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Preface

Fear and anxiety are perverse forms of will. What thou
fearest and ponderest over, striking that note repeated-
ly in thy mind, thou helpest to bring about; for, if thy will

above the surface of waking repels it, it is yet what thy mind
underneath is all along willing, and the subconscious mind
is mightier, wider, better equipped to fulfil than thy wak-
ing force and intellect. But the spirit is stronger than both

together; from fear and hope take refuge in the grandiose
calm and careless mastery of the spirit.
CWSA 12: 473 Sri Aurobindo

There is nothing to fear — all is the Lord — there is nothing
else than the Lord; the Lord alone exists and all that tries
to frighten us is only a silly and meaningless disguise of the
Lord.
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What can he fear who belongs to the Divine? Can he not
walk, his soul expanding and his brow illumined, upon the
path the Divine traces for him, whatever it may be, even if it
is altogether incomprehensible to his limited reason?

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A child of mine cannot fear.

CWM 14: 240-42 The Mother

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