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VICTORY OVER FEAR

As you think, so you become. As you think, so you develop. As is your ideal, so
gradually your life will become. This is so, because there is a great transforming power in
thought.
Take, then, the life of perfect men like Bhishma and think of their deeds and their life and
ideals. Your life will be filled by purity, courage, etc. You will become a noble, perfect man.
The thought will transform you into its own likeness. Man becomes like what he worships. Man
becomes like what he thinks. This is indeed true.
Sit with closed eyes in the early morning. Meditate on courage, the opposite of fear, for
half an hour. Think of the advantages of courage and the disadvantages of fear. Practice the
virtue during the day. Feel that you actually possess courage to an enormous degree. Manifest it
in your daily life. In some weeks or months fear will be replaced by courage. Repeat the formula
“Om courage” mentally, daily several times.
Meditate and assert:
“I am all courage OM OM OM
I am an embodiment of courage OM OM OM
I am like Bhishma OM OM OM
I am a great hero OM OM OM
My will is very powerful OM OM OM
I am not afraid of anything OM OM OM
I am bold and chivalrous OM OM OM
Courage is my birthright OM OM OM

It is very difficult to attack fear directly. It is very strong. You are a victim to this
negative trait in hundreds of lives. It has taken deep root. Put the seeds of courage in your heart.
Allow it to grow. Fear will die by itself. The positive always overcomes the negative. This is an
immutable psychological law. This is the Pratipaksha-Bhavana-method of RajaYogins. Try this
method again and again. You are bound to succeed.
May you attain triumph over fear by cultivating courage through the Pratipaksha-
Bhavana-method or the method of thinking on the opposite!