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confidence. If a surgeon is trembling while he is operating, he will kill the patient. If he has confidence in his ability, his hand does not tremble, and he ultimately helps the patient. With confidence, the artist can draw a straight line in a single stroke. If a singer has fear in his breath, there will be no music. A spiritual man, who harbors fear, negativity and uncertainty, will be unable to reach his highest potential. So you need confidence and to obtain this confidence, you must use your own energy.
Whenever you have any problem, don't wallow in it. Sit in a relaxed position-select any position in which you feel comfortable; sitting in a chair or on the floor or lying down. Then say to yourself, "I am free from all tension." Easing yourself of all tension, you feel completely relaxed so that you forget your identity also. I mean the identity of name, of social class, of sex, of body, and you feel inwardly that you are floating. When you feel that the gravitation of your senses and body are no longer dragging you down, then you are able to enjoy the higher level of harmony and bliss.
Now at this point there are two possibilities: you either soar or relax in a vacuum. You may find yourself soaring in the infinite where you are able to break the limitations. You go on and on and on without end; nothing binds you-you go into infinity. You have discarded all the influences of anger, greed, conflict, and negative energy because these things are not able
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