Fear

"The ability to die in peace means the ability to live in peace."
~ Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett

I sit on my cushion to 'just sit' and accidentally I learn how to live in peace and (eventually, hopefully) die in peace. As I listened to the tape by Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett, "The Art of Meditation" where that quote is from, I realized that one of my primary reasons for coming to Zen practice is my fear of death. But it's not just my death that has fear around it, I'm realizing that there is a lot in my life that has fear around it as well. May that fear be opened up and exposed by my practice. And being opened up and exposed, my fears will eventually dissipate into nothingness.