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Can You Resist the Fear-Based Society?
You get to choose whether to resist or give in to fear.
If we give up, and see the world as a threatening, doomed place, then that is what it will be.
It is not much of a stretch of the imagination to believe that many of those in power want you afraid. They want you to have no hope, and they want you to give them your undivided attention. That way, you won’t do anything to rock the boat.
There are some pretty awful things happening in our world today. The truth is, however, that there are always things happening. For the most part they are just things. However, because we live in a fear-based society, much of what we are being shown looks negative.
What does it mean to live in a fear-based society? Notice how much of what gets reported in the news, lots of the information our government shares with us, and various other groups spout, instills fear. Fear is a very, very powerful tool, and when people buy into it enough, it controls them.
When a person comes to power of any sort, they have a choice. Share or hoard. Empower or disempower. In a fear-based society, creating lack and scarcity hoards and disempowers.
How many stories do you come across online where “the other” is being vilified? What about blaming people and things for lack and scarcity…
