Stop Being Afraid

VALUABLE CHECKLIST FOR SELF-TEACHING

     Here is a technique for logical thinking in our everyday life. This technique is to make a checklist of our daily behavior. Then at the end of the day when we check it, we will see where we were asleep and where we can do better. Eventually, we will be able to check it mentally when it happens instead of at the end of the day. Write your own check -list numbered 1 through 100 at least, of one short concise sentence ending in a question. Write them in your own words. The following are some examples:

     1. Where did I react mechanically instead of consciously?
     2. Where did I fall under the spell of social propaganda?
     3. Why did I permit myself to feel guilty or intimidated?
     4. Did I fear others would see through me?

     An example of using the above is, say you have a mental argument with someone, you would go down the checklist and see where you made your mistake. Note: A checklist is only of use when used.

STOP BEING AFRAID

    Stop being afraid of this sick world. Stop it! That man or woman can’t do a thing to you — not if you really understand. You have nothing, nothing to protect.

VIOLENCE IS NEVER RIGHT

     Don’t you ever accept anger in yourself or others as being right. If you will refuse to accept anger, hostility, hatred — this inner violence — as right and necessary, you will then begin to see where the actual cause of your problems is. You now justify violence in yourself and others you are allied with. They hate the same things you do and you justify each others hatred.

PERSEVERE

     You give up too easily. You go out and try to accomplish something that’s very difficult — something that’s a thousand to one chance of success. And persevere and persevere. The results of your task are not important. What is important is the knowledge you will learn about yourself.