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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.
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Friends! Wake up! We started to loose things long before this turmoil. We were all concerned about insurance agreements, office tasks and new shop around the corner. We were about to forget about love. Love is opposite to Fear. And people would feel fear until they understand that there is nothing left but Love. The only thing which doesn’t have some stupid index. the only thing that is not minus 5% in the end of the day. We were missing Love my dear friends… Let Love rule as Lenny Kravitz used to sing…
Everything else will be back and is going to be better than ever before.
En mi opinión, cada vez a los grandes señores que dominan el mundo les cuesta mas mantener la farsa y utilizan el miedo y el terrorismo a su favor, para conseguir manejarnos y si pueden acabaran con toda la libertad que los hombres conquistaron tras el renacimiento.
Porque si antes éramos esclavos por la violencia, ahora lo somos por el dinero, en la calle las bellas mujeres venden su cuerpo y los hombres matan por un trozo de papel pintado, al que llamamos dinero.
La única verdad es que lo mas caro es la existencia y eso es gratis y no entiende de dinero.
Cuando Vamos ha decidir vivir según el amor y no por el miedo.
Lo peor que nos puede ocurrir es morir, pero somos eternos, ¿entonces que nos da miedo?.
El amor es la respuesta, que esperamos, empezar a perdonar y entregar nuestras vidas si fuese necesario.
Un abrazo!!
¡Cambiemos todos para que el todo cambie!
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(I feel the translation)
In my opinion, every time the great lords who dominate the world costs them more to keep the farce and using fear and terror in their favor, for if they can handle and ended up with all the freedom that men gained after the Renaissance.
Because if we were slaves before the violence, now we are on the money in the streets of beautiful women sell their bodies and men killed by a piece of wallpaper, we call money.
The only truth is that it is more expensive there and that is free and does not understand money.
We had to decide where to live according to love and not by fear.
The worst that can happen to us is dying, but we are eternal, then we afraid?.
Love is the answer, hopefully, begin to forgive and deliver our lives if necessary.
A hug!
To change all that changed everything!
Dear c.d.c., thank you for quoting Michelangelo.
I am Russian, you see. And we the Russian are used to living in fear. Fear has been part of our culture for centuries. It is even inherited by those who were born in relatively peaceful times. And… it made us tough and taught us certain rules of self-salvation.
I mean, of course I get worried and affraid when I see the knews of a modern country leader who has an entire city full of sleeping people destoryed overnight; of course I can’t help being scared listening to the news of fast-spreading economic crisis. But… I have things to do, I have people to take care of. I am sure that no matter what – I’ll manage, we will manage. I’m speaking from experience. I’ve survived a huge economic crisis in my country. In July 1998 I finished my university and in August the national economy collapsed. After that I could not find a job for a year and a half. Nobody needed specialists of my type. I was not the only one to suffer. Every family, every person was in big, huge trouble. But I went through it and I managed and I got stronger. So I am worried now, but I am not afaraid. I heard an interview with Oprah Wingfrey who said, ‘Stop and say THANK YOU in the middle of the biggest crisis of your life. No matter how horrified you are, say thank you for this experience. Because you know and you have faith that you’re gonna get to the other side, and on the other side of every storm there’s A GREATER SENSE OF JOY.’
Tony Benn put it nicely…
Tony’s words:
“People elect a government to do their will but now government forces the people to do it’s will.”
“Government controls the people through fear and encourages their disillusionment – so that they believe no matter what they do, nothing will change. Then they don’t rise up against the order – they don’t even bother to vote.”
“When you share power, change happens – that’s democracy.”
“Without consent nothing can last.”
“Every generation has the same battles to fight – all over again.”
http://ramblinrob.blogspot.com/2007/11/tony-benn-great-educator.html
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Hello Paulo!!!
Il est vrai que le contexte dans lequel nous vivons est assez effrayant , mais la peur est un sentiment qui si il prends le dessus et surtout si il est collectif peut amener notre monde a sa perte je propose à tout le monde qui aura lu mon message que nous nous retrouvions tous à la même heure le me^me jour et que nous méditions pour le bien de notre planète et de nos âmes… Pourquoi pas le 08 Octobre à 22 heures (heure de la France)
Avec tout mon Amour pour TOUS…
I think if you’d want to control a large population fear is your best option. After all if I am what stands between you and what you are afraid of – wouldn’t you be inclined to do as I say. Who wouldn’t allow the government more power if it comes down to the choice between them and the unknown dangers of terrorism, financial melt-down, etc, etc… The idea of control by fear seem to be embraced by too many of the worlds leaders. Or maybe I’m being paranoid… Maybe things really are going to hell. But I can’t help thinking that if everyone cared about his/her local community, and didn’t get dragged into worrying about what went on far away. If we did care for our neighbour and not for the people everywhere else. We’d not be so afraid. There is too much pain and suffering in the world, too many bad things happen. And if we are all of us going to take all of that in… No wonder people have trouble sleeping, that depression rates are sky-high. Looking at the big picture life is pain. But by focusing on the smaller things, what goes on right here, right now. I think most people would be much, much happier!
