[…] if the Buddha cannot answer his question he will scare him out of his mind, rend his heart or seize him by the feet, and throw him over the Ganges.
2012 June 5, Sun Bear, Wabun Wind, Shawnodese, “Envisioning the World” (chapter 3), in Dreaming With the Wheel[2], Touchstone Books, →ISBN, page 44:
That spirit told me there was little choice except to scare me out of my mind enough to open it to the rest of my being.
2015 June 11 [2015 May 19], Todd A. Gipstein, chapter 5, in In the Shadow of the Light[3], Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:
I was wondering what the hell happened to scare him out of his mind.
2018 May 9, Janice Marckmann, chapter 1, in Sovereign: a Journey to Peace[4], WestBow Press, →ISBN:
You come in here and scare me out of my mind during this awful storm, and then you have the audacity to say you're sorry and you didn't mean to scare me.
2019 September 12 [2017 January 18], Lexi Buchanan, “Prologue: 8 Weeks Ago ~ Diego”, in Love in Flame[5], HFCA Publishing House:
What does scare me out of my mind is that she'll pass me over for someone closer to her own age before she gives me a chance.
2020 March 31, Becca Jameson, “Envisioning the World” (chapter 3), in Leaving Roman[6], Becca Jameson Publishing, →ISBN:
It seems unlikely that Master Roman would have someone following me or approach me. He knows that would scare me out of my mind and infuriate me at the same time.