Smile at the fear

Many of us, without realizing it, are controlled by fear. We are able to become aware of some of our fears - perhaps we are afraid to speak in public, afraid of financial difficulties or of losing loved ones.

Chögyam Trungpa shows us that most of us suffer from a far more pervasive timidity: by fear of myself. We are ashamed and embarrassed when we look at our feelings or when we become aware of our style of thinking and acting; we don't want to be confronted with the reality of experiencing one moment after another. This is the fear that keeps us trapped in cycles of suffering, despair and anxiety.

Chögyam Trungpa gives us a vision of how to move beyond fear and thus discover the inner fortitude, confidence and pleasure in life that lies at the core of our being.