@Skybird, in the middle of enlightenment process, the mind becomes quiets then it progressively becomes very quiet. One no longer jumps from one recollection to another. One no longer relives the past when recollecting past events.
This is due to detachment from one's own thought. That the person no longer identifies with his mind.
From that point, one begins to realize that he can take refuge in being. The result is peace when one pulls back from life into being...into pure awareness. One can't pull back into full awareness unless one's mind has been made quiet.
From that point, one begins to realize a distinct sense of fearlessness. There's much less worry of life. Partly because one operates from love. His intentions, desires are no longer self-centric so his 'good will' helps form this sense of fearlessness. However, primarily, this sense of fearlessness is formed through knowing the true nature of life. A dream doesn't scare the dreamer when he knows he's in one. One can may fear some things as the ego can't be fully annihilated such as Jesus being afraid of dying in the cross but aside from those extreme circumstances, one is generally fearless. Ideally speaking, an enlightened man would probably fight either like a Gurkha or a log. Meaning he would either be fighting fearlessly or he would be a total pacifist. It's his choice. If a pacifist then a fearless pacifist, LOL.
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