Sai Baba Gita - True Fearlessness

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Sai Baba GitaJuly 16, 2004

True Fearlessness

When you have steady faith and an integral vision, and when you constantly think

of the indwelling divinity, you will not become elated by joy nor shrink away

from sorrow. It is only then that you will become completely fearless.

Fearlessness does not mean the absence of fear. True fearlessness completely

transcends fear. It is altogether different and much higher than the mere

removal of fear. The latter is a momentary experience; it comes and it goes.

For example, if you happen to see a rope lying on the ground after dusk, you

might think, in the failing light, that it was a snake. Fearing that the snake

might harm you, you would switch on your flashlight to get a better look at it

and see if it is a poisonous snake. But as soon as the light shines on it you

realize that it is not a snake at all but a piece of rope, and with this

realization your fear disappears instantly. Here you were subjected to fear and

then you became free of fear; both were just transitory

experiences.

Fear is only a delusion created by the mind; lack of fear is also a delusion

created by the mind. Mistaking one thing for another leads to fear; recognizing

the mistake and rectifying it leads to the removal of that fear. But, true

fearlessness is not associated with these two at all. Fearlessness is a

permanent state where there is no question of ever experiencing any fear. When

you are imbued with fearlessness you are continuously aware of your own

reality. At that point, it would be impossible for you to become subject to

fear. You should not consider this quality of fearlessness as just the absence

of fear. When you are truly fearless you will not be aware of any second

entity, at all. You can have fear only when there exists a second object who

evokes the fear in you. But, fearlessness is always associated with unity

consciousness. It refers to non-duality, where there can be no two but always

just one. Only in the state of non-duality will you be truly fearless.

When you forget your true self you will suffer from fear. When you remember only

the world and not God, you will suffer from fear. When you are filled with

desires and attachments, you will suffer from fear. When you are deluded by

objects, you will suffer from fear. On the other hand, when you are immersed in

the transcendental reality, you will be totally free from fear; you will never

be afraid of anything. Then you will be truly fearless.

Krishna said, "Arjuna, there is only one thing you will have to develop. You

need not develop further your vision of the phenomenal world; nor do you need

to further develop your mind. You need only to develop the vision of the one

existing everywhere in everyone. If you know it, and if you remember it, then

you will not be subject to this constant cycling between fear and its removal.

So long as you have the deluded perspective that the world is real and made up

of separate objects, your vision will be clouded and you will be subject to

fear. But when you recognize the truth of the unity of the whole creation, you

will be forever fearless. A person like you should become wise and never again

experience fear."

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