Confronting Fear
When we’re afraid, the mind tends to dart away instead of diligently and deeply entering the fear. It gets confused and thinks, “Let me take care of myself first,” as if it weren’t responsible for the whole world. Part of what zazen—sitting meditation—does is to help us settle down into gentle, unswerving attention and peel away that false sense of separation.
–Bonnie Myotai Treace, from "Rising to the Challenge," in the Spring 2003 issue of Tricycle
