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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">The world is full of things that are not pleasing or beautiful, but that is no reason why one should live in a constant feeling of repulsion for these things. All feelings of shrinking and disgust and fear that disturb and weaken the human mind can be overcome. A Yogi has to overcome these reactions; for almost the very first step in Yoga demands that you must keep a perfect equanimity in the presence of all beings and things and happenings. Always you must remain calm, untouched and unmoved; the strength of the Yogi lies there. An entire calmness and quietness will disarm even dangerous and ferocious animals when they confront you. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/30-june-1929#p5</ref></span>
<span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">But when one can eliminate fear, one is almost in safety. For example, epidemics, or so-called epidemics, like those which are raging at present—ninety-nine times out of a hundred they come from fear: a fear, then, which even becomes a mental fear in its most sordid form, promoted by newspaper articles, useless talk and so on. </span><u><ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/09/19-june-1957</ref></u><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">If there is one mental disorder which can bring about all illnesses, it is fear. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0066cc;"><u><ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/31-march-1951#p3</ref></u></span>