[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Wisdom of Fear

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

June 19, 2008

THE WISDOM OF FEAR

The crazy wisdom approach to fear is not regarding it as a hangup 
alone, but realizing it is intelligent. It has a message of its own. 
Fear is worth respecting. If we dismiss fear as an obstacle and 
ignore it, then we might end up with accidents. In other words, fear 
is a very wise message....The point is, you can't con fear or 
frighten fear. You have to respect fear. You might try to tell 
yourself that it's not real, that it's just false, but that kind of 
approach is very questionable. It is better to develop some kind of 
respect, realizing that neurosis also is a message, rather than 
garbage that you should just throw away. That's the whole starting 
point -- the idea of samsara and nirvana, confusion and 
enlightenment, being one. Samsara is not regarded as a nuisance 
alone, but it has its own potent message that is worthy of respect.

 From "Fearlessness" in CRAZY WISDOM, pages 124 to 125.

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

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