[suingincentix]

How do you know what's real? How do you know it's not just you forcing yourself to believe in something because the alternative is too scary for you to contemplate?
One of things that holds me back when it comes to my spirituality is my knowledge that the only reason I started looking for a more spiritual viewpoint on life was because I was afraid. What keeps me back is me knowing that if faced with living in fear or living in safety, despite believing in something false just to reassure myself, I would definitely choose the latter.
How would I distinguish what's fake and just an extent of my hopes, and whats actually real?