Fear and surveillance culture go together. A deadly combination for the future of our children.
Here is an excellent article reporting the problem of cell phones and laptops and programs built-in them for parents to look at what the children are…
"Congrats Desh Subba on your award. I see Rana Kafle's novel Raithane" is doing well. and best of luck.
Also, I thought your definition of "fearmorphosis" (the change-fear-shaping) conceptualization is particularly illuminating and well defined in…"
Interesting to see how "Fearlessness" (as a movement) can take various forms, with various fear management paradigms, and interests. I have just now discovered there is a website called "Fearless Movement" (for those battling…
"Greetings to Hertha and may you find interests here on the FM ning. I look forward to you sharing more about what attracted you here to this site and what you would like to learn more about. "
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…
I encourage you to check out my 5 min. intro. video on The Fearology Center, established over a year ago @ Apocatastasis Institute for the Humanities: https://www.bitchute.com/video/Nqr2Yn6aSHDB/
To read about what's happening @ The Fearology…
It's hard to believe there are still big teachers out in the spiritual circles of the new age that are stating that the goal of life is to "end fear" (or at least, that is how the video is labelled in bold letters)--it is such fantasy and…
"Congratulations Linda and Desh for putting the effort into clarifying the thinking of philosophy of fearism founder, Desh Subba. I think you have given us some basics here to spin from. Interesting questions were formed by Linda and now, I would…"
"A colleague just commented on this news: "Yeah ... sad but I think we knew the world isn't ready for her. What she has done is how we get ready. It's a long process. Maybe generations. She's done her part, she done good. And more still to come—with…"
QUOTE: Maybe you remember Marianne Williamson warning about a “dark psychic force” and claiming that while Donald Trump had harnessed fear for political purposes, she was going to harness love. (wrote J. Geraghty, Feb. 1, 2023).
USA has its…
This past week has been a bit of a "mental break" (down) for me due to a massive cold virus, which kicked my ass. In going through 30 hrs. of not being able to sleep or dream, but rather watching my mind (almost totally Left Hemisphere) obsessing…
This is a stunning and dramatic event in Canadian politics, certainly fearmongering and "hate"-based--or at a minimum, it sure tarnishes the reputation of Alberta.
p.s. if you don't know what a Canadian is talking about when they use "cross-hairs"…
R.Michael Fisher One education colleague from Alberta wrote in response to my article on Danielle Smith "Crosshairs" Directive:
“Hi Michael, amazing that our huge embarrassment of a premier ends up with a Yankee! Smith is an...embarrassment. The event you mention…
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."
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.
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:
Star Trek: Voyager: Season 2: Episode 23: The Thaw
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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: