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So it seems that we are living in a culture of fear.
Before it was the terrorist attacks and now we see this economic crisis that engulfs the whole world.
My point is that we understand less and less what is happening. Personally, the more I read about this crisis the more I get lost.
Not only that: I’m reading about Pakistan, Afghanistan, Irak and the Middle East and it seems that people are losing control. When this happens we see the rise of a culture of fear. And this is what I want you to share: do you feel we are living a moment where fear is being used against us?
Don’t you have the feeling that besides our personal fear, there’s an atmosphere of doubt that is imposing this world of crisis to us?
I would like to hear your opinion on collective fear.
Though I do feel that we are living in a culture where our fears are being aggressively used against us, I have to say I am proud at the new awakening I am experiencing in the people around me. People seem to be wakening to the consciousness as a whole, and opening their minds to new possibilities and healthier ways of living, mind body and soul. I was just traveling around Europe by myself and the kindness I was shown by strangers was one of the greatest lessons of my life so far. We all have our own personal battles and fears while trying to find our way in this world, but i believe that energy attracts energy, so if one by one we can remember to be patient with one another, embracing everyone we come across with love and positivity, we can change the world as we know it.
Beautifully said Stacy!
We need to be open and accepting of all people!
Yes the world is changing and we are all awakening to higher states of being, to Christ consciousness.
Love
Lily
Não é só a dúvida, mas a desconfiança e a inveja que estão na origem da crise, que a construíram, que a solidificaram, e que agora a alimentam.
Ninguém quis ver os sinais. Todos os peritos andavam ocupados a fazer contas, em superar os resultados dos adversários, a falsear dados, a projectar lucros.
No fundo andava tudo a tentar superar o outro. Toda a gente quer superar toda a gente e ninguém tenta confrontar-se consigo mesmo, poucos tentam superar-se a si mesmos. Esta é a principal crise. O restante mal decorre tão somente disso.
Indeed the Culture of fear is quite alarming if we begin to explore it.
My personal solution is not to read the papers or listen to the news.
Anyway how much of it is 'real' and how much of it is embellished in order to keep us fearful and separate and easier to manipulate?
Our hearts are like a vessel to be filled. If we choose to fill it with fear there is no room for love. My journey is to empty my heart of fear in order to allow it to be filled with Love through the grace of God and Life. Is fear an illusion of the mind?
As a child who suffered at the hands of violent adults-I know something of the absolute destructive power of fear both in the singular and collective. Fear paralyses indivudual thought and freedom. It is the ultimate weapon of those,who if they succeed will destroy the world and its role in the Universe.
Collective fear,is especially frightening because of its subtelty; that we are susceptible to our need to follow the great whether Kings,Emperors,Football Teams,Celebrity et al is obvious.
One day it is a single discriminatory objection,the next day it is a Yellow star.The next day a civilisation disappears.
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CREO QUE TODOS LAS PERSONAS ESTAN ATERRADAS TANTO POR LOS ACTOS TERRORISTAS COMO EL NARCOTRAFICO EL AZECINATO EN NUESTRO PAIS – MEXICO COMO EN ALGUNOS OTROS EN LATINO AMERICA, APARTE TAMBIEN POR LAS NUEVAS EN FERMADADES QUE HAN ESTADO APARECIENDO,PERO TODOS ESTA ESTAMO0S ATERRANDO EN NUESTRO MUNDO UNO COMO PADRE QUESIERA QUE EN CUALQUIER PARTE DEL PLANETA NUESTROS HIJOS ESTUBIERAN A SALVO Y NO PASAR POR TANTO MIEDO. TAMBIEN HAY PERSONAS QUE ACAUSA DEL MIEDO Y LA SOLEDAD QUE SIENTEN PROVOCAN TANTO DANO A NUESTRA COMUNIDAD O NUESTROS PAISES, O QUE NUESTRAS PAREJAS CUANDO NOS ABANDONAN PROVOCAN TANTO DANO COMO SOLEDAD A NUESTROS HIJOS Y DE AHI NUESTROS HIJOS TAMBIEN CRESEN UN UNA INMENSA SOLEDAD QUE AUNQUE NOSTENGAN A NOSOTRAS COMO MADRES SIEMPRE SIENTEN ESA INMENSA SOLEDAD.
Bonjour Paulo,
This last comment I made in december 08 is quite in lines with your “culture of fear”.
You make allusion to that in “The winner stands alone” with the cinema industry ‘ ..To avoid any non-lucrative wars and to promote agression between countries or companies where they feel this might bring them more power and more monies.”
Maybe the bubble is coming to bursting point…
I haven’t been watching the news at all lately. I like to see what is going on, however, I take much of what is being said with a grain of salt these days.
I always grab a paper whenever I am on a plane, and I am surprised at the content of the news in countries such as Thailand and in the Middle East. They seem to be so much better than the Western ones.