Quotessence
Home / Books / When Fear Falls Away: The Story of a Sudden Awakening

When Fear Falls Away: The Story of a Sudden Awakening

Book by Jan Frazier · 4 quotes · Ifs, Accepting, Arms

Filter quotes by topic

When Fear Falls Away: The Story of a Sudden Awakening Quotes

“I marvel now that it was not obvious how inextricable suffering and fear are. It was not until fear left that I noticed, slowly, how it seemed to have taken suffering with it. It took a while to figure out that (for me, anyhow) suffering is mostly caused by fear-not by the circumstances themselves, but by my response to them.”

“Dismantling the ego, quieting the mind, isn't something you can actively undertake to do. It just happens on its own, when you consciously accept the moment you are in, when you don't fight the present reality with thoughts of how you'd like it to be otherwise, or what you're afraid the next moment might bring, when you don't resist with justification or regret or blame of self or other.”