I take issue, perhaps only with his wording, on the idea of living without fear. I disagree with the notion that one can live without fear, or even that one should want to. Fear is a gift, a natural response of our unconscious mind that can process things that our consciousness refuses to enfold. Trying to avoid it is what causes us to live in 'safety' and so ironically makes us ill prepared for any disruption of that safety, along with making our lives... lifeless. I would agree, to live safely is to invite decay without profit.
But I will take issue with someone who claims that living in constant revolt against the established ways of the world is without its share of fear. Change causes fear; it is normal, it must be controlled and put to good use, but to claim that it will not or should not be there only makes one ill prepared to encounter it. There is a difference though (and perhaps this is what is truly meant here) between experiencing fear and being afraid. When the fear penetrates us, when it becomes
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I take issue, perhaps only with his wording, on the idea of living without fear. I disagree with the notion that one can live without fear, or even that one should want to. Fear is a gift, a natural response of our unconscious mind that can process things that our consciousness refuses to enfold. Trying to avoid it is what causes us to live in 'safety' and so ironically makes us ill prepared for any disruption of that safety, along with making our lives... lifeless. I would agree, to live safely is to invite decay without profit.
But I will take issue with someone who claims that living in constant revolt against the established ways of the world is without its share of fear. Change causes fear; it is normal, it must be controlled and put to good use, but to claim that it will not or should not be there only makes one ill prepared to encounter it. There is a difference though (and perhaps this is what is truly meant here) between experiencing fear and being afraid. When the fear penetrates us, when it becomes ( ... )
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