| BkII:10.III.2 | What you often call fear is not. It is simply prudence or certainty. You do not get away from the car out of fear, but from the certainty that comes from your being, the certainty that you do not want that for your body. This is a conservation instinct, simply a mechanism of survival. And this also has its origin in uncreated truth, since it comes from prudence, a virtue that comes from true discernment. Exposing yourself to dangers knowingly is not prudence but foolishness. Had Adam and Eve discerned danger in the Garden of Eden, they would not have eaten the fruit of the tree. Had that fear been abolished a long time ago you would not be here, listening to our voices. |