A friend of mine forwarded this beautiful excerpt from Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankar's book 'Celebrating Silence'. I wanted to share this with readers of this blog because the words are so simple, yet powerful and meaningful. It certainly helps to understand the true nature of fear as explained by an Enlightened Master.
'Because fear is love standing upside own, everything that can be interpreted with love can also be interpreted with fear. A child clinging to its mother can be understood in both ways - the child clings out of love or out of fear. This primal instinct of fear can be totally transformed thru' awareness of Divine Love.
Fear is an impression of the past reflecting the future of the present :-) When people deny fear, they become egocentric, when they recognize and accept fear, they go beyond it - they become free from it.
Total lack of fear is possible only in utter chaos or utmost orderliness. Neither a saint nor a fool has fear, but everywhere in between there is fear. Fear is essential to preserve orderliness in the world. It is a primal instinct.
Fear of death preserves life.
Fear of wrong maintains right
Fear of sickness encourages hygiene
Fear of misery makes you righteous
A child has a pinch of fear so it is careful and alert while walking. A pinch of fear is necessary to keep things moving smoothly. Do not try to eliminate fear. Just meditate and know that you are nobody or that you belong to someone special..
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