Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm
About This Book
Drawing on Buddhist teaching and his own experience of war, exile, and political persecution, Thich Nhat Hanh addresses fear at its deepest levels — from the fear of loneliness and the fear of death to existential dread and cosmic anxiety. He offers specific mindfulness-based practices for recognizing, embracing, and transforming fear — not denying its reality but changing our relationship to it so that it no longer controls our choices.
What You'll Learn
Fear is rarely about what is actually happening now — most fear is the mind's projection of past pain and future uncertainty onto the present moment, which is actually survivable. The practice of touching the present moment fully — breath, body, senses — is the most reliable antidote to the mind's fearful projections. Understanding the impermanent and interconnected nature of all things, including ourselves, gradually dissolves the existential fear that underlies more superficial anxieties.
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