YOUR FEAR GIVES POWER
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TO THE MIND. SOCIETY
DOES NOT LiBERATE YOU
iT BINDS YOU
Your fear gives power to the
mind When a local gangster
steps out on the first day of his
job, he has a little fear. Once the
people start obeying him, even if
he is unsure of himself, just
seeing people obey him gives
him confidence, ‘Yes, now I am
a great guy!’ His whole body
language changes.
In the same way, when the mind
comes to attack you, initially it
will not have enough confidence.
But when it sees that you are
afraid of it, it gains confidence
and traps you! You give
confidence to the mind to attack
you. Once you show your fear,
once you show that you are very
fragile, that is enough for your
mind and you are caught.
The person who wants to exploit you first makes you believe that you can't run your life without him. He gives you the impression that you cannot survive without him. Once you fall for it, he starts exploiting you and playing games with you. The moment you start believing that you cannot survive without him, you start putting up with him even though it is an abuse. In the same way, the first thing your mind does is convince you that you cannot be alive without it. The moment it convinces you of this, nothing more needs to be done. Then you never try to drop the mind!
