The idea of fear is much stronger than the fact itself. The idea of death is extraordinarily more poignant, more vital than the fact itself. Observe it in yourself. So we are never in contact with the actual fear itself. Just observe that. You cannot remove the idea; you cannot say, ‘I’ll try to meet fear without the word.’ But if you understand that you are never directly in communion with the fact of fear, with the fact of jealousy, with the fact of death, but only with ideation or memory, you will see a different relationship taking place between the fact and yourself.