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Fear of different

Posted on by philipdodson

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As the industrialised world has blurred everything into a mass product, service, opinion and standardised almost all, we have become almost hysterically fearful of different.

Yet the thing that propelled us, from the hunter/gatherers on the plains of East Africa to settling all over this planet, and all that has happened in that 70,000-year journey as a human race, was the curiosity that drove us to be different and create new things.

Now we have settled for compliance, acceptance of one voice of the myth makers, no matter how wrong it sounds and no matter how much deep down it conflicts with our values. We accept war, racism, poverty, absurdly grotesque wealth inequality, industrialised agriculture causing unimaginable suffering to animals, the destruction of our environment and countless other seemingly obvious wrong doings.

Fear of different has paralysed the human race.

Has this 70,000-year journey been all to just do as we are told, to become a drone and trudge like zombies to our graves, just being a cog in their machine, removed and replaced with another when we are no longer fit for purpose?

The only way to break this paralysis is for all of us as individuals to do our bit, to question, to be curious and to strive to find new and different solutions to continue the evolution.

Different will keep this human race alive, not compliance. Break free, leave fear behind and be different.

We can all make a difference, none of us are too small. As the Dalai Lama said ‘if you think you are too small to make a difference try sleeping with a mosquito’.

Angry

Posted on by philipdodson

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Anger often is caused by our frustrations with ourselves. This then gets expressed outwardly towards others and anything that we can latch onto.

Unfortunately, the society we have encourages hate, judgement and fear. As a consequence, it is easy to find things or people to vent our anger on.

Anger is a complete waste of time, it never makes us feel good, even after venting it, and the recipient, often ourselves, never feels good either.

It is all to do with our sense of worthiness. If we could only tell ourselves that we are already worthy, no matter what we have achieved, no matter what others think and no matter what we have or don’t have.

This where it starts. Loving ourselves, instead of being angry or frustrated. We have to be our own No1 fan, our own cheerleader, we have to accept ourselves and say we are already good enough.

If we love ourselves, feel worthy and accept ourselves, then there is no room for anger and the pedlars of hate, fear, judgement in society will have one less recruit for their cause.