BEING SELFLESS MAKES ONE FEARLESS
Master Jun Hong Lu: A successful person, one with a good upbringing and moral integrity, always thinks of others before themselves. But as for us, we tend to think of ourselves first in everything we do. A person who spends the whole day thinking only of themselves is selfish; a person who spends the whole day thinking of others is selfless.
A selfless person knows no fear – that is what it means to be “without fear.” Because such a person thinks not of themselves but of others, they are free from selfish thoughts, and therefore, free of fear. Only selflessness can give rise to fearlessness, and only through fearlessness can one be truly without terror.
Why do some people live in constant fear? It is because they are too selfish. They are afraid of being looked down upon, afraid of being mocked, afraid of everything in the world. Such people will soon shut themselves off from others.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Public Talk, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1 March 2014