Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Original fear from birth, the five remembrances (I will age, sicken, die, lose what I love, inherit my actions), and the practice of the present moment as the only safe place. Soft and strong.
Read it if…
you are afraid and want a contemplative method.
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Skip it if…
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Three things you will actually use
- Fear lives in the future; you live now.
- The five remembrances.
- Breathing in, I know I am alive.
Do this first
Recite the five remembrances each morning for a week.
Our verdict
Through the storm.
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