Fear is hidden consent. When you are afraid of something, it means that you admit its possibility and thus strengthen its hand. It can be said that it is a subconscient consent. Fear can be overcome in many ways. The ways of courage, faith, knowledge are some of them.
The Mother – Words of the Mother – II: CWM, Vol. 14, pp. 243 – 44
Why does one feel afraid?
There are three reasons. First, an excessive concern about one’s security. Next, what one does not know always gives an uneasy feeling which is translated in the consciousness by fear. And above all, one doesn’t have the habit of a spontaneous trust in the Divine. … If one always had the feeling that it is the best that happens in all circumstances, one would not be afraid.
The Mother – Questions and Answers: CWM, Vol. 4, p. 211
The Grace works for the realisation of your aspiration and everything is arranged to gain the most prompt, the quickest realisation—so there is nothing to fear.
Fear comes from insincerity. If you want a comfortable life, agreeable circumstances, etc., and you put conditions and restrictions, then you can fear.
But it has no business in the sadhana!
The Mother – Agenda: Vol. 8, p. 151
Fear is always a very bad adviser.
The Mother – Words of the Mother – II: CWM, Vol. 14, p. 240
Forward, ever forward, without fear and without hesitation.
The Mother – On Education: CWM,Vol. 12, p. 271
Assuming a spiritual wide control,
Making life’s sea a mirror of heaven’s sky,
The young divinity in her earthly limbs
Filled with celestial strength her mortal part.
Over was the haunted pain, the rending fear:
Her grief had passed away, her mind was still,
Her heart beat quietly with a sovereign force.
Sri Aurobindo – Savitri: CWSA, Vol. 34 , Book Nine, p. 573
My protection is always with you and nothing bad can happen.
But you must take the decision to shake off the fear and then my force can work fully.
The Mother – Words of the Mother – II: CWM, Vol. 14, p. 240
All fear must be overcome and replaced by a total confidence in the Divine Grace.
The Mother – Words of the Mother – II: CWM, Vol. 14, p. 241
O Lord, let me be free from fear and worry so that I can always serve you to the best of my ability.
The Mother – Words of the Mother – III: CWM, Vol. 15, p. 211
O thou whom we must know, understand, realise, absolute Consciousness, eternal Law, Thou who guidest and illuminest us, who movest and inspirest us, grant that these weak souls may be strengthened and those who fear be reassured. To Thee I entrust them, even as I entrust to Thee our entire destiny.
The Mother – Prayers and Meditations: CWM, Vol. 1, p. 112
One of the great remedies for conquering fear is to face boldly what one fears. You are put face to face with the danger you fear and you fear it no longer. The fear disappears. From the yogic point of view, the point of view of discipline, this is the cure recommended….
The Mother – Questions and Answers: CWM, Vol. 6, p. 50
You must not fear. Most of your troubles come from fear. In fact, ninety per cent of illnesses are the result of the subconscient fear of the body. In the ordinary consciousness of the body there is a more or less hidden anxiety about the consequences of the slightest physical disturbance. It can be translated by these words of doubt about the future: “And what will happen?” It is this anxiety that must be checked. Indeed this anxiety is a lack of confidence in the Divine’s Grace, the unmistakable sign that the consecration is not complete and perfect.
The Mother – Words of the Mother – III: CWM, Vol. 15, p. 140
If you have faith and are consecrated to the Divine, there is a very simple way, it is to say: “Let Your will be done. Nothing can frighten me because it is You who are guiding my life. I belong to You and You are guiding my life.” That acts immediately. Of all the means this is the most effective: indeed, it is. That is, one must be truly consecrated to the Divine. If one has that, it acts immediately; all fear vanishes immediately like a dream. And the being with the bad influence also disappears like a dream along with the fear. You should see it running away at full speed, prrt! Voilà.
The Mother – Questions and Answers: CWM, Vol. 5, p. 118
If you want to do yoga, you must get rid of fear. Yoga and fear do not go together.
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It is true that what one fears has the tendency to come until one is able to look it in the face and overcome one’s shrinking. One must learn to take one’s foundation on the Divine and overcome the fear, relying on the help to carry one through all things even unpleasant and adverse. There is a Force that works even through them for the seeker and carries him towards his goal.
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Yes, fear creates imaginary terrors—even if there is real danger, fear does not help; it clouds the intelligence, takes away the presence of mind and prevents one seeing the right thing to do.
Sri Aurobindo – Letters on Yoga – III: SABCL, Vol. 24, p. 1416
For fear of being mistaken in our actions, we stop doing anything at all; for fear of being mistaken in our speech, we stop speaking; for fear of eating for the pleasure of eating, we do not eat at all—this is not freedom, it is simply reducing the manifestation to a minimum; and the natural conclusion is Nirvana. But if the Lord wanted only Nirvana, nothing but Nirvana would exist! It is obvious that He conceives of the co-existence of all opposites, and that for Him this must be the beginning of a totality. So obviously, if one feels meant for that, one can choose only one of His manifestations, that is to say, the absence of manifestation. But it is still a limitation. And this is not the only way to find Him, far from it!
The Mother – On Thoughts and Aphorisms: CWM, Vol. 10, p. 195
