Friday, January 15, 2010

Discussing fear and other human emotions.

Yes, I know I just posted something, but I just remembered I do have an interesting topic to talk about. Fear. I posted a bulletin on MySpace talking about something that's been happening to me lately. I'm developing a fear of light in the dark. For example, I'm completely comfortable in a pitch dark room, maybe even more comfortable than in the light. However, when light from the outside somehow leaks into the room, I find it quite mhh, not scary, that's such a vague word. But frightening? It creates some sense of uncertainty in me. Many times people are afraid of the dark, and they're looked upon as immature individuals. "I mean you're a grown man, how can you be afraid of the dark?" But fear is a natural human emotion. And like every other emotion in existence, fear has been very, very well marketed by the media. The public is scared of serial killers, monsters, mutants, the end of the world. But what about the raw fear, the raw emotion of simply being afraid. Before we knew we had to fear criminals, and the unknown. Before civilization was corrupted. I am certain this emotion existed then. In my point of view, fear is energy. Negative energy catalyzed by someone's own conscience or insecurities. I'm learning to open my mind to new alternatives. Lately I've experienced this energy I talk about. Not necessarily the negative one, but simply the feeling that it exists. And believe me, it all sounds very much like bullshit. But I don't mean to talk about a "god" per say, but the feeling that there is an unknown side, even dimension to every single person in this world. I still don't believe there's a bearded man watching our every move, but the feeling that there is more to every one of us than just our material, physical beings. I am NOT talking about a superior being. But a new layer to every one of us' characters. The part of us that is not human.

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