Thank you dear Paulo, for the opportunity to speak out via this…
As so called young generation, I have a lot of fear and so easily get destructed or lose focus in life when I overdo the thinking of being unsafe.
There’s time I have fear to be alone, to lose parents or people who love me. There’s time I have fear to be myself, to let people know how my life; how messed it is. Every now and then I do have fear.
I have fear when I hear corruptions. I have fear when I heard about what people with power say and what they plan to do, I have fear when I read or watch or listen about the environment, over do the thinking of what will happen if the world getting hotter and hotter. I have fear when I heard people politicize religion, or use religion as an excuse to kill people,or hate people.
But I know life is not that easy, being young and trying to prove my parents that I am not scared or trying to tell people around you that you are fine is not easy sometimes. But that’s what I am doing now, I want to be bold being myself, I want to stand on what I believe or who I am, not to be ashamed how mess my life is, not to felt insecure being free spirit and just be myself and make mistake…
Because I believe the fear start within you, and the most important thing is that you to be able to erase fear of being Who You Are. having doubt to your own selves is greatest fear.
I am learning not to be sacred of what life can offer…to let experience guide me.
(”,)
Sheela
Maybe I am just over optimistic – but the push will come and I believe we may see the first of it in the result of the US election. There is an under-current of those of us who are operating our lives within a broader realm who will come out of the woods and make their voices known. Fear is always chaotic, that’s why it gets noticed. Maybe we need to hear, sense, view the nuances of people like us and continue the dialogue which urges change.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. – Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, from Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’
It is well documented that American advertising fosters anxieties purely to sell products that assuage those anxieties. Therefore the desires for a better way of life are based on manufactured fear and anxiety.
Nevertheless there is very real danger in our neighborhoods. There are murders in every major city daily. But is the world any safer now then it was historically, say, in Elizabethan England. I think not.
Marvelous book: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, that says, not very simply, past performance does not guarantee future returns… In anything!
Personally, I believe that we are on a cusp of great change as the world itself cannot bear the pressure that exploitation by human civilizations place upon it. Resource extraction, species extinction, climate change, deforestation, change in the very atmosphere itself are ignored at our own peril, yet modern civilization goes steady onward in a self-absorbed, solipsistic course that endangers commoners, such as the poisoned milk crisis in China.
Nevertheless, as I have read the previous posts, there is a way of life that is free of fear, life affirming and in agreement with life itself. Community and interrelationship is one, not isolation as individualism.
I believe we are on the cusp of not just realizing we are part of the whole, but about to realize that reorientation of consciousness to put into practice that realization.
But first we need to find a way to live without fear, without thinking that the world revolves around us and that our individual wellbeing at the expense not only of the biosphere but also our neighbors is the most important factor guiding our lives.
We have to embrace changing realities: economic, cultural, ethical, spiritual. To cling to the past, to a monolithic present composed of what we assume the way things should be, is the path to death. The pilgrimage toward life is through change, fearlessly, selflessly, with trust, faith, hope and belief.
Fear is created and experienced at levels of individual and collective consciousness. If you sense fear is an emotion generated by choice with a particular energy vibration, you can begin to sense how many people aligning with a particular thought and energy can combine to build or expand the consequences. That is, the more you think and talk about something, the more you give it your attention and energy, and the more you reinforce it as part of your truth in reality. If, however, you choose to consciously not to think about certain subjects, not to watch or listen to particular kinds of images and perspectives of news, then you are actively dissolving the hold you may have given fear to hold over you. It is a choice.
I agree with you Paulo that fear is being used. Lies are being told. Unfortunately for us they hold the truth from us, so all we can do is guess at reality of the situation. Even if we were able to surmise the real truth the media would ignore us and call us conspiracy theorists.
My personal believe is that the idiots behind Bush are pushing for WW3. They are going to get pushing and bleeding our economy (and everyone else) dry. Everyone in American said just how much damage could Bush do as the appointed President. Next month is the election and the change of power. Let hope Bush does not do something extra stupid.
Someone once told me that if you fear God, you need fear nothing else. If you don’t fear God, you fear everything else.
Fear has evolved parallel to change. In the evolution of our society, safety was in numbers, in a common belief, in a strict set of rules and a narrow path of life-work hard, eat well, love all, pray often. As we evolved, we were influenced by other cultures and values. We developed a sense of CHOICE. And in that choice comes the unknown…and consequence. In the consequence is the fear. We are now at the mercy of the choices made by others. As a larger community we are influenced by each and every person and thing on our globe. Im remembering in “The Alchemist”, pondering a grain of sand. The realization of our significance vs. our insignificance can be represented at the same time in ONE SINGLE grain of sand. Others have taken paths and made choices-good and bad that we are ALL suffering the consequences for. Therin lies the fear. Freedom begets fear. Freedom from protection. If we eliminate our protection, we are giving OTHERS freedom and vice versa. Freedom and protection are a delicate balance. A tiger confined to a cage has lost his freedom, but we have gained protection. The regulatory system built within a society is bound by those within it. What are the boundaries? The boundaries are within our own walls of self regulation which vary GREATLY globally. Crimes committed in America will get you life in prison, whereas the same act is acceptable in another. Think of Africa and the genital mutilation. Think of Haiti and the beheading of females. Think of China and the killing of babies. Think of Washington and their careless, powerful greed. Think of Africa and the monotonous death. Think of Japanese kamikazees. Should we live in fear??? No. Let’s live in freedom with measured protection. The measured protection lies within our laws of our land and morality of our lives. Live and let live..using instincts as our guide and NOT FEAR itself.
