In Words of The Mother – II, The Mother says, “Get rid of all violence and you will no longer have any fear.”
Thank you for your reply, Alok Da. I get it that Ravana, Duryodhana, Kansa – all these were violent because somewhere they did not feel secure inside themselves, so they wanted to harm whoever could trigger that insecurity.ย
Violence and fear are closely interconnected. In psychology, we call it anger and fear. Fear (and its cousin depression) stems from anger turned towards oneself. When anger is turned outwards, it gives rise to violence. When it (anger) is turned inwards, towards oneself, it takes the form of fear. Basically, it is the same energy. We can take a few examples. When we dislike something about someone, we often react with anger (sometimes hate, which is too strong). But when we dislike something in ourselves (rightly or wrongly), this anger turned towards oneself turns into fear (or depression if it is strong). This fear may take different forms, such as shrinking from the world, from people, from situations, even punishing oneself and others directly or indirectly. When a person shrinks in fear, it makes oneself suffer as well as it gives suffering to others. It is this that the Mother is referring to as violence. In simple words, anger turned against oneself, thereby hurting oneself and others, is fear. If you replace the word violence with anger and hate or spitefulness, then it will be fully clear. It is the same energy.
Besides, fear and violence both stem from a state of inner weakness, a weak vital which quickly erupts or shrinks. It is easier to cure the obvious eruption of anger and violence by bringing into the vital parts calm, peace, equanimity, forgiveness. When all are seen as friends, as facets of the One Divine, when one develops a generous goodwill and helpfulness towards all then the sense of enmity passes away and with it all fear.
Of course, there are fears that stick to the body as nervous reactions within. This stems from the perception of harm. If we get rid of these reactions and instead of rushing to destroy or remove things with violence, we look upon them benevolently, then fear passes away. For example, if one stops attacking an animal that one considers dangerous, then fear too goes away. Essentially, it means that if you can turn violence into calm, peace, generosity, and goodwill then we not only efface violence but also agitation and fear.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
