Chapter Three of the Gospel According to Krem
(1) At the birth of the year, Isvaz spoke again and
neighbors crowded into the weaving rooms or stood at the door to hear him.
(2) For a moment he paused in the knot
work but he resumed, saying:
(3) Abide in the Light and do not
fear.
(4) Fear of lacking makes us
greedy.
(5) Fear of opinion makes us proud.
(6) Fear of silence makes us noisy.
(7) Fear of injury makes us
defensive.
(8) Fear that we might not prevail
makes us quarrelsome and violent.
(9) Fear of trying makes us idle
and fruitless.
(10) Fear of emptiness generates
unhealthy desire.
(11) Fear of status makes us
envious.
(12) Fear of the unknown makes us
timid.
(13) Fear of discovery leads to falsehoods.
(14) Fear of hunger makes us
gluttonous.
(15) Fear of weakness makes us
bullies.
(16) Fear of chance makes us eager
to control what we cannot.
(17) Fear eats at the soul as
illness eats at the body.
(18) Fear teaches us to clutch what
we cannot keep.
(19) Fear teaches us to flee from
imagined threats.
(20) Fear blinds us to the truth.
(21) Fear imprisons us with chains
of our own making.
(22) Let us not fear, for the Light
shines upon us.
(24) Let us not fear, for it
accomplishes nothing.
(25) Abide in the Light and do not
fear.
(26) With these words the Blessed One again fell silent and
those who heard marveled. (27) Some trembled at the naming of their secret
fears but most rejoiced at the call to forsake fear and wished to hear more.
The Gospel According to Krem, first of the Gospels of the Mithron Church, 41 CE, written by St Krem the Apostle and Evangelist in Pegda of Keltar.
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