The beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord

 

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49

""Fear knocked at the door; faith answered; no one was there."" I don't know to whom this quote should be attributed, but it certainly indicates very clearly that fear is an illusion. I create the illusion myself.

I experienced fear early in my life and I mistakenly thought that the mere presence of it made me a coward. I didn't know that one of the definitions of ""courage"" is ""the willingness to do the right thing in spite of fear."" Courage, then, is not necessarily the absence of fear.

During the times I didn't have love in my life I most assuredly had fear. To fear God is to be afraid of joy. In looking back, I realize that, during the times I feared God most, there was no joy in my life. As I learned not to fear God, I also learned to experience joy.

55:00  CLAIRE KHAW joins to discuss whether the beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord.

57:00  All desire is suffering.

Detachment is a virtue.

58:00  PTSD

59:00  Sentencing guidelines

1:02:00  A lawyer who acts for himself has a fool for a client.

1:03:00  Satan is God's Prosecuting Counsel and Agent Provocateur.

1:04:00  Predestination

1:05:00  NPCs, cattle, sheeple, going along to get along

1:06:00  Moral agency

Aluminum

1:07:00  Meat eating

1:08:00  Jesus

1:09:00  Lamb of God

1:10:00  Kosher slaughter

1:11:00  Dieting is identity.

Jews and Muslims in communities outside Muslim countries and Israel

1:13:00  Kosher and halal

1:14:00 Attention seeking fussy eaters

1:15:00  Christians are not scared of God because they think He is Jesus.

1:16:00  Tradition

1:17:00  The young think they know everything.