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Have no fear. Resign all to the wisdom and the love embodied in ine divine law.
[ I asked "are u fine ..?" he said "Yes" , Later i saw that same guy with an Ak-47 ..... - frm a survival of TAJ Hotel Mumbai ]
misery does't love company, it fears being alone.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death
Between what human beings so naively and stupidly fear and what they most profoundly ought to fear-i.e. what they so pathogenically and addictively do to their own selves-there is a horrendous gulf and disparity.
I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
There are moments in our lives when we find ourselves at a crossroad, afraid, confused, without a roadmap. The choices we make in those moments can define the rest of our days. Of course when faced with the unknown, most of us prefer to turn around and go back.
I am responsible for what I see.
I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt.
I could see peace instead of THIS.
The past is over - it can touch me not.
This instant is the only time there is.
Today I will judge nothing that occurs.
I am not the victim of the world I see.
I can escape from the world I see by giving up attack thoughts.
I am determined to see things differently.
I am never upset for the reason I think.
Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
All that I give I give to myself.
I only fear ignorance, stupidity, and lack of common sense.
"Love is a light that never dwelleth in a heart possessed by fear."
As I go seeing people, I greatly fear I may be seeing some of them for the last time. Morbid really, but I suppose realistic too.
Governments would rather spend their money on another bomber than education, and why do we fear black men when every bit of suffering in our lives has a Caucasian face attached to it?
Brother Eagle
Who's sight is keen and talons sharp,
Help me spot the prey and hit the mark
Help me rise above my human life
and trust the winds that give me flight.
And when its time for the young to leave
A gentle nudge is all they need
From up above the view is clear
I must have Faith and have no Fear.
Marianne Goldweber
You must act in the face of reality, never taking counsel of you own worst fears.
Immortality is but an illusion to those who fear the inevitable, for true immortality lies in the hearts of those by whom we're cherished.
Everything that humans want or desire or hope for, every kind of external fetish no matter how remote or minor that they may premise some key part of their happiness upon, is a nerve that can be tweaked, a fear that can be toyed with -- even by oneself. Most of the "present" in human life is really subjective projections of a kind of future that one needs to believe in, in order to stave off despair or futility or disillusionment, etc. We live most of our lives in an unwitting subjunctive mood, in the unrecognized modulation from actualities into the possibilities of an always-intoxicating wish-world.
We are vulnerable to fear only when we leave the present. If I drift into the past, my regrets surge up, my memories of failing and forsaking. If I shift into the future, I meet with doubt and delusion, fear of what's to come, what I'm not capable of controlling. It's in the present moment that I belong.
You see, I am not at all certain that I'd ever witnessed love. Before you and him. It's rare enough, you know. Certainly I'd never felt it - or even mistaken it - for myself. Even the thought of happiness terrifies me. Fragile as a blown rose. Why would anyone choose happiness over the long-enduring qualities of fear and pain? I've often wondered if fear and pain would die, too, if I'd only let them. If I would stop caring for them, fussing over them.
At the entrance to The Path to Heaven is a sign: "All Doubts, Fears, and Comparisons Must Be On A Leash"
Beware of the Dark Side. Anger, Fear, Agression. The Dark Side of the Force are they. Easily they flow. Quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the Dark Path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will. - Yoda
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
Mark Twain
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice but for those who love-- time is eternity."
when you face the demons
in the deep dark forest
they tend to become
your friends
Behind most spiritual practices is the belief that you have to get someplace you're not- a destination called realization or enlightenment. But realization isn't someplace else; it's the naturally occurring human state. It doesn't belong to anybody. It's who we all are. Spiritual practices also set up many pictures of what this state looks like. For example, when I described how much fear was present, people told me the fear meant that something must be wrong, because fear was an indication that I wasn't in the proper state. But fear is just what it is, and it's there too in the vastness of who we are.
THE MOST AND THE GREATEST
The most destructive habit............Worry
The greates joy.............................Giving
The greatest loss.............Loss of respect
The most dangerous parishioner....A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer.....The Brain
The worst thing to be without..........Hope
The most satisfying work......Helping others
The ugliest personality trait........Selfishness
The most endangered species....Dedicated leaders
The deadliest weapon................The tongue
The most power-filled words..........."I Can"
The greatest asset..............................Faith
The greatest natural resource.....Our youth
The greatest "shot in the arm"...Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome......Fear
The most worthless emotion........Self-pity
The most beautiful attire.................SMILE!
The most prized possession ........Integrity
The most crippling failure disease...Excuses
The most powerful force in life..........LOVE!
The most contagious spirit.......Enthusiasm
There are two kinds of people, the ones that blend in, and those who do not seek to be accepted into an existing group only if they change who they are. These last are the people who wish to remain themselves. Both of these people fear. The first one will do all sorts of stupid things that they will regret in the future, if it were only to be accepted. And the other kind will choose not to do this stuff and show the world who they are. They to will do things that is regretted in the future. Because both will encounter a kind of sinister people, that will take advantage of the inexperience and their quest for social contact. In the end, it doesn't matter what kind of person you are to be accepted in society. Nor will it matter how much people will like you. What matters is in how well you will recognize the people that just want to take advantage, and those that don't.
