Episode #810
August 10, 2024
“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.”
— Lady Jessica Atreides, Bene Gesserit litany, from Frank Herbert, Dune
“You’ve heard of animals chewing off a leg to escape a trap? There’s an animal kind of trick. A human would remain in the trap, endure the pain, feigning death that he might kill the trapper and remove a threat to his kind.”
— Paul Atreides, Dune
“The vast sky is not hindered by the floating clouds.”
— Shítóu Xīqiān, Chán Buddhist teacher
“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.”
— Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare
“Fear does not stop death. It stops life.”
— Naguib Mahfouz
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The reptilian brain primarily governs instinctual behaviors and survival instincts. It is responsible for responses to immediate threats, basic emotions like fear and aggression, and instinctive behaviors necessary for survival.
The human reasoning mind is responsible for complex cognitive processes, including logical reasoning, planning, decision-making, creativity, and social interactions. It allows humans to adapt to diverse environments and solve problems using abstract thought.”
— ChatGpt
“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.”
— Winston Churchill
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering.”
— Yoda, Star Wars
“And I don’t know how it gets better than this
You take my hand and drag me headfirst
Fearless
And I don’t know why but with you I’d dance
In a storm in my best dress
Fearless.”
— Taylor Swift, Fearless
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
— Marie Curie
“Only fear that humans have is fear of the unknown.”
— Ricki T Thues
A human enters an environment unknown to him.
He observes it.
Analyzes it.
Considers its limits and boundaries.
Mitigates its risks.
Understands it.
Knows it.
— rickiT
Once known, a man becomes familiar with a place.
It is an environment where he can navigate safely.
It is a place he need not fear.
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The elucidation of fear is to face it head-on:
“Get up. Dust off. Yell FUCK. Start again.”
— Gen X motto
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