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Fear is also a terribly contagious collective thing—it is much more contagious than the most contagious of illnesses.
<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/05/14-october-1953#p38</ref> It is in the vital that the fear is felt and if one is sensitive, then they feel the fear in the environment and their vital latches onto it. It comes from a disharmony between the vital vibrations. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/06/10-march-1954#p24</ref>
Fear is a barrier on the path of yoga as it hinders the closeness between the human soul and the divine. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/06/10-march-1954#p24It p24</ref>It indicates an invasion of the hostile forces in the human consciousness. The hostile forces have created fear as a means of dominating living beings, animals and men. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/10-november-1965#p3</ref>It is more of a nervous sensation than an emotion . <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/24/the-instruments-of-the-spirit#p8</ref>
Causes of fear
Attachment, desire, need for attention, trying to please and cravings come from the narrow limits of the consciousness. These when they go unfulfilled gives rise to grief. Grief in turn gives rise to fear.