Fearless Painting

This is my favourite description of being fearless, by Swami Vivekananda: “fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, fear is wrong life. The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you. Abhih, we have to become Abhih, fearless, and our task will be done. The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero, always say, i have no fear. Mountain high though the difficulties appear, terrible and gloomy though all thing seem, they are but Maya. Fear not - it is banished. Crush it, and it vanishes. Stamp upon it, and it dies. Be not afraid. Think not how many times you fail. Never mind. Time is infinite. Go forward. Get hold of the Self, then stand up. Don’t be afraid. In the midst of all miseries and all weakness, let the self come out. Whoever thinks that i am little makes a mistake, for the self is all that exists. The sun exists because i declare it does, the world exists because i declare it does. Whitout me they cannot remain. For I am Existence, Knowledge and Bliss Absolute - ever happy, ever pure, ever beautiful. There is hope for all. None can die; none can be degraded forever. Life but a playground, however gross the play may be. However we may receive blows, and however knocked about we may be, the Soul is there and is never injured. We are infinite. Thus sang a Vedantin: I never had fear no doubt. Death never come to me. I never had father or mother: for i was never born. Where are my foes? For I am All. Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached”