Daily Meditation: Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Fear - is conquered by the light

01/28/2004

Human existence can be compared to a journey through a forest or the ascent of a great mountain. What efforts we must make, what dangers we must confront before we arrive at the goal! And if we undertake this journey or this ascent in darkness, great is the risk of losing our way, of being ambushed, or of falling to the bottom of a precipice. In darkness, not only are we truly exposed to danger, but the greatest danger is the fear that we create ourselves, not knowing what to make of the noises and the shadowy forms we see stirring around us. To be afraid is to give power to that which we fear, to prepare the conditions it needs in order to do us harm. Symbolically, this is the life of human beings when they do not possess true knowledge, the knowledge which must accompany them like a light and give them security and peace. Once they have this light, even if they have ordeals to pass through, they will see things as they are and will walk in peace.