bhava and samsara

Sacitanaya astakam:

bhava [material existence], bhaya [fear], bhañjana [breaking], kāraṇam [cause], karuṇam [compassionate],

 In Sanskrit thought, bhava comes from √भू, “to become,” pointing to existence that is always changing. Birth, growth, decay, and death form the restless current of saṁsāra, the river of becoming. One form dissolves and another arises, and life flows endlessly in this movement. By contrast, the Upanishads speak of sat—pure being that does not arise or fade. It is stable, luminous presence rather than shifting appearance. Liberation is therefore not another stage in the river but a step onto the shore. When one abides in sat, the turbulence of becoming no longer defines existence

Fear of happening in the future is there. Fear is always in the future, the unknown. Destructive forces of the future that may negate my existence, comfort, luxury etc. This is the river of saṁsāra, where continuous bhava—constant becoming and change—exists, and there is no respite due to changing bhava. The current keeps moving. So focus on withdrawal to being. Let the saṁsāra flow, but you withdraw to being. Through meditation and japa on ūrdhva-mūlam, the Supreme all-pervading Lord — Gaurāṅga.