Wipe out the root causes of anxiety and fear and ignorance. Then only can the true personality of man shine forth. Anxiety is removed by faith in the Lord; the faith that tells you that whatever happens is for the best and that the Lord’s Will be done. Quiet acceptance is the best armour against anxiety; not the acceptance of the heroic. Sorrow springs from egoism, the feeling that you do not deserve to be treated so badly, that you are left helpless. When egoism goes, sorrow disappears. Ignorance is just a mistake, mistaken identity of the body as the Self! (SSS Vol.1, p. 28)

Today men boast about their myriad achievements. But all these are accompanied by anxiety. So, these achievements are not significant. Man assumes that he is investigating various phenomena. This is not so. It is man’s senses which are experimenting with him. Man imagines that he is making use of his sense organs. Not at all. The truth is the senses are sporting with man. Man is not alive to this fact. If man really mastered the senses and had full sway over them, he would not be subject to vicharam (anxiety). It is the senses that are holding sway over man. They are utilising man for their enjoyment, with the result that man has become a weakling. He is a victim of peacelessness. He is a prey to many troubles. (SSS Vol.25, p. 52)

If the bitter qualities of lust, anger and envy germinate in the heart, fear, anxiety and sloth will be the fruits thereof. (P.Vah, p. 19)