Birthday:
April 18
" Thanks Yahweh for this image. Fearlessness is a branch of experience flowing in and through the negative and into the positive and back to the negative and back to the positive in an ongoing cycle. I'd show the flow with Fear (on the negative…"
Dr. R. Michael Fisher, speaks out on his envisioning of a post-Nov. 5th
(US General Election) future... and, it ain't pretty!
Go to his video talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agM4-5hn34k&t=1639s
(US General Election) future... and, it ain't pretty!
Go to his video talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agM4-5hn34k&t=1639s
I found this image, and I added this text.
Is our frantic search for authenticity (our true self) driven by fear?
I think so.
Is our frantic search for authenticity (our true self) driven by fear?
I think so.
A colleague of mine wrote recently to me (suggesting I maybe do a Book for Dummies on FEAR):
"There has to be more widespread popularized information about fear. There’s not a person who could not identify with fear. yet we have a phobia about fear…
"There has to be more widespread popularized information about fear. There’s not a person who could not identify with fear. yet we have a phobia about fear…
"One colleague wrote me in response to this blogpost: Dear Michael, It's wonderful. Thanks for sharing this with me. We must congratulate Eneyo. Great share of its credit goes to you for introducing such a significant subject. Glad fearology is…"
"WE HAVE TO FACE UP TO THIS, WE HAVE TO!" says Al Gore, in this presentation recently
[of course, he is talking about fear and denial that is a defense to reality--what we don't want to face--and, that is going to kill us all, more or less--until we…
[of course, he is talking about fear and denial that is a defense to reality--what we don't want to face--and, that is going to kill us all, more or less--until we…
Congratulations for the 2023 dissertation specializing in fearology, by the ethical philosopher Michael B. Eneyo of Nigeria. This is the first in the world fearology doctorate achieved formally in academia. It was accomplished at the University of…
Yale Univ. History professor writes books on tyranny and its resistances and freedom and ways to stay collectively united to fight the oppressive regimes of history. After Nov. 5 and the election of the new president of the USA, Synder's voice is…
[NOTE: I just found this in my unpublished blog written in late 2016, for some reason it never got published; I'll leave it unedited--as relevant to our times today or not--you can decide]
Indeed, it's a "crazy" time in America right now. Many here…
Indeed, it's a "crazy" time in America right now. Many here…
"On the one hand yes, I agree; on the other hand, such a situation is a good booster for us when we get a little lazy with our fearlessness!"
INTRODUCTION
I am not going to try to explain my Fear Management Theory (FMT) here in this short blog post. I more wanted to just make some noise in all the silence and/or hoopla in the post-Nov. 5 epoch of what in my mind is an event so grand as to…
I am not going to try to explain my Fear Management Theory (FMT) here in this short blog post. I more wanted to just make some noise in all the silence and/or hoopla in the post-Nov. 5 epoch of what in my mind is an event so grand as to…
"So, Nov. 5, comes and goes, Nov. 6 comes and goes; I'm on a media (virtual reality) fast at the moment myself. But, I now have heard from others the election result. What is Bernie going to say now? "
Social media platforms (of which I generally totally avoid) are becoming extremely effective in influencing people's views and behaviors. Levels of fear and uncertainty are manipulated regularly through such platforms and their members, individually…
I found this on the New Agora Hub website and a talk by activist-shamaness Candace Hill (Brown Bear Woman) ...
p.s. and Kamala Harris (VP running for Pres. of USA) says, "We are fighting for freedom, freedom, freedom" --and, all the audience at the…
p.s. and Kamala Harris (VP running for Pres. of USA) says, "We are fighting for freedom, freedom, freedom" --and, all the audience at the…
Comments
Dear Michael,
Is there a platform where I can find most of your earlier technical papers on Fear and Fearlessness?
May you or some one could post a few Trekky quotes, my computer doesn't play linked videos right now, it's old and needs to go eventually)... hey, I did find a few quotes from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" tv series... here's just one (from "Nightmares" episode, n.d.)...
Buffy has encountered the Master Vampire (a horrific looking creature) and Master Vampire says to her: "Fear is a wonderful thing. It's the most powerful force in the world, not love, not hate, fear. We are defined by things we fear. But fear is in the mind. Like pain it can be controlled. If I can face my fear it cannot master me.... I am free because you [humans] fear it."
Hi Veronika,
Unfortunately, I agree completely. I guess we have to find 'rare' exceptions to the general trend and support them and study how they keep the "culture of fear" at-bay, more or less. Oh, I love watching movies too, thanks for the leads. My daughters likewise back in the day, were big fans of "Buffy" and there were some great episodes that were explicitly about fear, but sorry I wouldn't have a clue what they were. I did take notes and quotes a few times. I'll have to find those and post them.
Hello Michael:
There is plenty of fear around - on the ground in Europe and Middle East, not to mention the institutionalized fear that organizations including (especially?) educational organizations churn out and stew in. My daughters read and watch sci fi - especially from a generation or two past, and it is interesting how often fear dominates the scenarios. Here are a few examples: