Quote from Smile at Fear

Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery

by Chogyam Trungpa, edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian, Foreword by Pema Chodron

Shambhala Publications, Boston, Massachusetts & London, England    ©  2010        145 pp.

"The Way of the Warrior -- Becoming a warrior and facing yourself is a question of honesty rather than condemning yourself. By looking at yourself, you may find that you've been a bad boy or girl, and you may feel terrible about yourself. Your existence may feel wretched, completely pitch-black, like the black hole of Calcutta. Or you may see something good about yourself. The idea is simply to face the facts. Honesty plays a very important part. Just see the simple, straightforward truth about yourself. When you begin to be honest with yourself, you develop a genuine gut level of truth. That is not necessarily cutting yourself down. Simply discover what is there; simply see that, and then stop! So first, look at yourself, but don't condemn yourself. It's important to be matter-of-fact, on the spot. Just look, and when you see the situation in its fullest way, then you begin to be a warrior." (p. 1)

-- submitted by Jennifer Knight

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