There is a fear of God and a fear of man. The fear of God – that’s humility, and human fear – that is despondency. Where does human fear come from? If you have such a fear, then you have pride. The one who has no pride has rejected the human and fulfils oneself with the grace of God., going on from strength to strength. Human fear is the energy of the world’s heart. World Heart – it’s a heart glued to the world that, as a spider, sucks his life forces. It is a heart in which the grease of bad thoughts flows instead of blood. How you can overcome the fear? Very simple – be calm. All the fears and thoughts, like stones in the vast ocean, are immersed in humility. Then you will understand that humility is a real heroism. Therefore, the opposite of the fear is namely the heroism. But not that heroism that is spoken about in the world, but the heroism of humility, which gives birth to a pure heart. The pure heart, that has come to recognize the Unrecognisable one, and placed the Unplaceable one, has no human fear, but there is a fear of God, which in it is transformed into an unchangeable Love.
Monk Simeon the Anthonite
