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Three strangling sisters: fear, jealousy and insecurity

by Sri Chinmoy
First published by Agni Press in 1974. Published on srichinmoylibrary.com with the permission of Sri Chinmoy. This is the 199th book written by Sri Chinmoy after he came to the West in 1964.

Table of Contents

Part I — Fear

  • Fear of the spiritual life
  • Fear of the vast
  • Expansion conquers fear
  • The journey of fear
  • Fear's transformer: light
  • Identification: the victory over fear
  • Love knows no fear
  • Fear, strength and confidence
  • Fear in the vital and mental worlds
  • The fear of not pleasing one's Master
  • The fear of failure

Part II — Jealousy

  • Jealousy: a sad story for all
  • How to conquer jealousy
  • Jealousy and responsibility
  • The disciples' jealousy

Part III — Insecurity

  • Liberation from insecurity
  • Are women more insecure than men?
  • Insecurity and impurity
  • Cherishing insecurity
  • Insecurity-sadness
  • Transcending insecurity
  • Insecurity-walls
  • Security in devotion

Part IV — Poems from the first edition

  • I fear
  • The marathon of my fears
  • He has no fear
  • Why
  • Fear
  • Your three enemies
  • Not you
  • An insecure life
  • I don't want you
  • It will not last
  • Editor's introduction to the first edition
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