…fear with his full attention, the Buddha discovered fearlessness — the open, clear awareness that recognizes the arising and passing of fear without contracting nor identifying with it. Taking refuge…
…worthless.” When Seth began taking anti-depressants his fear level dropped significantly. The familiar stories and self-judgments would still arise, but because the fear was less intense, he was able to…
…pain of fear. In fact, the fear of pain is often the most unpleasant part of a painful experience. When we assess physical sensations as something to be feared, pain…
…thoughts. The negativity-bias that really comes from our more primitive fear ends up creating fear-thoughts and fear-beliefs that usually take the shape of something is wrong with me or something…
…would unfold into fear—for our world. As I stayed in direct contact with the fear, it would unfold into grief—for all the suffering and loss. And the grief would unfold…
…wake-up calls help bring into consciousness my fear of falling short and the physical tension I’m carrying. Then I can remember that my fearful beliefs aren’t truth and that I…
…as sensations in our body. When mindful of our body, we open to the changing stream of sensations without grasping or resistance. The experience might be fear or joy, it…
…is always something that we need that’s missing and there is always something that’s threatening that we are fearing. So we get locked into incessant doing, and there is none…
…practice, if you encounter one of these challenging energies, it may be useful to name it silently to yourself, e.g., “grasping, grasping” or “fear, fear.” If it is strong, rather…
…my body and just allow it to be there, without judgment. Deepening my attention, I would invariably experience the grip of fear—fear for our world, fear of how violence and…
…this moment?” Frequently, I find contractions of fear under the story of insufficiency. The more I can recognize the mental story and open directly to the bodily sense of fear…
…That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times (Shambhala Library) Lama Surya Das, Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Fearless Simplicity: The…
…much the most pervasive expression of emotional pain that I encounter in myself and in those I’ve worked with. It comes out as fear or shame — a feeling of…
…imperfect parents of their own. Fears, insecurities and desires get passed along for generations. Parents want to see their offspring make it in ways that are important to them. Or…
…we are stuck and subject to painfully constricting beliefs, emotions, and physical sensations. Common signs of the trance include a critical inner voice, feelings of shame or fear, the squeeze…
…that ticking items off my to-do list wouldn’t make me a better, more respectable, lovable person, that wasn’t stopping the plunge into my underlying fear of falling short, the sense…
…a self that will attract others and secure our belonging. And yet, when we inevitably express our natural aggression or neediness or fear—parts of our emotional makeup that frequently are…
…into emotionally charged confrontations nervously rehearsing and strategizing. The more we fear failure the more frenetically our bodies and minds work. We fill our days with continual movement: mental planning…
…a self that will attract others and secure our belonging. And yet, when we inevitably express our natural aggression or neediness or fear—parts of our emotional makeup that frequently are…
…naming: “story about blowing it, fear of rejection,” then, “judging, judging.” If instead of noting I try to ignore this undercurrent of fear, I carry it into my talk and…
