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I've actually found tremendous comfort in the Litany Against Fear. One of the greatest verses in literature IMHO.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_is_the_mind_killer#Litany...

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

After I hear it or say it, I feel icy cold and extremely rational. I'm aware of emotion, but it fades into the background and I'm "freed" of it to make decisions and think through complex problems.



I know. Lots of folks feel the same. The description itself is more or less how you learn to let fear arise and pass when practicing Vipassana.

Just reciting the Litany has never worked for me, but that has more to do with obscurations from my own mind.




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