"Whenever you feel anxious and fearful just observe it – ‘Oh fear has arisen, now let me watch what sensations it brings’. At that time the sensations that arise will be linked to and filled with fear. Observe that. A part of the mind will be rolling in that fear, yet another part will be aware of sensations.
Maybe just 5% of the mind will be aware, the remaining 95% will be rolling
in fear, yet that 5% is powerful enough to cut the roots of the fear.
in fear, yet that 5% is powerful enough to cut the roots of the fear.
"If the mind rolls fully 100% in fear then indeed the fear will multiply. At least this much we must learn from Vipassana; that we must strengthen a portion of our mind sufficiently for it to witness fear. ... We watch this worry and we watch the sensations being generated. Sensations and worry, we observe this again and again.
"We also know that these sensations are always changing, they are impermanent. So also the worry is ephemeral, it will not stay forever. If we continue to watch with this understanding, then the worry starts weakening until it all dissolves. The whole world says that we should not worry, but if we only understand this intellectually and do not witness it as Vipassana teaches us to, then there is little difference between us and the world."
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