No, actually there is a meditation in the forty subjects of meditation in which the Buddha taught about reflecting about the peace of Nibbana. Well, we can't actually understand what Nibbana is, but we can understand what it is not. So occasionally from time to time when I feel the need to, I will just imagine what it would be like to have no fear, to be fearless, to have all that Dukkha pass away. To have no doubt, to be totally wise. To take awhile focusing on the possibility that all of your Dukkha can end.
It is not so much ripping the flower open, but occasionally looking up to the top of the mountain. You occasionally look up to the peak to gain inspiration, this helps us to know where we are heading to, but also along the way we see that sometimes our fear passes away and we didn't even know we had the possibility to overcome that fear. At times we see our aversion fading away, we see the Dhamma working, that gives us confidence.
So sometimes, yes. Some students have told me that when they were in doubt about what to do they would think of us and think, "Well, what would Steve and Rosemary do in this situation?" Although they may not be able to understand fully what we would do, they try to understand how we may possibly see the situation, and this is actually another way of reflecting about our human potential. Sometimes if I have fear I think of the Buddha and then immediately courage is there because I think of something higher, my human potential at that time, and remembering that it exists. So especially if we have doubt it is helpful to sometimes do this, to gain inspiration and energy.