Second Day
When one realizes the Self, in whom
All life is one, changeless, nameless, formless,
Then one fears no more. Until we realize
The unity of life, we live in fear.
(from the Taittiriya Upanishad
Easwaran, E. (2002). (Ed.). The Upanishads. Tomales, CA: Nilgiri Press.)
The large Self is Spirit, the immanence of God within all of us. When we realize this connection, we no longer feel separateness and the fear that comes from separation. Those people who are cut off from the unity of all life have many fears. They live in fear. Only love can displace fear and love comes from Self Realization, that unity with the Infinite, the Immortal.
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