katinka – spirituality , i disagree wit this..However, in the economic crisis there is no reason to create more fear – nobody stands to gain…
When we have a culture that cares so much about money, the created fear forces us to put all of our trust in the system. Read the bill and you’ll see that there is alot more in it then financial stuff.
As for my comment on the statement by Paulo, I think that fear is one of the most sure fire ways of getting people to do what they really wouldnt or shouldnt do normally. Unfortunately for us (people not in the know) the people who seek to control us using fear and lies, also control the means ( money, media, politicians).
Let me make this clear.. There is no doubt in my mind that there is an elite group in this world that control us using not only fear, but also by hiding our true nature from us. They know the truth, and they hide it from us because they know that we humans are powerful beyond belief. Just think, their knowledge allows them to control whole nations. As long as we have people searching for the truth outside themselves, then we will always have people who will be controlled, because the truth lies INside us. You just have to unlock the knowledge.
Peace and Love
Daniel
I’m not convinced we die. The world is full of lies. I’ve never died & I’ve never met anyone who has. It could be a malicious rumour. I won’t believe it until I experience it first hand… So what is there to fear?!
I would dearly love to comment on this Paulo, however I fear for the consequences and will therefor refrain.
There is one thing that is sure in the current economical climate; death and taxes. Lets add three more Death, Taxes, Recession, War and Global Warming…
Are the people in the Western World still spinning in the carefully planned topple of the World Trade Centre in New York? Or has the Earth finally gotten tired of humans sucking her resources dry. It seems that it is a combination of all worst nightmares rolled into one. (I’m not moaning about the end of the World)
You are a mad man you may say to me; manifesting horrible thoughts into our minds. Nay I say!! It is only from looking reading and feeling the ever increasing times slowly crawl from the Earth’s four corners I say these things. Look at Russia and Geneva, what madness lay behind these criminal acts? As Senator John McCain put it in one of the debates he recently had, “I looked in his eyes and I saw nothing but KGB behind Vladimir Putin.” Although there are no hints of the Iron Curtain going back up it is another knife in the back of world politics.
China have developed an anti satellite missile! They have managed their first Moon Walk and are in the Space race with the USA and Russia the old Superpower’s ghosts still dogfighting in the night sky. When will Zimbabwe put a man on the moon? Their ever shrinking economy may have a new chance now, we wait to see the light.
On a last note, I bought tickets for a return flight to Germany today; E200. Somebody commented, “that’s a bit expensive?” All I said was to imagine the price of the same trip in five years time.
Dear mr. Coelho and readers,
I am not an intellectual but merely a mother with little education. And this is a complicated matter. Still i would like to share part of
my thoughts on this subject.
I will start with this :
One of my sons showed me : ” Esoteric Agenda ” on U-tube ( 126 min. version )
What i heard on the video was new to me and showed a totally different perspective to a lot. Those who are familiar with the various notions of conspirasies ( excuse my English ? ) know how this can shock the system. However, i did not want to go along with this fear, as i don’t want to with many óther fears. Instéad i wanted to give my son a tool, any tool..to stop the venomous road to more fear.
This is what entered my mind:
Devide and rule.
Eversince the world pushed us toward individualism and promoted self-realization as a well disurves bliss that we should use to the full, we stopped thinking about being our brother’s keepers and the community as a whole. Succes became a virtue and : Where there is a will, there is a way, became the guideline.
As much as this is true , it also has a down-side. We tought eachother that fear is being wéak. We tought eachother not to ask for help. Not to talk about hunger, cold, fear of sadness. For those became signs of faillure.Not of being human. We learned nót to communicate anymore. But speak of succes and happyness only or keep our mouth shut. If anyone asks : “How are you ? ” We know that this is more often a retorical question than not. We hide our true feelings and reply that we are fine. We are always fine. We will not take to much time of the person who asked. We will not burden them with our problems. And most of all we want to keep our pride..So it became a more or less mutual agreement what can and can not be shared.
More and more people become eilands.I live in Holland and so i tell it as i see it here. No more family to help eachother out. They are to busy with their own succes and worries. No more neighbours that know what is going on behind closed doors and curtains. Nobody has time and they have enough worries of themselves. Add to this that no one has the right to stick their nose in anyone elses business, so they dón’t. And..see the results. Generaly speaking. Offcourse there are exceptions to this rule. But, again generally, we carry fear, sadness, hardship and more and more hidden poverty alone. And psychologists are needed more and more. ( I believe also due to this and for the moment not mentioning the witch hunt etc.) Individualism and self-realization have come with great costs. The arms of lonelyness and fear have grown! Offcourse life hás gone faster and faster. And people sit behind their computer instead of visiting eachother like years ago. Also i do not disregard all óther changes, like the influence of the media etc. It’s merely one angle to look at what happened.
