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Essencelessness · Jul 18, 11:58 PM by Hout

Fear:

1. be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event; “I fear a terrorrist attack near my office building.”
2. be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; “I fear the summers in the desert”; “We should not fear the Muslims!”
3. be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement; “I fear I won’t make it to the demonstration”
4. concern: an anxious feeling; “they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction”
5. be uneasy or apprehensive about; “I fear the results of the security referendum”
6. reverence: regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; “Fear God as your father.”
7. a profound emotion inspired by a deity; “the fear of Allah.”
8. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).

We all fear something. That’s not only because of the many definitions around (most people fear in multiple definitions). We seem to have accepted to live by fear. First, there was the sabre-tooth, and via plagues and flues, we got the Commies. And now, the terrorrists. A luxury problem, when you think of it, since terrorrists kill far few than other fearables (traffic, tobacco?).

Anyway, what’s keeping me busy is the question why we torment ourselves with this fear. It seems we create this fear in our minds, collectively, just to keep us away from ourselves (rather: our Selves). And we flee and flight, even farther and further away.
There is absolutely nothing to gain, so why do we do it? We do not want torment, do we?

So it has to be our inability to act otherwise. Or, better said, our inability to not-act. Since it is our mind that creates this pain (yes, fear is pain), we have to shut it up. Here, and Now.

So go feed your mass hysteria on this.

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