What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- To resolve fear, you must directly understand it instead of trying to suppress or escape it.
- In plain terms
- Face fear directly to understand it.
- What can you take from it?
- Learn about fear instead of hiding from it.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you run from fear?
- What is fear telling you?
Another view
Sometimes safety requires avoiding danger.
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