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The Science of Fear

The Science of Fear

  • There are only five basic fears, out of which almost all of our other so-called fears are manufactured.
  • These fears include extinction, mutilation, loss of autonomy, separation, and ego death.
  • When we let go of the notion of fear as the welling up of evil forces within us and see fear as information, we can think about them consciously.

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Define fear

Define fear

Fear, like all other emotions, is basically information . It offers us knowledge and understanding—if we choose to accept it.

And there are only five basic fears , out of which almost all of our other so-called fears are ...

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  1. Extinction —This is a more fundamental way to express it than just "fear of death ." Consider that panicky feeling you get when you look over the edge of a high building.
  2. Mutilat...

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FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT

President Franklin Roosevelt famously asserted, "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself."

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT

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<ol><li><strong>Extinction </s...

  1. Extinction —the fear of annihilation, of ceasing to exist. This is a more fundamental way to express it than just "fear of death ." The idea of no longer being arouses a primary exi...

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Jealousy

Jealousy

Some other emotions we know by various popular names are just aliases for these primary fears. If you track them down to their most basic levels, the basic fears show through. Jealousy , for example, is an expression of the fear of ...

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Deconstruct

Deconstruct

When we let go of our notion of fear as the welling up of evil forces within us—the Freudian motif—and begin to see fear and its companion emotions as information , we can think about them conscio...

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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.

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The Five Human Fears

The Five Human Fears

Human beings have five fears that are relatively common:

  1. Fear Of Death.
  2. Fear Of Injury or mutilation.
  3. Loss of Freedom and Autonomy.
  4. Fear of separation coming from loss, rejection or abandonment.
  5. Fear of the Ego-death, from shame or humiliation.

Jealousy

Jealousy

Some other emotions we know by various popular names are just aliases for these primary fears. If you track them down to their most basic levels, the basic fears show through. Jealousy , for example, is an expression of the fear of ...

Fear The Fear Of Death - Day 136

  • Death is scary because it is such an unknown. No one can come back and tell us what it is like. We are in the dark about it.
  • There is a helpful consideration about death from the Stoics. If death is truly the end, then what is there exactly to fear? For everything from your fears to ...

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