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Fear is sloughed off like a dead skin. Peace, poise and power are all attracted to us by the subtle magnetism of pure thoughts. Man eyes man with Love, Compassion and Pity. The fibres of the mind have grown too finely strung to stand the shock of evil thoughts and desires, and these latter fly off from the keenly vibrant mind. Listen to Yogi Eamacharaka: "From this point you will gradually develop into that consciousness which assures you that when you say "I" you do not speak of the individual entity with all its power and strength but know that the "I" has behind it the power and strength of the spirit and is connected with an inexhaustible supply of force, which may be drawn upon when needed. Such an one can never experience Fear-for he has risen far above it. Fear is the manifestation of weakness and, so long1 as we hug it to us and make a bosom friend of it, we will be open to the influence of others. But by casting aside Fear me take several steps upwards in the scale. . . . When man learns that nothing can really harm him, Fear seems a folly. And when man awakens to a realisation of his real nature and destiny, he knows that nothing can harm him and consequently Fear is discarded. "It has been well said, "There is nothing to fear but fear." . . . The abolition of Fear places in the hands of man a weapon of defence and power which renders him almost invincible. Why do you not take this gift which is so freely offered you? Let your watchwords he "I am/' "I am fearless and free"