6.5 Removal Of Fear

The removal of fear does not happen by staying in solitude or in a crowd. Samaadhi is in solitude, action is in a crowd. These will not remove fear. Even love does not remove fear. This is because there is always a fear of harm to the beloved. It is impossible to remove fear using scholarship and worldly wisdom since they contain the fear of defeat and anxiety for the future. Until the thought of the other is removed, there is no possibility of the removal of dear. We require a special type of intellect to remove fear. Furthermore, it should not be an intellect that we have created. It should be an intellect which conforms to the supreme truth. This is the intellect, born of the great statements of Vedanta, which reveals the true identity.