Lub-dub, Lub-dub, @ 125/min in the heart, sudden emptiness in belly,
freezing cold limbs, wet body of sweat, an absolute unasked, sometimes
unbelieved and strongest ever urge for help from ‘that’ beyond human force-
and, it is in these few fractions of a second, do we realize one of the
mesmerizing truths of life - “FEAR”, and
yes, I say, ‘Fear Unites Us All”.
The undisputed truth of every cell filled with life is the ‘fear of
losing it’, expression of which, although, differs. ‘Fear of losing’ is very
beautifully clubbed with the ‘zeal of sustaining’, and this in itself is a
beauty of the Creation to watch. Tracking the path of fear, do we find the
source lying in nothing but ‘Love’! Amazing but true. ‘Love’ – supposed to be
an extreme fearless ‘submission of self’ is in fact the producer of fear too.
In particular, ‘Self–Love’, ‘Self-Perplexity’ are the words. Every human
inherits an extreme ‘Love’ for self and the mission of life rests in its
protection.
Purana states:
"सुखमेव मे स्यात् दुःखं मनागपि माभूत "I
Meaning-
The ultimate wish of every living being lies
in the fulfilment of one’s all desires, in the enjoyment of eternal ‘bliss’,
and an absolute abhorrence for ‘Pain’.
This summarizes human life. ‘Bliss’ is indeed that tempting, while Pain is proportionally that burdensome. It is in the definition of ‘Bliss’ that humans as a class have evolved high in the line of Rationality, for paving new paths to Bliss apart from that in basic instincts. Very aptly and truly said it is – Human Desires never see an end. It is always a growing graph.
Bliss starts with want for Love, Care, Knowledge, Money, and then to that of Power, Status, and Character, which in a sense are worth applauds for growth. But what lies amidst all these is the fear of not having what was wished and strived for, many a time giving birth to the slow killers of Greed, Jealousy, and Pride, which ultimately poison the aboder. A straight cut implication of this would be in – “fear as a powerful emotion”. It is the driver of deeds. It, always, in one or the other way, drives every walk of human life. And it is exactly here where morals, cultures, and knowledge shape fear in a being. It is obvious to have ‘fear of losses’ but where the same is to be cut, is to be taken care of. Fear for ‘self’ is natural but fear for extreme ‘self love’ is insanity!
Vedas beautifully answer the question of- is
God the doer of everything? As –“ if that is to be the case then why does every
single being observe the feelings of fear, shame, and quest in the
self-consciousness, if the action is sinful; while feelings of an absolute
fearlessness, courage, and satisfaction in the mind from within, in virtuous
acts. But, yes, it is true that these feelings are promoted not by human soul,
but by Divine Spirit. And so, God is only a Warner and not doer of everything”.
Sense of fear pricks every single being while erring which unites ‘Humanity’ as
a whole, ‘Life’ as a whole.
But unfortunately, in today’s context of society, subjects are murdering the fear within to be justified to act wildly and crazily.
Penance for fearlessness is to be achieved ‘to
grow and let grow’, ‘to live happily and let live happily’, and not to grow raw
and blunt from within. ‘Fear’ is not just a word, or just another emotion. It
is one of the inherent truths of life that unites us all. Fear makes us the
receiver of love from others. Each one of us is scared. Sometimes for loss of/
harm to self, sometimes for loss of/harm to our dear ones and sometimes to
witness failures and disappointments. Denial of this truth will only be a myth.
And, therefore, it is to be accepted and graced with full heart and soul. Fear
has an amazing facet. In times of adversity, it unites the likes, and in
perplexity it disunites.
Here goes a story-
A
baby lion was lost in a flock of sheep. Lost yet protected. The mother, in
search of the baby lion, witnessed its kin – the baby lion, amidst the flock
running as fast as he can, in fear of life, when approached by the big mother
lion, not realizing himself to be nothing else, but a lion too. This sight of
the little baby running hard to save himself amazed the mother lion and spared
the flock of sheep their lives. The mother lion, then, lead the baby to a clean
and transparent lake to make the baby see his reflection and the reflection of
the big lion too, and having seen both the reflections, the baby lion roared
like a real lion and all his fears vanished!
This little story brings home two beautiful aspects of life – One, where there is life, there is fear for it, and Two – ‘Self- realization’ vanishes fear, and ‘Self-realization’ comes out by good virtues in life.
Thus, “WE ARE NOT ALONE”. We are not alone to ‘feel’ the feel of fear, nor are we alone ‘in’ this fear. But it is certainly upon us to shape the fear within, towards the achievement of the ultimate goal of every single life – “Happiness”, and “Bliss”. Let us also not forget that, not only is the ‘end’ meant to be virtuous, but are the ‘means’ as well, and therefore, let’s say again- “WE ARE NOT ALONE” to be scared nor are we alone ‘in’ the fear of life, but let this fear be alive in each one of us to do good and good only.
