Fear is not completely useless, it’s not something we need to get rid of. Fear is not something that only brings you pain. Actually, some fear brings you happiness, doesn’t it? Fear of killing someone brings you happiness. Fear of robbing banks brings you freedom––if you didn’t have this fear, you could get locked up.

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The images shows the title and subtitle of a new article in the series: Skillful Means. It is called: Taming the Mind as Skillful Means

Taming the Mind as Skillful Means

On the relative level, we must take the time and make the space to authentically bear witness to the bare experience of mind. The magic is in the looking—and the not-finding anything.

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