Conquering fear
The Fearless Path
by Curtis Rivers
Findhorn Press
Paperback
Price: rs 1,188
Pages: 222
Amidst a plethora of self-help books focussing on success and personal growth, Curtis Rivers’ The Fearless Path stands out as an interactive guide that can help you perceive and achieve success. The book follows Curtis, a Hollywood stuntman, on a trek to a mysterious mountain in The East. While he waits for his trek guide to start the journey to the top of the mountain, he is greeted instead by an Englishman named Pierce.
As their journey progresses, the mysterious Pierce questions Curtis about his life and quickly becomes his spiritual guide. He helps him visualise his dreams and overcome the obstacles in his path. Although written autobiographically, Curtis insists on perceiving this journey as a fictional story based on real events and awakenings. As he journeys upwards on the mountain, his soul journeys with him through the wilderness and is slowly set free of the fears that held him back all his life.
The book is divided into seven chapters. Each of these explores a different step in realising your dream—from its inception in your mind to its ultimate attainment. At the end of each chapter is a task that helps the reader understand the importance of a particular action like believing, relaxing, visualising, and observing. When combined, these actions help you keep all your doubts and fears at bay. Curtis insists that the reader read only one chapter a day to completely absorb the essence of each step in the journey of self-realisation. He explains, at length, the importance of being an observer and being grateful for what you have been provided. As simple as these acts might seem, they help you take control of your circumstances, enabling you to rid yourself of the distractions and doubts that often cloud your mind. Rivers’ writing style is simple yet engaging. The book is filled with examples of Curtis’ life experiences as he sought to achieve his life’s goals as a stuntman.
The Fearless Path is perfect for anyone who appreciates guidance from self-help books and seeks to go deeper into understanding how our thoughts and actions create the world around us. These words by Pierce perfectly resonate with the book’s essence: “We are born into this life, like the survivors of a sunken ship who wake up the next morning, adrift on the ocean with their fellow passenger. Like everyone else, we accept our lot, and hope beyond hope that we will reach dry land before it is too late. Most people do not realise that all they have to do is swim away from the others, swim away from that crowd that floats adrift on the ocean. Save yourself. Swim away with your sights fixed firmly on paradise, and you will soon feel that warm, dry sand between your toes.”