Act from Fear and Die or Trust in Our Higher Nature
by Neil Fiore, 1st Lieutenant, 101st Airborne 1965-1966
I’d been in Vietnam exactly four months with an advanced unit of the 101st Airborne, when Francois invited a Special Forces Lt. Colonel, me and two other lieutenants to his exclusive ... Views: 1437
I died as mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was a Man.
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?
-- Jelaluddin Rumi, 13th Century Sufi Poet
At the age of 20 I lost my fear of death. This essential human fear was obliterated an ... Views: 1752