Nature of Fear
Fear - is a feeling of threat when you are in danger (dictionary says so)
I, on the other hand... see the feeling of fear as a nature, as in the normalcy of how living things react when they feel threaten or somewhere along that line. It all came to me when I was nearly attacked by a mob of monkey in uni the other day and when I saw a monkey in front of my room (on the 5th floor) trying to come in. I felt fear.
Then I realized, that fear actually emerge when both the monkey and I are clueless on what we will do to each other. It resulted to the baring of his possibly rabid gingivitis jaws and my reflex on slamming the door with a little 'FEAR' dance after realizing that the monkey had extended its arms to me.
I have no idea what it will do to me but I just acted out of fear shutting it away from me to safeguard myself first without second thoughts. Or so that I thought of it as safeguarding myself. On the other hand, the monkey might have acted that way with possible thoughts that I'll probably hit it or push it off the corridor that would send it straight down - six feet under (literally).
The common ground here is the underlying curiosity in our thoughts. There was no room for any other elements to appear in our minds as fear rushed pass the rest . Instantaneously, when we are unsure of something it would result to only one word 'H-A-R-M', thus activating the defense alert. Being so, the high level of defense in the living being mechanics itself to the survival mode, doing whatever it takes to survive. Survival is microchip into the living's genes, which explains why the survivors fight/defense to live - Darwinism applies.
What lies in fear? Uncertainty. Because we are so uncertain of what we do not know, we assume for the worst, we are engineered to be that way, reflex they say. Nature, say I.
The quote above reflects what I have observed but in the opposing direction. The reason we all think so negatively of what others would do unto us is that we are all afraid for ourselves. Fear is the acting armour of uncertainty.
p/s: Its the first nature post in this new ground. It feels nostalgic yet exciting.
Fear - is a feeling of threat when you are in danger (dictionary says so)
I, on the other hand... see the feeling of fear as a nature, as in the normalcy of how living things react when they feel threaten or somewhere along that line. It all came to me when I was nearly attacked by a mob of monkey in uni the other day and when I saw a monkey in front of my room (on the 5th floor) trying to come in. I felt fear.
Then I realized, that fear actually emerge when both the monkey and I are clueless on what we will do to each other. It resulted to the baring of his possibly rabid gingivitis jaws and my reflex on slamming the door with a little 'FEAR' dance after realizing that the monkey had extended its arms to me.
I have no idea what it will do to me but I just acted out of fear shutting it away from me to safeguard myself first without second thoughts. Or so that I thought of it as safeguarding myself. On the other hand, the monkey might have acted that way with possible thoughts that I'll probably hit it or push it off the corridor that would send it straight down - six feet under (literally).
The common ground here is the underlying curiosity in our thoughts. There was no room for any other elements to appear in our minds as fear rushed pass the rest . Instantaneously, when we are unsure of something it would result to only one word 'H-A-R-M', thus activating the defense alert. Being so, the high level of defense in the living being mechanics itself to the survival mode, doing whatever it takes to survive. Survival is microchip into the living's genes, which explains why the survivors fight/defense to live - Darwinism applies.
What lies in fear? Uncertainty. Because we are so uncertain of what we do not know, we assume for the worst, we are engineered to be that way, reflex they say. Nature, say I.
"The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror."
-Oscar Wilde
The quote above reflects what I have observed but in the opposing direction. The reason we all think so negatively of what others would do unto us is that we are all afraid for ourselves. Fear is the acting armour of uncertainty.
p/s: Its the first nature post in this new ground. It feels nostalgic yet exciting.
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