[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Take Another Step

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

March 12, 2009

TAKE ANOTHER STEP

Whenever there is doubt, that creates another step on your 
staircase.  Doubt is telling you that you need to take another 
step.  Each time there is an obstacle, you go one step further, 
beyond it, step by step.  You walk or you jump one step at a time 
until you see the Great Eastern Sun.  I wouldn't suggest that in the 
beginning you look at the Great Eastern Sun directly -- the light 
might burn you -- but I wouldn't suggest you wear sun glasses all the 
time either.  In the shade of fearlessness, you can appreciate the 
light that comes from the Great Eastern Sun and then you can 
appreciate how it illuminates the colors of everything around 
you.  Then slowly but surely, you will actually see the Great Eastern 
Sun directly without it blinding you. That is the warrior's way, and 
that is the way that we can conquer fear.


 From "Conclusion," in CONQUERING FEAR: Awakening the True Heart of 
Bravery. Forthcoming, August 2009 from Shambhala Publications.

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