Firstly, we are grateful to You for such a wonderful question. Wonderful in the sense it is the problem of most people of Kali Yuga. Everyone is fearful. Fearful of being alone.

Fearful of being hungry, thirsty, homeless...in the end fearful of death...

While Sanatana Goswami Maharaja was free from the jail and was going to Puri along with his servant he felt that his servant was very fearful of something. Goswami asked if he had money. Servant told that he kept one gold coin and he is fearful to loose that. Goswami told him to go back along with that coin home.

In this way if we think that SOMETHING BELONGS TO US WE WILL BECOME FEARFUL. Because we do not have power to protect those things. But when we know that everything belongs to Krishna even my body, mind and soul then peacefulness comes.

"Krishna has given me this for some time and some day He will take it back, my duty is to serve to Him and to please Him."

In order to become such like fearless one should be humble than a blade of grass, tolerant than a tree, respect others and no to wait to a tinge of respect to ourselves and in that consciousness to chant the Holy Names.

And Holy Names will purify our heart giving that understanding - understanding that everything is Krishna's.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Your servant,

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Jay Krishnan Ramasawmy December 16, 2012 at 8:23pm

Hare Krsna,

His divine grace, A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, has given explanations on this topic in several books such as the Srimad Bhagavatam.

From the Srimad Bhagavatam, First Canto:

"Living beings who are entangled in the complicated meshes of birth and death can be freed immediately by even unconsciously chanting the holy name of Krsna, which is feared by fear personified."

'Vasudeva, or Lord Krsna, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, is the supreme controller of everything. There is no one in creation who is not afraid of the rage of the Almighty. Great asuras like Ravana, Hiranyakasipu, Kamsa, and others who were very powerful living entities were all killed by the Personality of Godhead. And the almighty Vasudeva
has empowered His name with the powers of His personal Self. Everything is related to Him, and everything has its identity in Him. It is stated herein that the name of Krsna is feared even by fear personified. This indicates that the name of Krsna is nondifferent from Krsna. Therefore, the name of Krsna is as powerful as Lord Krsna Himself. There is no difference at all. Anyone, therefore, can take advantage of the holy names of Lord Sri Krsna even in the midst of greatest dangers. The transcendental name of Krsna, even though uttered unconsciously or by
force of circumstances, can help one obtain freedom from the hurdle of birth and death."

From the Srimad Bhagavatam, Second Canto:

"Hearing about and glorifying the Lord are identical with the transcendental nature of the Lord, and by so
doing, one will be always in the association of the Lord. This brings freedom from all sorts of fear."

"At the last stage of one's life, one should be bold enough not to be afraid of death. But one must cut off all attachment to the material body and everything pertaining to it and all desires thereof."

"A sannyasi should always live alone, without company, and he must be fearless. He should never be afraid of living alone, although he is never alone. The Lord is residing in everyone's heart, and unless one is purified by the
prescribed process, one will feel that he is alone. But a man in the renounced order of life must be purified by the process; thus he will feel the presence of the Lord everywhere and will have nothing to fear
(such as being without any company). Everyone can become a fearless and honest person if his very existence is purified by discharging the prescribed duty for each and every order of life. One can become fixed in
one's prescribed duty by faithful aural reception of Vedic instructions and assimilation of the essence of Vedic knowledge by devotional service to the Lord."

To summarise, most devotees need to progress gradually and the 2 processes that help devotees become fearless are chanting the holy names of Lord Krsna (maha mantra) regularly and participate in active devotional service.

P.S: Any more questions or clarifications, let me know.

Hari Bol,

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