Hence, "we have nothing to fear but fear itself". Franklin D Roosevelt got that one right.
On 16 March 2014 06:48, Chris de Morsella <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> You know I love the french (a bit cynical) poem: > > 'man had the good, > but he sought the best, > he found the bad, > and kept it, > by fear of the worst.' > > Kind regards, > > Bruno > > Nice... I mean bad :) > Fear becomes, within the hidden unexamined recesses of mind, a self-driving > psychological mechanism, where our fear of something becomes the thing we > fear and begins to take over more and more of the mind -- if not faced that > is. > Facing one's own primal visceral fears is the very hardest thing for a > person to ever do -- IMO -- the mind will try any trick and throw up its > best rationalizations why the fear should remain buried within and not be > faced. To face one's fears is a painful terrifying process, but is also the > only means of escaping the fate of being driven by them. > A mind can never awaken as long as it remains primarily driven by its > unconscious (preconscious maybe is a better word) zombie processes. Often, > even just recognizing that these exist within us is the hardest part. Once > recognized, for being what they are, at least the mind becomes aware of > them > and can begin to act upon that awareness and in a more self-aware manner. > Chris > > > > > > > > > Kim > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Everything List" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
