Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through The Storm

You also can make a contract with a particular distance, perhaps from your work area to the restroom, and vow that when you walk that distance every step will be solid and mindful; otherwise you will go back and do it again. It’s a wonderful way to learn how to live every moment of your daily life deeply, resisting being carried away by your habit

Concentration means you keep the insight alive for a long time. It’s not just a flash; that’s not enough to liberate you. So in your daily life, you keep that insight of nonself, of emptiness, of impermanence alive. When you see a person, a bird, a tree, or a rock, you see its nature of emptiness. Then it becomes an insight that will liberate you.

If you’re afraid of what other people might think of you, it comes from that same place. You’re afraid that if others think negatively about you, they won’t accept you and you’ll be left all alone, in danger.

the nature of no-birth, no-death. There is manifestation, and there is the cessation of manifestation in order to have another manifestation. You have to be alert to recognize the new manifestations of one person. But with practice and effort, you can do it. Pay attention to the world around you, to the leaves and the flowers, to the birds and the

And the future you constantly worry about is nothing other than a projection of fear and desire from the past.

You bring your mind to the present moment and rest in awareness of your body.

Helping the other person feel safe is the best guarantee for your safety.

you’re afraid of what other people might think of you, it comes from that same place. You’re afraid that if others think negatively about you, they won’t accept you and you’ll be left all alone, in danger. So if you need others to always think well of you, that is a continuation of that same original fear.

Invite your fear into consciousness, and smile through it; every time you smile through your fear, it will lose some of its strength. If you try to run away from your pain, there is no way out. Only by looking deeply into the nature of your fear can you find the way out.

Walk with your feet, not with your head.