Fear

Corner stone to almost all societal obligations

We live in a world which is consumed with preconceived notions, prejudiced minds, prejudged entities and predetermined outlooks. Come to think of it, most of the fears are based on religion, region, skin colour, language to just name a few. We are mentally conditioned to fear/interpret any of these categories in a negative way. For a moment, just rid your mind of the coached thoughts and simply view the other person as a fellow human being. Is there actually a need to have a fear? Yes, realistically speaking, anyone on either side of the conversation are conditioned to not trust and to have a percentage of fear of ‘what if’.

Our societal inclinations tend to feed into our fears a lot more than we can imagine. In our society, money speaks. Literally, speaks. Unfortunately or fortunately in the current times that too has been devalued due to a pandemic. A simple virus, has brought everyone to their knees irrespective of who they are, what they are or how much money anyone has. Still, the human perception of their purpose have not changed. Make money even if it is destroying the nature, dividing a region, turning people against people. This money, again flows into making many more divisions among humans and cater to many more fears.

If we take the example of a government, what are they afraid of? Of not getting elected again? Of not having any followers even if they have the absurdest theology/litany? However, it all comes to the core point of not making enough and more money for themselves. People who vote are basically puppets who just ensure their right to vote. And turn a blind eye saying, if they at least do something for the people they are governing then it is ok if they make money out of it. But where does the responsibility/ purpose of the governing body go when they do not even provide the bare minimum? Who actually has the scale of the bare minimum that needs to be done? We are all paying for land, water and by the way things are going even for the air we breathe!

Another specimen is Education. Education a core requirement for any human being is becoming so expensive that we can compare it to be a luxury. However, is there any change in the techniques taught to the coming up generations to field the insanely competitive world that is being build up right in front of their eyes. According to an article, even the most prominent psychologist is finding it hard to calm the minds of the younger ones with their anxieties/stress that is increasing due to their fears of how they will prove their worth in this world. If, anyone wants to take up an unpaved path society will be questioning them on their choice for being unorthodox. If they are successful in their path, it is because the society was lenient enough and not because the person was able to push their own fears to go for their worth.

Where did we all go so wrong? That being alive has become the meaning not to self destruct! Currently, our body/mind are continuously on the flight/fight path. Our cortisol levels/adrenalines are on an all time high. And guess what, that is precisely changing the human body consistency. We are inadvertently, creating diseases on our own, simple example is the increase in the auto immune diseases (our own auto immune systems fighting the good cells) and mental health (again a taboo/fear in the society). No one is looking within and trying to understand the imbalance within ourselves/among us due to the fears of the outwardly experiences. In short, through my lens, am getting to watch the existential crisis of human beings.

Questions below are for the open minded, divert your mind from the standardized answers and search in earnest.

• Why are we conditioned in this manner?
• Who/What benefits the most if we throw away all our conditioning of fear?
• Who/What benefits the most if we do not throw away our conditioning of fear?