Courage comes as a result of 2 spiritual truths mentioned in most spiritual texts of the world (often metaphorically). These 2 underlying concepts are:

1. Grow Up (spiritually) and take RESPONSIBILITY for EVERYTHING (ie. Do Something about it)
2. Don't be a SLAVE to ANYTHING (especially one's bodily desires, as they both control us and allow others to control us)

Courage comes from the combination of these 2 underlying TRUTHS of the Universe.... To have courage you need to accept the RESPONSIBILITY to "Take Action" and to deny one's biological reaction to RUN from a possibly dangerous situation (Jail, a gun, etc.). Its only though development of these 2 spiritual aspects that one can achieve a life of TRUE MEANING and not just the life of a puppet (either to their bodies fears and pleasures or to someone else's).

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