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are afraid of each other, and, therefore, they seek protection in armaments. Fear causes more fear. From the weapons made of stone we have come to atomic weapons capable of devastating the entire world. We cause injury to others and kill them out of fear. We tell lies because we are afraid of telling the truth. It is fear which is the root-cause of all kinds of malpractices in trade and commerce. It is fear which makes us accumulate riches and wealth. It is the cause of all kinds of evils. Freedom from fear means freedom from all kinds of evils.
We need a religion which is not based on fear. We should not be afraid that we will go to hell if we relinquished religion. If one adopts religion for the fear of hell, he is not a truly religious man.
Like fear temptations are another cause of deforming religion. Religion has been forced to commit suicide as it were. People have forgotten the essence of religion and have begun to look for returns from it like heaven where they will be lovingly received and garlanded by handsome fairies and wealth and comfort in this world.
Mothers create a sense of fear in the minds of their children from the very beginning of the latter's life by threatening them that if they did this or that, they will go to hell. This develops complexes in the minds of the children and they become cowards. It creates a sense of inferiority in our minds. As a matter of fact religion has nothing to do with fear. It begins where fear ends. The sole aim of religion is nirjarā or a state in which there is no fear and in which all the etfects of the past have been controlled and eradicated. It is through religion that we can attain pure consciousness. Self-exertion and religion enable us to eradicate predilections, fear, and temptations and to lead us to spiritual quietitude.
The main question before us is how to affect a complete transformation of our personalities. This can be done by making the subconscious conscious or in other words to arouse the soul. Let us consider the method of arousing the soul or of making the subconscious mind conscious. The structure and system of the glands in our body come under the category of the subconscious mind. They affect the brain also and are
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