Spirituality and Practice posted this today:
The original Pali word for a Buddhist monk or renunciant, bhikkhu, means "fear seer," one who can tolerate his own terror.
— Mark Epstein in Going on Being
Wouldn't it be interesting to read that along with the Bible verses about the fear of the Lord...(and I don't think that re-translating it as "awe" is a big enough response.)
This is fear ..of change..of being loved in mystery..of being beyond my ego self..of being ...not in control...of incomprehensibity..of transformation that is not of my own doing...facing those fears...fear of God.
could that be the beginnging of wisdom..as I face my fear?
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