As a rule, meditation does not solve the problems concerning the personal shadow. It is necessary to apply specific psychological methods in order to follow the shadow, retrieve the disowned material and, ultimately, reintroduce its potential into the stream of our growth.
Diane Hamilton, ILP Starter Kit, Shadow Module
Sooner or later, Neo, you're going to realize just as I did that there's a difference between knowing the Path and walking the Path.
Morpheous to Neo in the movie 'Matrix'
Know Thyself
Ancient Greek aphorism inscribed in the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi
All at once I found myself wrapped in a flame-colored cloud. For an instant I thought of fire, and immense conflagration somewhere close by in that great city; the next, I knew that the fire was within myself. Directly afterward there came upon me a sense of exultation, of immense joyousness accompanied or immediately followed by an intellectual illumination impossible to describe. Among other things, I did not merely come to believe, but I saw that the universe is not composed of dead matter, but is,on the contrary,a living Presence; I became conscious in myself of eternal life. It was not a conviction that I would have eternal life, but a consciousness that I possessed eternal life then; I saw that all men are immortal; that the cosmic order is such that without any peradventure all things work together for the good of each and all; that the foundation principle of the world, of all the worlds, is what we call love, and the happiness of each and all is in the long run absolutely certain.
R.M.Bucke in Wilber's 'No Boundary', p.1
Ironic comment: 'I think I spent about 30 years trying to get rid of fear... and, in fact, I did a pretty good job of it...I disowned it.'
Zen Master, Roshi Genpo, ILP Starter Kit
Feel the fear and do it anyway
title of a well-known self-help book or the words often uttered by great teachers of Life
I would add: 'if you choose to.' The way I see it is that fear is an important aspect of our psyche and it is our choice whether to follow its advice or not.