Fear can be positive to keep us within safe boundaries and protect us, like for example, we would not dip our hand in hot oil for fear of burning, walk at the edge of a cliff for fear of falling or walk on thin ice for the fear of drowning, and these are healthy fears. Today, I am sharing about the negative side of fear. Today is causing people to attack each other and not accept each other…
I quote by an unknown: “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” “Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” “Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.” “Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.”
The dark side of fear is not a clean force, very deceptive and negative and out of it spins ugly yarns, devious decisions, and violent plots. Out of fear, people even spread fake news against another religious community to create a climate of hate.
Herman Melville “Ignorance is the parent of fear.” This reality hit us during the COVID-19 crisis when some people in India panic when they see people from the North East. The root of this fear is sheer ignorance.
Here are the fears in the present world:
The Hindus fear Christian conversions. The Hindus fear Islamic rule over the world. The Islamists’ fear racism against them. The Islamists’ fear the tyranny of terrorists. The Christians fear Hindu suppression and violence. The Christians fear Islamist’s persecution. The Eastern countries fear Western domination The politicians fear of losing their seats The world dictators fear of losing control. Spouses fear for marriages Lovers fear losing the ones they love and the list goes on….
When fear is the driving force behind people, it causes them to become violent to the ones they fear. Ironically, they victimize the ones they fear.
Suppression is the tool they use to subjugate their victims. The poor victims never realize the root of this persecution is fear.
Today, once again, the world battles against COVID-19 and fear is rising everywhere. Amidst that fear is the blame game of the world blaming the Chinese, and China has hinted American soldiers brought the virus to China, so conspiracy theories rise. A lab tested the virus not being biologically engineered, so we have to conclude it came from bats and certain food habits. All and all, this is not the time to blame and hate each other. We just cannot do that now. Hate is weakening the world and bringing in the vibes of negativity.
Let’s make a decision to stop.
Rita F. Kurian
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