[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Smile at Fear

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

[Note: I will be away from my desk from December 6 until January 3rd. I 
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to January 3rd, there will be some interruption in sending out the quotes. 
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December 5, 2006

SMILE AT FEAR

When you are frightened by something, you have to relate with fear, explore 
why you are frightened, and develop some sense of conviction. You can 
actually look at fear. Then fear ceases to be the dominant situation that 
is going to defeat you. Fear can be conquered. You can be free from fear if 
you realize that fear is not the ogre. You can step on fear, and therefore 
you can attain what is known as fearlessness. But that requires that, when 
you see fear, you smile.

 From "Mirrorlike Wisdom," in GREAT EASTERN SUN: THE WISDOM OF SHAMBHALA, 
page 75.

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permission.

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