逃避恐懼的方法形形色色，常見的一種是心理認(rèn)同负懦，例如認(rèn)同國家筒捺，認(rèn)同社會，認(rèn)同觀念纸厉。當(dāng)你看到行進(jìn)中的隊列系吭，比如士兵或僧侶隊列，或者當(dāng)國家陷入被侵略的危險時颗品，你有沒有注意到自己的反應(yīng)肯尺？此時，你將自己認(rèn)同于國家躯枢，認(rèn)同于某個人则吟，認(rèn)同于某理念體系。還有的時候锄蹂，你認(rèn)同于自己的孩子氓仲、妻子，認(rèn)同于某種有為得糜，或無為敬扛。

認(rèn)同，是一種忘我朝抖。只要一想到“自我”啥箭，我就會有痛苦、掙扎與持久的恐懼治宣。但如果將自己認(rèn)同于一個更偉大的事物急侥，認(rèn)同于有價值的東西，認(rèn)同美炼七，認(rèn)同生命缆巧，認(rèn)同真理，認(rèn)同信仰豌拙，認(rèn)同知識陕悬，哪怕暫時地認(rèn)同，那么我就能逃避“自我”按傅，是不是捉超？當(dāng)我高談“我的國”時，我就暫時忘卻了自己唯绍，是不是拼岳？如果我闊論上帝窿给，也能忘卻自己助琐。如果我能認(rèn)同家庭、群體忍饰、政黨、意識形態(tài)耐版，那也能獲得暫時的逃避祠够。

恐懼是什么？現(xiàn)在明白了吧粪牲？恐懼古瓤，不就是不接納真相嗎？我們必須理解“接納”這個詞腺阳，我使用該詞落君，不指刻意著力地接受真相。當(dāng)我真正覺察到事情的真相亭引，就不存在接納問題绎速；只有我未看清真相，才會產(chǎn)生接納的問題焙蚓。所以朝氓，恐懼，就是抗拒真相主届。

——克里希那穆提《生命書：365觀心日課》（The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti）

Fear Is Nonacceptance of What Is

Fear finds various escapes. The common variety is identification, is it not?—identification with country, with society, with an idea. Haven’t you noticed how you respond when you see a procession, a military procession or a religious procession, or when the country is in danger of being invaded? You then identify yourself with the country, with a being, with an ideology. There are other times when you identify yourself with your child, with your wife, with a particular form of action, or inaction.

Identification is a process of self-forgetfulness. So long as I am conscious of the “me” I know there is pain, there is struggle, there is constant fear. But if I can identify myself with something greater, with something worthwhile, with beauty, with life, with truth, with belief, with knowledge, at least temporarily, there is an escape from the “me,” is there not? If I talk about “my country” I forget myself temporarily, do I not? If I can say something about God, I forget myself. If I can identify myself with my family, with a group, with a particular party, with a certain ideology, then there is a temporary escape.

Do we now know what fear is? Is it not the non-acceptance of what is? We must understand the word acceptance. I am not using that word as meaning the effort made to accept. There is no question of accepting when I perceive what is. When I do not see clearly what is, then I bring in the process of acceptance. Therefore, fear is the nonacceptance of what is.

MARCH 28