin to see what is really happening. What comes from the moment – and what arises from your thoughts.
And that is where something changes.
Not suddenly. Not perfectly. But noticeably.
This book is for you if you…
• notice that your thoughts do not calm you, but keep driving you forward
• feel that fear often becomes bigger than the situation itself
• want to understand why your body reacts faster than your mind
• recognise that control does not lead to more calm
• are looking for a quieter way of dealing with uncertainty
• do not want loud advice, but real orientation
You do not have to solve everything.
You do not have to control everything.
It is enough to see the next step.
And to take it.
Three-part series: Our Lifetime
Volume 1: Life Between the Moments – about what arises between stimulus and reaction and how first clarity can emerge there
Volume 2: Our Fear – about inner unrest, perception and dealing with what becomes larger than it is
Volume 3: Not yet published
Bernhard Christoph Lichtinger writes from lived experience – from breaks, detours, new beginnings and encounters that do not need to be invented. His texts arise where real life leaves its traces.
If you haven’t read a volume from “OUR LIFETIME” yet, you may want to start with one of the volumes below.