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#14611554 - 06/14/11 11:30 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love
 I saw this message once, on a board outside a church, while I was trying to come up with the right thing to say to a friend who seemed to me to be paralyzed by fear in confronting a work situation. I passed on the message, which seems to me to be excellent counsel.
The point is that to be courageous is different from being fearless. If you are fearless, you may be merely crazy, or reckless, or lacking in imagination. Courage is the ability to go through fear because you are driven by something that is stronger than fear. What drives you may be love, or loyalty, or a cause.
Courage is a quality of the heart; you won’t find it anywhere else. The French word for heart – coeur – is in there.
When you are gripped by fear in the face of an experience that will take you beyond your comfort zone, you may be at a point of supreme opportunity. You can either break down or break through.
When we take greater risks, we draw the support of greater powers.
- Robert Moss http://blog.beliefnet.com/dreamgates/2011/06/courage-is-fear-conquered-by-love.html
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: c0sm0nautt]
#14611630 - 06/14/11 11:46 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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beautifully said
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: desant]
#14611871 - 06/14/11 12:31 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Nicely said.
What do you call someone who goes through fear and is no longer subdued by fear?
I would also say that loyalty is not separate from love or fear; loyalty can be from fear or love. The same applies to a cause. If you respect something it is generally out of love or a fear of it. There is mutual respect in the case of a symbiotic relationship which I would think is an exception to this but even that can be argued into love or fear.
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: OneU]
#14611893 - 06/14/11 12:34 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've got plenty of fear to conquer -- where do I get the love to do the conquering?
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: laserpig]
#14611910 - 06/14/11 12:38 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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What do you think love is?
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: OneU]
#14611931 - 06/14/11 12:42 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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God damn, good question.
Best I can define it: love is the intention to minimize the suffering of another, or of oneself, and to maximize their health, happiness, and growth potential.
Did I get it right?
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: laserpig]
#14611948 - 06/14/11 12:46 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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love means following your hearts true desire 
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: desant]
#14611955 - 06/14/11 12:47 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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What if my heart's true desire is cannibalism?
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: laserpig]
#14611972 - 06/14/11 12:51 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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laserpig said: I've got plenty of fear to conquer -- where do I get the love to do the conquering?
In that moment where the fear is at its limit, love can be the will to release it all - to move past the limitation. Love for yourself.
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: c0sm0nautt]
#14611993 - 06/14/11 12:54 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Or how about, love is - staying true to your heart
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: laserpig]
#14612003 - 06/14/11 12:55 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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laserpig said: What if my heart's true desire is cannibalism?
Thats because your spiritually undeveloped human ?
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: desant]
#14612016 - 06/14/11 12:58 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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desant said:
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laserpig said: What if my heart's true desire is cannibalism?
Thats because your spiritually undeveloped human ?
In which case, I need more love, right?
But, if love means following my heart ... cannibalism.
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: desant]
#14612033 - 06/14/11 01:00 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Another way to say it if you are not a dictator only able to utilize one dimensional linear logic you should be OK
ANOTHER way of love is to try and not "sin" 
"The seven deadly sins are:
Pride is excessive belief in one’s own abilities that interferes with the individual’s recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity.
Envy is the desire for others’ traits, status, abilities, or situation.
Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires.
Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body.
Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath.
Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness.
Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work. "
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: laserpig]
#14612049 - 06/14/11 01:03 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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What does your heart really desire laserpig? I feel it is nearly Universal for human beings to want social company, to feel loved and accepted, to find a mate, to feel safe, etc.
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: c0sm0nautt]
#14612067 - 06/14/11 01:05 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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some say every ones got a dark side
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: c0sm0nautt]
#14612070 - 06/14/11 01:05 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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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.
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: c0sm0nautt]
#14612071 - 06/14/11 01:05 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I desire the same that anyone else does, essentially. Human affection, food, material comfort, you know the list.
Is that love? Sounds like animal instinct TBH.
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: laserpig]
#14612078 - 06/14/11 01:07 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Look, everyone knows what love is... some... just forget.
Try and remember what it was like
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: laserpig]
#14612080 - 06/14/11 01:07 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
laserpig said: I desire the same that anyone else does, essentially. Human affection, food, material comfort, you know the list.
Is that love? Sounds like animal instinct TBH.
I think all emotions are just evolved interpretations of survival instincts.
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Re: Courage is Fear, Conquered by Love [Re: LisonAlGaib]
#14612082 - 06/14/11 01:07 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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LisonAlGaib said: 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.
What's that from?
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