But there is also this :
If particles change their behaviour and/or position ( or matter ) due to the human eye that observes and mesures.
If a snowflake changes it’s pattern according to the strong emotion of an observer.
If the power of prayer, like the power of a placebo, heals through faith.
If the world itsélf has a soul. And zero point field showes changes vibrations due to thought.
Then…are we not powerful ? Do not the world of science and the world of spirit come closer ? Are we not so much móre powerful when we unite ?
Where two or more gather in MY name, said the Lord, i am in their midst. Two or more.
Is this a circle in it’s own ?
Can we replace fear with the knowledge of hope ? Can we pull up our sleeves and say : “Right, If faith can move mountains, even if that faith is no bigger than a mustard seed “. If particles can change, ..if snowflakes can change, if faith can cause miracles..then can we not unite in prayer allthough we are individuals and move the hearts of those with ill intend ? Or change the outcome of a plan, even if it seems impossible ? Perhaps i am naief..but nothing ventured nothing gained.
This is what i found to at least try to stop some poisenous fears and replace them with a little more then hope alone ?
God bless !
‘Have no fear’/'Be not afraid’ was one of Pope John Paul II’s message to youth at his yearly Youth Conferences all over the world, and to us all in his speeches encouraging the citizens of the world before entering this new millennium.
Here is another quote by him; ‘Have no fear of moving into the unknown simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence’.
yes, defenately – I live in Belgium nowadays and here the news about Fortis and Dexia are followed by everyones eyes and ears and myself I don’t even understand why I should follow these news as I can not do anything about what is happening anyway. Why should I keep my eyes fixed at the TV to see what the high CEO’s of the finance, the governement and the historians are declaring when nothing I say or do will change the movements on the stock-markets?
When these news started I happend to see Terminator 2 and it seems the grotesque future scenario from that movie now is haunting my thoughts. I wonder what the world of survival looks like – when “everything” is collapsing – IF it is collapsing?
i’d like to laugh about this crisis,they made a strange game,i’m not sad for the players,they accepted the rules.i know since many years this kind of game,made also more poor people around the world for many reasons,as the work ect..i’m afraid this crisis make more damage.this is my fear.maybe this can wake up more compassion.i hope this wake up some people who live in their bubble or behind beautiful walls.i hope they’ll realize that we live together on the same planet.
Collective fears are created on purpose and used on purpose and people are fed with thought of being exposed and powerless, hopeles against it.
Whoever has enough strenght should fight in his own way that ominous cloud that is spread from centers of power.
Even small and tiny beam of light brakes darkness.
Luce
Dear Paulo,
More then ever power of fear is used today or should we call it tirany of fear.
The worst thing is that it goes like tsunami wave and is multiplied by mass media.
It hangs over our heads like Sword of Damokles always for some reason: global warming, mafia increasing, terrorism, asteroid falling, economics colapsing….whenever politics need to manipulate and win they send wave of fear through mass media.
I do not accept all these preachers of catastrophee, I do not permit then to condition my life.
Fear feeds and generate more fear, it is destructive, in long run destabilizing, demoralizing, oppressive but it gives power to manipulators.
I live my life without fear, thanks God I am such person, and whenever and wherever I can I fight and help others to get reed of that desease.
Love
Luce
P.S.
Half an hour before I tried to send my coments on this topic but in moment I pressed “submit” computer went crazy. Shall I be afraid of my thoughts ?
Shall I doubt myself ?
Shall I not feel free to think as I wish ?
Well, I am free person and fear has no room in my heart, and I wish same to all of you. Fear can be fought by love,
and by love only !
The only thing we should fear is “Fear” its self.
I was visiting an elderly man in the course of my employment, who had brought up the subject of the “current financial crisis, dictated by the media and the people who control it”.
Having lived his life within his financial means “what is required for comfortable living, without debt”.
Who simply said I am not believing that it is financial doom for All.
It is a concern for the individuals who have lived above their means, and the individuals who had profited from irresponsible bank, mortgage, credit agreements. We all make mistakes and should learn from them. Common sense I guess
Statements like, “The house is on fire call the fire brigade!” Hand over all our tax earnings, to bail out the irresponsible actions of incompetent financial deals.
Given the choice I would rather give the taxes to honest hard working individuals who could use the cash to create a stable open and accountable system, to boost the global economy.
Certainly, we are being hoodwinked into believing the end is nigh if we dont agree to their demands, and hand over the tax payers money.
Perhaps the best solution is all the money earmarked for war and weapons of mass detruction could be channelled to overt this “crisis”, This way it would not be missed.
I’m guessing the media would not support my suggestion.
