The lack of sensible occasions of rationality makes me afraid, as this is where we could learn not to be afraid.
On 26 Dec, 23:15, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > I fear nothing, not even death. However, the word fear has many > levels. I may "fear" that humanity with all its flaws may never > understand the true meaning of life and therefore may ultimately > destroy that which supports humanity's existence. Of course that fear > is not the same as the fear of someone coming into your house and > killing you and your family or the fear that some maniac may go on a > shooting rampage at a mall or just random highway attack, killing you > or those you love. Some fear the loss of financial security or they > fear the loss of good health and the acquisition of some horrible > disease. Fear to me is a frame of mind, a sense of being out of touch > with future events while concurrently witnessing the events that are > affecting others, which in essence have the potential to affect you > tomorrow. > I do have apprehensions which are different from fear. I may not feel > comfortable with the exchange of information on the Internet, but that > is not a fear but merely a precaution. > > On Dec 26, 3:30 pm, Matthijs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On this forum I read a lot about fear, fear of the unknown. Or fear to > > love other people. Out of these fears we usually try to confince > > ourselfs of our beliefs by telling our prespectives. Even when i write > > this I ask myself why do i tell this? > > So to cut the crap i want to ask all of you. What are we (or YOU) > > afraid of? > > > Happy New year, > > Matthijs- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
