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Francois Rabelais
Francois Rabelais

French Renaissance writer known for his satirical novel 'Gargantua and Pantagruel'. Rabelais' works are renowned for their humor, satire, and criticism of the church and social customs of the time. more

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“Fear arises through identification with form, whether it be a material possession, a physical body, a social role, a self-image, a thought, or an emotion. It arises through unawareness of the formless inner dimension of consciousness or spirit, which is the essence of who you are. You are trapped in object consciousness, unaware of the dimension of inner space which alone is true freedom.”

“Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of control. It believes it is real and tries hard to maintain its supremacy. Negative states of mind, such as anger, resentment, fear, envy, and jealousy, are products of the ego.”

“Feel the fear and do it anyway.”