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she must check and get rid of altogether.
CWSA 31: 278-80

Write to her again that if she wants to do sadhana, she must
get rid of fear altogether; fear opens the door to the adverse
forces. She should not listen to people who try to put fear in
her. If ugly forms or sounds are seen and heard, one has not
to fear but reject them and call in the Mother's protection. If
she feels calmness in the meditation, that is the necessary ba-
sis — with that basis one can safely practise the Yoga. It is not
indispensable that the mind should be entirely blank — it is suf-
ficient that it is quiet with a fundamental silence which is not
disturbed even if thoughts pass across it.

Not fear but vigilance
It is a mistake to think that by fearing or being unhappy you
can progress. Fear is always a feeling to be rejected, because
what you fear is just the thing that is likely to come to you: fear
attracts the object of fear. Unhappiness weakens the strength
and lays one more open to the causes of unhappiness.
One can be quiet, happy, cheerful without being all that
in a light or shallow way — and the happiness need not bring
any vital reaction. All that you need to do is to be observant
and vigilant, — watchful so that you may not give assent to
wrong movements or the return of the old feelings, darkness,
confusion etc. Not fear, but vigilance. If you remain vigilant,
then with the increase of the Force upholding you, a power of
self-control will come, a power to see and reject the wrong turn
or the wrong reaction when it comes. Fear and unhappiness
will not give you that. It is only by this vigilance accompanied
by an opening to the supporting and guiding Force that it will
come. What you describe as a capacity to choose the right and
the feeling of strength or power that can stop the wrong move-

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