courage - Photos - Fearlessness Movement2024-03-29T13:37:44Zhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/feed/tag/courageIgniting a Fear Praxis for Teachinghttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/sg-book-cover-font2024-03-04T18:26:11.000Z2024-03-04T18:26:11.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12395849490?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>The life and courage of Samuel Nathan Gillian Jr., is something I could not ignore, when I first came across his work on fear in 2004. There are several other FM blogs on his work here you can search. I wanted to celebrate the book it took over 3 years to write on him, and hopefully I will write a second one as well which goes deeper into his philosophy and spirituality. </p>
<p>To order the book: <a href="https://www.peterlang.com/document/1348329">https://www.peterlang.com/document/1348329</a></p>
<p>Now, for a good interview on Ernest Becker's ideas/theory of "terror" of existence motivating everything humans do, which includes the denial of that terror (as fear defense), go to: </p>
<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-denial-of-death/id1081584611?i=1000647919852">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-denial-of-death/id1081584611?i=1000647919852</a></p>
<p>[film entitled: "All Illusions Must Be Broken", of which I am looking forward to soon seeing it]</p>
<p>I share this interview on a film on Becker's work by Jeft Sewel. & Laura Dunn (2024). Why it is particularly important here is that Samuel N. Gillian Jr. is the one educator I know who gave such long and deep study of Becker's work and applied it to his own philosophy and pedagogy (i.e., the field of education)--but, sadly, Gillian is virtually unknown, and is ignored, and his time has come--thus, I wrote this book. </p>
<p>PURCHASE of Gillian's two books can be <strong>ordered through R. Michael Fisher (r.michaelfisher52@gmail.com),</strong> each of his original books, no longer in print, are excellent studies of his philosophy and approach to fear and teaching: </p>
<p>The Beauty of Fear (2002) -$20.00 US + shipping (est. 5-7 dollars?)... </p>
<p>Terrified by Education (2005) $20.00 US </p>
<p> </p></div>Marianne Williamson: No Need for Fearlessnesshttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/screen-shot-2022-06-04-at-8-21-10-pm2022-06-06T16:59:20.000Z2022-06-06T16:59:20.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10543865700?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>I highly recommend <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZvT5rJstGE" target="_blank">listening/watching</a> Marianne talking about politics today and the USA election of 2024 for a new president.</p>
<p>Marianne Williamson runs a very courageous life style, "fear" is not necessarily her enemy but it is surely not her highest power. "Love" is... "courage" is... she would say. And, I just came across another blog, citing Williamson, that tells of the discourse that is going on out there in culture that is still anti-fearlessness and convinced they are right! </p>
<p>The blog author (not MW) confidently lays out their first argument in their goal to help people be more courageous: </p>
<p>This post is not about how to take monumentally brave actions, like Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani education activist who was shot for her efforts, or like a firefighter rushing into a burning building. It is instead about understanding what courage really is and training ourselves to perform small, daily acts of bravery.</p>
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<li><strong>Courage means being afraid and acting anyway,</strong> not that you’d know this from looking around at our culture, which celebrates fearlessness. (There are over 50 books titled <em>Fearless</em> on Amazon as of this writing.) If you tend to be fearful, you probably assume that you’re not courageous. Courage researchers Cynthia Pury and Charles Starkey reviewed the citations for valor of 74 recipients of the Carnegie Medal for heroic actions and found not a single mention of the words <em>fear</em>, <em>afraid</em>, or <em>worried</em>. This isn’t surprising; the psychologist Avril Thorne found that listeners embrace traumatic stories emphasizing bravery or compassion, but not ones focusing on fear or sadness. Yet, we all know that fear is a universally powerful emotion, and we all know how terrible terror feels. Thus, we should grasp that feeling afraid and acting anyway is a form of nobility. [excerpt from Cain 2021, <a href="https://huckfinnsmoneytree.com/how-to-be-courageous/">https://huckfinnsmoneytree.com/how-to-be-courageous/</a> ]</li>
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<p> </p></div>Fear Curehttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/fear-cure2019-02-24T00:34:05.000Z2019-02-24T00:34:05.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1189726552?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>I haven't read this book, but it looks serious... </p>
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<div><a class="secondary" href="https://www.google.ca/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Lissa+Rankin,+M.D.%22"><span dir="ltr">Lissa Rankin, M.D.</span></a></div>
<div><span dir="ltr">Hay House, Inc</span>, <span dir="ltr">Feb. 24, 2015</span> - <a class="secondary" href="https://www.google.ca/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Self-Help%22&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0"><span dir="ltr">Self-Help</span></a> - <span dir="ltr">336 pages</span></div>
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<div id="synopsistext" class="sa" dir="ltr">Not many people in the medical world are talking about how being afraid can make us sick—but the truth is that fear, left untreated, becomes a serious risk factor for conditions from heart disease to diabetes to cancer. Now Lissa Rankin, M.D., explains why we need to heal ourselves from the fear that puts our health at risk and robs our lives of joy—and shows us how fear can ultimately cure <em>us</em> by opening our eyes to all that needs healing in our lives.<br />
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Drawing on peer-reviewed studies and powerful true stories, <em>The Fear Cure</em> presents a breakthrough understanding of fear’s effects and charts a path back to wellness and wholeness on every level. We learn:<br />
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   • How a fearful thought translates into physiological changes that predispose us to illness<br />
   • How to tell true fear (the kind that arises from a genuine threat) from false fear (which triggers stress responses that undermine health)<br />
   • How to tune in to the voice of courage inside—our "Inner Pilot Light"<br />
   • How to reshape our relationship to uncertainty so that it’s no longer something to dread, but a doorway to new possibilities<br />
   • What our fears can teach us about who we really are<br />
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At the intersection of science and spirituality, <em>The Fear Cure</em> identifies the Four Fearful Assumptions that lie at the root of all fears—from the sense that we’re alone in the universe to the belief that we can’t handle losing what we love—and shifts them into Four Courage-Cultivating Truths that pave our way to not only physical well-being, but profound awakening. Using exercises from a wide range of mind-body practices and spiritual traditions, Dr. Rankin teaches us how to map our own courage-cultivating journey, write a personalized Prescription for Courage, and step into a more authentic life.</div>
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</div>Tony Robbins Has It Wrong(?)https://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/photos/tony-robbins2015-08-05T23:29:12.000Z2015-08-05T23:29:12.000ZR.Michael Fisherhttps://FearlessnessMovement.ning.com/members/RMichaelFisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7816110?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=316"></div><div><p>Going one-to-one with the Human Potential Super Star Warrior... </p>
<p>I thought to add in this quote I found from the megalithic super star Tony Robbins a few years back, in an old file, and put it with one of his recent pics... I have to say, what he's saying is highly contentious, and I actually think he's got it wrong. Worse, it's pretty much a slogan that doesn't mean much until we deconstruct it with critical thinking and a lot of good theory and philosophy... but, in this world "opinion" and "image" seems enough to sell any idea in the media ... okay, Tony, let's go in the ring and see who has the "right stuff" !!!! </p>
<p>p.s. Robbins' is marking out and reifying the Western view (typical of modernity) that has a great bias for "courage" over anything close to "fearless(ness)"-- and that's a discourse I am currently studying historically (as an intellectual history) from a critical integral perspective</p>
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