"The Eternal Struggle"

"Why am I telling you this? Because I believe that overcoming fear is an essential key to living a useful and honorable life," - Page 51
People are remembered by their good deeds and "honorable" actions throughout their lives. Take a funeral for example. The ceremony doesn't dwell on the persons wrong doings, rather it honors and adorns the simple actions and deeds that the person had achieved in their past life. O'Reilly states that fear is what we as a society have to overcome to fight injustice and fix what has been damaged. With fear existing in the back of our minds, we cannot rise above the status quo to receive the proper indulgence at our own funeral.

O'Reilly continues on saying that to fight these injustices, conflict must arise.This inevitably leads to suffering. This is the essence of our "Eternal Struggle" and the importance of fear in our minds. Power creates injustices, which leads to the choice of conflict. Conflict is decided by the amount of fear the individual has towards suffering. Thus the Eternal struggle is to overcome fear, whether that is fear of suffering or the fear of a tyrant.

If I were to take the most important piece of information away from this section. It would be that a happy and "honorable" life can only come from sacrifice. The ability to sacrifice or the amount you are willing to do is your own decision and is dictated on your willingness to suffer.