Carol
I feel that fear is one of the key driving forces that keeps the society in check.
We see various fears in our daily lives; the fear of being different, the fear of standing out, the fear of failure and more others.
In a way, Fear is an awesome natural motivator as it works similar to reverse psychology.
About the issue of fear being used “against us”, we’ll first have to define, in what sense do we consider fear as being used “against” rather than “for” us.
As mentioned, fear is a natural motivator. But in the case of it being used “against” us, I personally feel that the society instills this fear to limit the society’s ignorance, in doing so, keep the society on track.
Terrorism, natural disasters and economical situations are great sources of fear and the prospect of destruction humbles human society in a way.
Collective fear exists and in a way, it is universal amongst the human population.
Cheers!
Kenji
http://metallic-stains.blogspot.com
Hi Paulo and Everyone,
My guess is that this culture of fear has always been around. It is a fear of the unknown that keeps us all bound to our socially conditioned ways of behaving. The unknown is scary enough and the illusion of control is what helps us sleep at night. Now though, this fear is becoming more apparent as the illusion of control is being shown for what it is, an illusion. The universe does not really care what plans man makes, nor for that matter Wall Street.
When fear amplifies all clarity goes and quickly in a dog-chasing-its-tail way fear gets out of proportion to the reality of the situation. Look at the stock markets. This circumstance does look pretty bad.
What has brought about this current crisis is the combination of fear and greed, this coupled with the have now and pay later culture that mass media has encouraged. It is coming home to roost.
The US (and UK) involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan is all about securing oil. The US government has spent huge amounts of money there in its attempts to secure energy for the future, for a country which is the most energy greedy in the world. This too is a factor. The “I must have it now” culture is what has been propagated around the world. Which society INVENTED the credit card?
In a sense humanity itself is now overdrawn at the bank of life, the financial “crisis” is mirroring it for us, us all. This “crisis” is a way of re-balancing the books. In a rather strange way it needs to happen. As mentioned in various posts, taking personal responsibility for the way we each interact with the world is pretty much all we can do. The Ghandi quote being so very, very apt.
Stepping back and trusting our own fate as this situation evolves and its impact on each one of us becomes clear, is a way forward.
I seem to remember reading in various Tibetan books about the bardo of the hungry ghosts, this looks a little like this. If we all approach the world looking to be fed now (right now) and not looking at the consequence of our actions the effects ripple out.
In another sense the obsession with the material side of life rather than the spiritual side has also been a factor. Things need to change.
Keeping calm, very, very still and watching as the madness evolves.
Best wishes,
Alan
Dear Paulo and friends,I was living wery hard times under the tyrannicall regime of the comunist era here in Romania.For me this are not worst times,respect what was the life when comunists had the power.Was same as in “The Animal Farm” of Orwell.Anyway now is much more freedom for communication,for everything.Also poverty was much more before.I think always we must to think to the poorest times or places,so we might see we are doing quite well.One can live in middle of rich people,still being sort of a slave,or livin among poors,but living as a king.Or at least having dignity.I dont think nowadays is same as in the 1920s,in the recesion time.But management of the resourses is zero underground level.
Si hay algo que es dificil hoy en dia es influenciar un pueblo, una buena comunicación y publicidad hacen milagros, pero estamos tan saturados de información que más que MIEDO, hay INDIFERENCIA.
Todos conocemos los miedos y la mayoria de ellos los compartimos, otros los leemos o simplemente los escuchamos, clasificamos y olvidamos.
Te pueden hablar de crimenes en la otra punta del hemisferio, pero ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente, y justamente pienso que es lo que practicamos globalmente.
Nuestro miedo esta en una televisión, en un periodico, en un ayer, en un mañana, es algo escrito y lejano, para otros es una realidad, realidad que cambia miles de buenos corazones que se ven envueltos en un rencor natural.
Pero nadie dijo que es fácil dirigir un planeta ;) y menos unirlo.
Hi Paulo, hi everyone
“El Demonio y la Sra. Prym”, that book of yours helped me to get concious and understand the power of colective fear. More than that, it helped me to understand why some Dictatorships remain in the power for years & years…
What is happening now is like when we were children in the school, when someone said something the fear started to grow grow and multiply, law of atractions aswell. News speak about crisis, people starts to be nervous, and from one thing to other at the end we have what we have now…
As it comes it goes.. people create this “crisis” should will be able to transform it? I hope so.
Hugs!
