So you want to be a warrior? Well, you have to be born first. I guess today was crowning or something. I'm not really sure, but a good 5 or 6 hours meditation was downright painful. The morning was almost 3 hours of 20 minutes sitting, 10 minutes walking, 20 minutes sitting, 10 minutes walking, etc. Then lunch. Then repeat the above. Amazing where the mind goes during those hours. Strange places. Silly places. Scary places. And nowhere to hide. Hmm, I suppose that is the point.
Fearlessness isn't about not having fear. It's about making friends with it. Using it. I think we're harkening back to my "stare the demon down" bit in some sense. In another sense, it is just surviving on the cushion, and getting through it. No way but through.
