[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: To Experience Fearlessness and To Go Beyond Fear

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

Today two slogans are offered:

September 11, 2004

TO EXPERIENCE FEARLESSNESS, IT IS NECESSARY TO EXPERIENCE FEAR

Commentary

The essence of cowardice is to not acknowledge the reality of fear. Fear 
takes many forms. We are afraid of death, we are afraid that we can't 
handle the demands of our life, and there is abrupt fear, or panic, when 
new situations occur. Fear is expressed as restlessness: how we move, how 
we talk, how we chew our nails, how we sometimes put our hands in our 
pockets uselessly. We have to realize our fear and reconcile ourselves with 
fear. However, acknowledging fear is not a cause for depression. Because we 
possess such fear, we can potentially experience fearlessness.

GO BEYOND FEAR

Commentary

When you examine your fear, if you look beneath the veneer of your 
nervousness, you find sadness. Nervousness is cranking up, vibrating all 
the time. When you slow down, when you relax with your fear, the sadness is 
calm and gentle. In the Shambhala tradition, discovering fearlessness comes 
from working with the softness of the human heart.



FROM Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior Book and Card Set, 
forthcoming in September.
Fifty-three Shambhala  warrior slogans are a companion to Shambhala: The 
Sacred Path of the Warrior. Each slogan is printed on a card created for 
easy contemplation and display, with commentary on the back. A copy of 
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, a booklet containing 
instructions on the use of the cards, and a display stand are also included.


All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by 
permission.


Of interest to our readers: All eight volumes of THE COLLECTED WORKS OF 
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA are now available. For order information and a video 
pre-view of the DVD that accompanies purchase, consult the Shambhala 
Publications website: http://shambhala.com/trungpa/

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