


In fact, anyone who stands on the edge of the unknown, fully in the present without reference point, experiences groundlessness. Things become very clear when there is nowhere to escape. If we commit ourselves to staying right where we are, then our experience becomes very vivid. Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth. We react against the possibility of loneliness, of death, of not having anything to hold on to. It is part of being alive, something we all share. It’s not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. We wade in the tidal pools and put our finger near the soft, open bodies of sea anemones and they close up. Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.įear is a universal experience.
