Fear of the death and fear of the life

DO NOT BE AFRAID !

Ashok Silwal

The last few years,
And recently the last few months,
Have “familiarized” us with fear…
Fear of illness and death due to the pandemic,
Fear of the power of weapons in the war,
Even through the television images last few days.

Who is not afraid has found within himself
Some feeling, reasoning or attitude to combat fear
Or maybe he is just unconscious……

You can be more or less fearful
Depending on your character
But fear accompanies us
For good or bad throughout our whole life.

And if it is not exactly fear
It is anguish, restlessness, anxiety, fright, panic…
It can be latent and last a long time
It can be sudden and violent ..
In all its forms, it makes us feel bad
Physically and morally.

It often rises from ignorance of a “phenomenon”:
The little child is afraid of the dark,
Of the storm, of snakes, ghosts.
And everyone has their own fears
That arise from personal stories.
Even when we grow up, we are afraid
Of what we feel like a threat or a danger,
Something that we know we will hardly
Or not control at all.

There are our personal fears
Material, psychological, spiritual :
Fear of not having a job,
Fear of losing the persons we love,
Fear of getting on a plane,
Fear of not being up to a situation,
Fear of physical suffering,
Fear of some animals,
Fear of being in an elevator…….
There are collective fears,
Those that we all feel more or less intensely:
Fear of poverty and hunger,
Fear of war,
Fear of melting glaciers,
Fear of the rebellions of the nature,
Fear of God and divine punishment,
Fear of certain reactions of others,

Fear of the death and fear of the life…
The list could be long….

More contingent fears, more existential fears,
They must be fought or escaped;
But really, they are emotions that can be functional
For our survival and for our well-being,
Because fear is an emotion of protection,
It warns us of a danger.

Fear teaches us much about ourselves
And if we know how to understand it
We can overcome it and know ourselves more deeply.
If we think about it, in all the fears we have treasured
The ones we have faced, for sure we have drawn
A clear conclusion: they weren’t that scary….
Much of its strength did not go
Beyond the appearance of a ghost!

Often, the fear of being afraid is stronger than the fear itself!
It is the fear of the fear!!

So..DO NOT BE AFRAID!
As says the mom or the dad to the little child
And if it happens, it will be a lesson
For the growth to the little ones and of the big ones,
Part of the ups and downs of life.

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