María de Lourdes
http://www.mariadelourdeseguren.blogspot.com
just today i talked with a friend about what reaction this financial breakdown caused us: we both laughed at it
i know there are many who would say: how can you laugh , it`s all so bad.
but actually when i look around, i see nothing of that what they claim is so bad happening! i see a blue sky, reath a clear air, i feel conftable within myself, i can talk with people i like to, i woN´t strave and i got a warm bed.
i believe these so called “fears” are made up, because society seems to have the build up the need for bad news. when nthing is happening they are complaining about nonsense like the weather. it`s just a completely wrong sight on things, the concentration on what`s missing and maybe wrong.
it`s quiet the opposite of what`s a warrior of light is doing. you could get lost within all these bad news if you give them a place in your mind.
but i don´t do that anymore, so it makes me laugh nowadays. the fact that i just don´t have to care about these news.
we got all enough to do when we look at things around us. it makes no sense to get filled with things we got no direct influence on, it will help noone and it makes nothing better.
even worse, the more energy with thoughts one thing gets the more power it gets.
people, be happy, and you`ll make people around you happy… and this will create even more happyiness, because in the end, all is good, all is perfect order, the good and the bad, it all got it`s place and you can chose on which side you want to play your game of life
love
Fear is preyed upon ignorance and insecurity, lack of love and trust.
I love your book and tell everyone that if they follow their personal legend, which is in everyone’s heart and trust it, this world would be so peaceful and plentiful for everyone.
It seems like a long shot with all of the suffering, but it makes sense if you truly think and feel it and if everyone starts with themselves, it will create a movement in the right direction.
If we are truly following our Personal Legend, then there is no competition. This means there would be no greed, jealousy, insecurity…which means no fear!
I have had an amazing blessed life, so I know I have not been through horrific circumstances as others, but all we have is right now, and if everyone looks into their hearts, they will find and feel goodness and overcome the ego.
Every idea or thought we have has an emotion attached. This can be developed and grow very strong in a helpful or hurtful direction over time. Media and leaders, good and bad, use this in a positive or negative way, which creates fear in society and builds momentum. I feel this has been used and manipulated very strategically to create the “atmosphere of doubt that is imposing this world of crisis to us”.
Make sure as an individual you are following/leading what you truly feel and not just the masses or who seems like they’re on top at the moment. Look beyond what you know or have learned up to this point in your life.
You can only begin with yourself, but if you stay on course it will spread and people will line up to help you.
“Be the change you wish to see in the World! Gandhi
Olá Paulo;
Neste EXATO momento acabo de ler “O vencedor está só”, e minha reação instantânea, foi vir aqui me expressar! como não existe mais “tempo” para coincidências neste mundo, o assunto é o MEDO…
Talvez o medo tome conta de mim, ultimamente, de uma forma mais racional, porque é chegada a hora de assumir a minha parcela pelo caos… afinal, somos seres interligados, e co-responsáveis pelo TODO! assim como você acabou de mudar minha vida neste instante que leio mais uma obra sua, nós (sociedade) “deixamos” de mudar o mundo, quando nos abstemos dele… Tudo é fruto do meio…
Ultimamente tenho tentado muito dialogar sobre a vida, sobre os meus anjos e demônios, mas ninguém parece muito disposto a trocar experiências… Este é também meu medo! Utopia…
Tenho me encontrado em minha fé.
“A mente que se abre a uma nova idéia jamais voltará ao seu tamanho original.” (Albert Einstein)
I have a friend of mine who always tells me that by using the internet everybody has the opportunity of stealing passwords or even more important tools from your computer and it is getting worse every day. So every time I talk to him about Computer, Internet and security I feel like I’m being completely watched by everyone… It’s Big Brother out there.
Personally, I think, you must be aware of the fact that there is the chance of someone seeing tools or accessories on your computer but you mustn’t join the complete fear of everything.
I think that – as many of the others said before, as well – fear is something natural and, within politics, sometimes used against us…I like the quotation of “PeregrinaMom” (who quoted Ghandi, I think):
Be The Change You Want To See In The World.
So, don’t let anybody scare you too much. If at all, be alarmed and if YOU can change something, try to change it.
If all fails: Keep on believing in God as He knows what He is doing. Everything occurs according to His will.
Anja
As a child, i feared adults; as a student, i feared teachers; as a woman i feared men; when i was in love, i feared other women; when i became a mother, i feared diseases and accidents; as a grown-up i fear old age… there were too many silly fears that were very much mine. And somehow i managed to overcome them..But in the course of time, i realise that my fears were not just mine… There was nothing individualistic about them, they were something universal. And there are people who are more fearful, trying to exploit them. Yes, people with big fears terrorise those with small fears.. creating a culture of fears.. now i fear the future of the next generation… we need to do something..
i am one of those that are afraid of their own shadow. i live with fear in my heart all the time, even the most simple things, like asking what time is it, makes my heart bumping…i am afraid of people’s reaction…or maybe i am afraid of people. i try my best to please everyone so that no one would have reasons to complain. sorry for my english
Excuses my defective English. I am Italian. I also write the Italian version, in case some piece is not written correctly. Bye
I believe that our society is evolving toward “collective fear” of which you speaks. I believe that all of us, feel yesterday today, a sort of fear in the way of living the normalcy of the things. In to take an airplane. An any mean of transport. The fear has certainly increased from the mass media, that put us of forehead a world, that seems far to us, but that in reality it is behind the angle. And’ inside of us. I believe both for the anymore an unconscious fear. Internal. A fear of ours “time.”
