Thich Nhat Hagn's "Fear"

[David Morris]

It starts with a description of each of us pre-birth in the "The Palace of
the Child." Everything we needed was done for us there.  Food, air, warmth,
in a big water cushioned bed, with great sound insulation.

Then we get pushed out into the loud cold world, having to cough out liquid
in order to take our own first breath.  Every aspect of this birth is
traumatic, and TNH says it is called the "Original Fear."  At about this
same moment we realize we want to keep living.  TNH calls this "Original
Desire."

I think this was all pre Freud.

David Morris
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