I heard a short story on Ilchi lee about overcoming a fear. Everybody has an emotion of fear. Even though he or she is enlightened because it is natural as a human being. Just difference is that some people try to overcome it, some try to escape from it. I thought, Ilchi lee is enlightened so he might not feel any negative emotion or control it easily. But I got to know that the hardness is same and just difference is a matter of willingness.
A few years ago, Ilchi lee fell down from a horse back and hurt his lower back. The doctor said he would not be able to walk for several months. But just after a couple of months, when he could walk at home very carefully, he went out to ride a horseback. Also that was the same horse he fell down from. A person asked Ilchi lee, “Why are you trying to ride a horseback with not recovered body?” He answered, “Now I have a fear about riding a horse back. But I really don’t like to keep this fear in mind no matter what it is. If I don’t overcome it now, there might be no chance later on. That’s why I’m going to do”. When Ilchi lee saw the horse again, the horse seemed shamed about the accident because the horse kept bending his neck. But Ilchi lee rubbed the horse saying, “it is OK, it is OK” Then he rode the horse for a while.
When I heard this story, I got to think, ‘How many times I did try to escape rather than face it saying many reasons looking right’. I will try to face and go through it.