We live in a world in which the war and the violence are taking the upper hand on the love. In which turning on the tv the only words that boom in our head I am: Bomb, destruction, death. In which still someone is able of to kill a Man, a his similar, without trying the grisly feeling to be killing even if same. Unfortunately it is a world already seen. The history continually repeats him and unfortunately us men we are seeing so not not to be understood , or not to want to understand that looking back we could resolve the problems of the present. It is to also plan a best future.
A future in which the man is really evolved and not as today he says to be it but he is not it. The man is today still “The social animal in a condition of perennial war with the his/her others similar” as he wrote Hobbes. Only that for Hobbes the end of this war and the salvation of the man it was in the creation of a State, of juridical rules. Which is it the salvation of the modern man instead?
Credo che la nostra società stia evolvendo verso la “paura collettiva” di cui lei parla. Credo che tutti noi, oggi più di ieri, sentiamo una sorta di timore nel vivere la normalità delle cose. Nel prendere un aereo. Un qualsiasi mezzo di trasporto. La paura è certamente accresciuta dai mass media, che ci mettono di fronte un mondo, che a noi sembra lontano, ma che in realtà è dietro l’angolo. E’ dentro di noi. Credo sia per lo più una paura inconscia. Interiore. Una paura del nostro “tempo”.
Viviamo in un mondo in cui la guerra e la violenza stanno prendendo il sopravvento sull’amore. In cui accendendo la tv le uniche parole che rimbombano nella nostra testa sono: Bomba, distruzione, morte. In cui ancora qualcuno è capace di uccidere un UOMO, un suo simile, senza provare la macabra sensazione di stare uccidendo anche se stesso. Purtroppo è un mondo già visto. La storia si ripete continuamente e purtroppo noi uomini siamo così non vedenti da non capire, o da non voler capire che guardando indietro potremmo risolvere i problemi del presente. E anche progettare un futuro migliore.
Un futuro in cui l’uomo sia realmente evoluto e non come oggi che dice di esserlo ma non lo è. L’uomo è ancora oggi “L’animale sociale in una condizione di guerra perenne con gli altri suoi simili” come scriveva Hobbes. Solo che per Hobbes la fine di questa guerra e la salvezza dell’uomo stava nella creazione di uno Stato, di regole giuridiche. Quale è invece la salvezza dell’uomo moderno?
MaryLu La Rosa
If we let others define what is important to us as is done on television thru commercials, news and programming … its easy to let others create an environment of fear.
I have seen many people believe (at the least in parts of the U.S.) that we need the larger and more beautiful house – that having this is real stability. I have seen couples or small families buy homes that could easily house 3 large families (not just 2-3 people). If we have accepted the idea that this is what we need and the system supporting that idea is collapsing and driving this “financial crisis” – those contolling the system itself need to create an environment of fear to support saving it. They need fear to stop people from scratching their heads and asking “why are we doing all of this? is it really that important?”
Otherwise, people may start developing their own “truths” of what is really needed – Love, family, caring for our global community (my own truth)
I fully agree there is an intense environment of fear manufacturing and I believe it is to keep humanity away from becoming aware.
…but this too shall pass
Fear ,[Φόβος, in Greek mythology. The son of Ares and Aphrodite], in human beings is a very strong emotion. We fear that we lose.. anything that we think we possess.
Since we are not only humans within matter, but we are eternal beings, the Sons of Light and God’s, everything is inside us. ‘As above so below’.
‘To conquer fear is the beginning of Wisdom’. Bertrabd Russel.
Our aim is Wisdom and Love.
LOVE,
THELMA
Fear is a funny thing; there is the fear of wahtever and the fear of
the fear itself Politicans(not all, but many) for example use the fear for their own need; they say that without them and their programs the world would turn in such a chaos; but ironicly this ´chaos´ is the Consequence of their act. What i try do say is that they are proclaiming a future, that is already the present.
I think it needs more than fear to control people;In my opinion the problem is that our society(or parts of them) is going back to some kind of medievel age or maybe it is the last rebel of this kind of ´forces´. Like a single person the society ´needs´ fear, but like the romans said:Dosis sola venenum facit.
Up until a couple of days ago, I thought that the world was normal. Then I went to visit my grandmother, sat down in her living room, and watched the television for about five minutes. (I don’t have TV at home–only movies–because I never watch it.) But in that scant five minutes in front of her television, I went from having a happy, relatively carefree Saturday, to a state of near panic. “We are in the worst financial crisis this nation has seen since the Great Depression” was the shocking announcement. Now, don’t misunderstand. I do keep up with the news, at least to a certain degree. So I know about the issue at hand. It’s just that suddenly it was presented to me in this sensationalist mode, which made me feel like I had just been hooked up to electrodes and jolted by a burst of electricity. So then I spent the next few hours in quite a slump, thinking, “Maybe they are right–maybe the sky really is falling this time.” But then I went home and I watched again the Ithaca video you posted to your blog last week:
“…Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
angry Poseidon – do not be afraid of them:
you’ll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare sensation
touches your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
wild Poseidon – you won’t encounter them
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
unless your soul sets them up in front of you….”
