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Recieved: 2003/06/01 22:03
Subject: Re: [K-list] Re: Voices Outside My Head
From: Druout
On 2003/06/01 22:03, Druout posted thus to the K-list:
Jason writes:
>Once voice I heard that gave me a good deal to think about. It asked me,
"Are you >wise enough to live with your fear?"
>Seems like my life has been one big excercise in eradicating my fears ever
since. I >must not be wise enough yet because I'm still finding fears. :^)
and Rick writes:
>Fear comes from the ego, the ego fears the unknown, the ego is the chain
>holding you back.
Dear Jason,
Interesting! :)) Perhaps the lesson here is simply that we should accept
fear as part of life instead of trying to get rid of it. Maybe there is always
one more layer of fear beneath the last.
There is a passage in the book *The Life and Zen teaching of Shunryu Suzuki*
in which Suzuki almost drowned, and what shocked him was that he was still not
so detached as not to react.
"Suzuki recovered and walked back upstream the mile to Tassajara. In his
lecture that evening he mentioned what had happened and said that not being able
to breathe had shown him how deeply he was attached to life and air. It had
made him realize how poor his practice and understanding were. He had to be
more sincere and diligent in his efforts to concentrate on 'the great matter.'"
Rick writes:
>The real question is, are you wise enough to live without fear.
Suzuki obviously felt the need to get beyond it, but I wonder if he ever
did--or whether it should really be a goal. Maybe Jason's voice was right. That
it takes greater strength of character to live with our fears. Some fears may
not be so much ego based as based on the need for physical self-preservation.
Love, Hillary
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