As we start to wake up from the fixations and identifications at the level of mind and the level of emotion, we come to see that there isn’t someone to be hurt; there isn’t anyone or anything to be threatened by life. In truth, we are life itself. When we see and perceive that we are the totality of life, we are no longer afraid of it; we no longer feel afraid of birth, life, and death. But until we see that, we will see life as intimidating, as a barrier we somehow have to get through.
