The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
done to me.
The wild beasts were looked straight in the face, glances
met, the fierce animals were out-scared and the so-called
terrible creatures sulked away. Thus it is, be fearless
and none can harm you.
Perhaps you have seen how a pigeon in the sight of a cat
shuts his eyes perhaps thinking that the cat does not see
him, because he does not see the cat. What happens? The
cat pounces upon the pigeon and the pigeon is devoured
up. Even a tiger is tamed by Fearlessness, and even a cat
eats up him who fears.
You might have seen how a trembling hand can never
successfully pour a liquid from one vessel into another.
It is sure to be spilt. But how easily the steady, fearless
hand can handle the dear liquid without spilling a drop.
There is Nature once again teaching you in
unsurpassed eloquence.
Once a Punjabee sepoy was down with some fell disease
on board ship, and the doctor passed his capital sentence
of throwing him overboard. Doctors! These doctors
sometimes pass capital sentences. The sepoy came to
know of it. There are flashes of fearlessness even in
ordinary beings when brought to bay. He sprang up
with unbounded energy and became fearless. He went
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