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The First Duty of a Sadhak

... fear is an impurity, one of the greatest impurities, one of
those which come most directly from the anti-divine forces
which want to destroy the divine action on earth; and the
first duty of those who really want to do yoga is to eliminate
from their consciousness, with all the might, all the sincerity,
all the endurance of which they are capable, even the shad-
ow of a fear. To walk on the path, one must be dauntless, and
never indulge in that petty, small, feeble, nasty shrinking
back upon oneself, which is fear.
An indomitable courage, a perfect sincerity and a sin-
cere self-giving, so that one does not calculate or bargain,
does not give with the idea of receiving, does not trust with
the idea of being protected, does not have a faith which asks
for proofs – it is this that is indispensable in order to walk
on the path, and it is this alone which can truly shelter you
from all danger.
CWM 8: 261-62

Face everything with a constant consciousness of the divine
Presence, with a total self-giving to the Divine, and the whole

being unified in this will; then one can go forward in life, can
face anything whatever.
CWM 7: 31

... whatever the domain, whatever the danger, the attitude

remains the same – calm and assured.
CWM 14: 181 The Mother

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