Fear is very often a part of the spiritual path. When people sit down and meditate it's not at all uncommon for fear to arise at some point.
AdyashantiMisery needs your conspiracy; it needs your help. Without your resistance misery cannot survive.
AdyashantiThe silence inside of you is the sound of your knowledge collapsing. Remember, it is you who said, 'I want to be free.'
AdyashantiTrying to maintain a pleasant state and avoid an unpleasant state is actually the cause of sorrow. When you stop resisting, you see that what seems frightening is actually the absolute beauty of reality. When you see that everything is a momentary display of reality, then you stop resisting it. Resistance hurts, only every single time. Love is the state of nonresistance.
Adyashanti