what do you fear in the external world

[sushi]

Or to a bigger extent, what do you fear?

everything you fear in the external world can be explained by physics
everything you fear in the internal world can be (somewhat explained) by biology.
(except maybe how the brain works)

what remains uncertain then?
you are either going to be killed by the law of physics or by your own body

I even know how a human being is going to die
human vs human (being killed by a human)
human vs nature (killed by nature)
human vs himself (killed by body)
human vs technology (killed by technology)

or you are going to killed by law of physics (either in terms of law of gravity or a moving object)

even a human being attacking you can be explained by laws of physics, as the human attacker can't break or bend physical laws of nature.

but somewhat fear still lingers on...despite rationalization

 

[The Void]

How is this type of explanations suppose to combat death?
What remains uncertain?
If you think about it, the whole world of observation remains dependant on your awareness => working of the base.
So without knowledge of working of the brains, we more or less know nothing (or very little).
The very base of knowledge is weak. Not talking about practical knowledge.
So what is there not to be uncertain about?
Fear of death -> non existence -> total extinction -> how is any rationilzation supposed to solve it?
The way is acceptance. We are trying to run from it, distract ourselves, the way is to face it, go into the dark corners, and use the fear as the fire in the ass, for spiritual search (not the munbo jumbo type but that which involves specticism, elimination and bla bla and going beyond the beyond, I am saying nonsense right now though)

Firstly humans are still uncertain what happens after death. Void or anti-void both can b scary.
People runs from the uncertainty by accepting fairy tales.

Say for example you know how you are going to die.

You will get crushed by a vehicle -> but you will still survive -> you will keep lying on the ground, suffering from excruciating pain -> then some psycho will come, and bit by bit torture your already torturing body, after 3 days of lying in unbearable pain you die....
Take into consideration: this unrealistic hypothetical scenario. say you know this is how you are gonna die. Now will that do any help? Will that really take your fear?

Is there any reason for the knowledge to take away your fear.

May be it will just make you more prepared, but the knowledge itself may potentially hsatter your reality, and stay in fear till death.

Knowing different ways of death have no relation to fear of death.......infact it may even increase the fear by bringing in front some gruesome ways of dying....

The way to obliberate fear of death, is deep philosophical masturbation without making any fairy tale, deep self reflection, self-realization, no-self realization and much more....

or just boredom from fear, you ever get bored of being afraid? I get. Probably boredom is what that liberated me from fear.

 

[Ex-User (9086)]

Not everything in the world can be explained by physics or biology.

What remains? A great lot of things.

Another thread

I want my mindset to resist any possible fear, as in the end I don't find anything to be afraid of. I am aware of my imperfect mindset and of the sudden fright that is instinctual and situational, but disappears once I regain my reasoning.

What I would be afraid of if I found something, it would be the fear of my faults, inreparable regrets, somewhere along the path, externalised nightmares.

 

[The Void]

"Wake up, Accept fear, and fear will be overcome." - No one

 

[Pizzabeak]

At it's perhaps most extreme, the external world is some distraction, for all intents and purposes ("no man is safe from the war going on outside"). The internal world seems a realm where definitely more possibilities are explorable but they seem more accessible when one closes his or her eyes. Depending on how creative one gets, some can just be for fun (nil useless in a sense) but others depending on the physiology involved can be more interesting.

At best, there are "dimensions" accessible which we are not suited or designed for. When leaving these places, one can 'hear' or be influenced by entities of some sort, in some sense that the person is being escorted out, overstaying their intrusion, but this can be correlated to the lasting effects, the body's way of explaining & manifesting the phenomena. It would be interesting to stay there forever, but there's some emphasis on existing and some odd penchant for everything being "one", in a way that is totally not as cheesy as it sounds. I think if it were possible to remember everything at once it would sort of be like that.

There's a slight chance we could be being watched and data mined by some freakishly obsessive things. I suppose it wouldn't be too difficult to explain how slight changes via an increase in either foreign or endogenous materials could convince a body that certain things are or could be occurring. Of course, what would it all imply. I suppose it is all about decisions. After one's little reminder they are indeed back into the more emphasized physical realm. There, it would be smart to exist in things. It could be slightly advantageous to interpret things a certain way. Then it would sort of make sense to participate in some various activities available in the world.

Could be similar to a trance intense meditation could induce, for example. I would want to stay there for long periods of time via my will but choose a reason why that isn't exactly feasible, I suppose. It is akin to the sentiment of desiring to lucid dream for extensive periods of time as it is interesting, although that isn't to say there aren't rewarding things about being alive in the world. One would have to participate every so often to feed the body and say hi to other appreciated living things.

 

[Turniphead]

Fear?... not much... I'm somewhat looking forward to the adventure of death, whenever it comes.

Anxiety? All of the things. Having to deal with the world on a day to day basis.
Stupid things like bed bugs and malaria.

 

[QuickTwist]

I fear being controlled by the external world.

 

[Jennywocky]

In the external world, I pretty much just fear being financially ruined by events beyond my control, which would leave me and those who depend on me without anything and no way to help myself or fix things.