“Unless your soul sets them up in front of you”–unless you carry them along inside of you on your journey. Well, I think that not only individuals have souls; there is such a thing as a collective soul as well. It can encompass a nation, or a people, or the entire human race. In this sense, it is our “collective soul” that has set this “wild Poseidon” up in front of us. Thus, this “crisis” we are currently facing is just as much an illusion, just as much a dream-scape event, as any other human experience. It is a momentary expression of the current state of our collective soul.
That said, I do maintain that there is a practical, more material side of the argument to be considered and expressed. From this perspective, however, I still only see a phantom–the created shadow of a specter where none truly exists. I cannot speak about the media in other countries, but as a resident of the U.S., it is my opinion that the “freedom of the press” is one of the biggest lies ever told to the American people–the mainstream media in the United States is totally under the control of the state and those with major money at stake. The news media is merely a puppet of the government. In this, I agree with the previous post by J.L. Munn. The fear recently incited by the media is simply an intentional political tool used to insure sufficient popular support of the bail-out.
Better to turn the tube off, forget reading the headlines for a day–or a few days if you can–take a deep breath, and remind yourself:
“…Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
angry Poseidon – do not be afraid of them:
you’ll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high….”
LOVE and best wishes to all for a peaceful journey!
Savita
я думаю что страх это движущая сила,но сней можно справиться.ведь мы делаем ресковонные поступки иной раз из за чувства страха.надо собрать все свои силы и бороться с ним.ведь когда происходит какаянибудь неприятность(беда)мы подчинены страху,и не в силах собладать с ним,мы ждем помощи от когото,при этом ругаясь на то что помощь еще не поспела.но если собрать всю свою волю и силу-мы можем сами помочь себе.ведь помощь может так и не прити
The opposite of Love is not Hate, but it’s Fear.
When Jesus walked on the water he said to his friends on the boat “don’t be afraid”, so fear it’s maybe one of the worst sin.
Cher Paulo,
j’adhère à votre idée que la perte de contrôle entraîne la peur…une peur viscérale qui serait capable de tout submerger.Il est vrai que les médias nous envahissent en nous
montrant uniquement des pertes de contrôle(guerre,assassinats,dérèglement climatique…)et que nous avons peur pour nos vies et celles de nos enfants.
Parfois j’ai l’impression d’adopter la politique de l’autruche en refusant de regarder la télévision ou de lire
les journaux mais j’ai aussi l’impression de pouvoir me recentrer sur moi-même et d’être en accord avec les choses essentielles de la vie.Je refuse de participer à ces avalanches de violence et de peur et d’y entraîner nos enfants.
fear is what contracts hides destroys
fear is cowards
i do not beleive this world is full of cowards
i believe the world is on the come up and is getting better
there is a bright future ahead.
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?
Dear Mr. Coelho,
I think many of us, seek security, stability and safety and when we see all these events happening in the world and how they are affecting us in our daily lives, we become fearful, one person right after the other, to see that what we have built is ‘under attack’ or in the process of being dismantled by forces beyond our control. The reality, in my view, is that FEAR IS THE CHIEF ACTIVATOR OF OUR FAULTS…. as human beings and as a society.
I have complained much about the state of the world, but forgot to focus on how I can change it…. me. I can start by changing me, by facing my own fears and through the courage to face my own, perhaps I can inspire others to do the same. Others who have faced their fears have inspired me and while I make no claim to have faced all my fears, it is a commitment I have made to myself, to fight the fear… sometimes even just one minute a a time.
We need to be the change we want to see in the world. One person at a time….
Love…… always and in ALL ways,
You touch on a couple of important issues this week; fear, of course, but also the “coverage” of issues in the media, but I will stick to your question.
Fear has been used as a tool throughout recorded histories to help control populations in times where unpopular actions are desired by the ruling bodies. For example, a $700 billion bill needs to be passed and the American population needs to agree, shock waves of fear are sent throughout the country. When this doesn’t work, they are sent throughout the world. Then the population stops raising its loud voice against the action and accepts it as a necessary evil that may or may not work. The culture of fear that is created opens the door then to any number of “solutions” becoming acceptable, at least until the dust settles and the fear is revealed to be different than we are told.
It takes a tremendous amount of self-discipline and self-awareness to overcome these social fears when confronted with them on a daily basis. In truth, the world has good and the world has bad and there is no rhyme or reason to the way it is distributed. The only thing we can do is to look immediately around us and see how we can change the bad to good. Positive action at a personal level alleviates fear and can overcome unbelievable hardships.
I think the world is so interconnected that there are too many factors. Nobody really understands. Fear is a natural consequence. Unfortunately.
Politicians do use fear to get us to agree to stuff. That’s how the USA got their armies into Iraq. However, in the economic crisis there is no reason to create more fear – nobody stands to gain. In fact, the only way the economic crisis can be solved with minimum loss is when we all start trusting again.
“I began to understand that the promises of the world are the most part phantoms and that to have faith in oneself and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course. ” Michelangelo
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