Curious Cat
After my father's death, I had some strange stuff happen that nudged me to learn about the supernatural. What I've been finding out is life is way more complicated, strange, and wonderful than I'd ever dreamed. The best part? Science is starting to catch up. I focus on the place where science and supernatural collide. What does it mean to be a soul in a meat suit? All episodes are made and offered in love. *All Curious Cat content is owned and operated by Storm Mystery Press LLC
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Coexisting with Fear
Today, we are talking about fear and all its subtle iterations. This episode was born from a discussion on another podcast, Theory of Everything, hosted by Curt Jaimungal. It’s a favorite of mine, both for the array of topics, but most of all for the way Jaimungal creates conversations that are both in-depth and curiosity driven, presented in a respectful, kind way. But back to fear. In this particular episode, he was speaking with Lue Elizondo and Sean Cahill about UFOs and consciousness. They were talking about the disclosure of government files pertaining to UFOs. After asking why there is a resistance on the part of the government to disclosing information to the public, Cahill said that it could result in mass fear. Jaimungal asked what we can do to prepare? As I ran, I paused the stream and wrote down, “We need to teach ourselves to react to fear with curiosity, NOT violence.” And that’s how this topic came to be.
Sounds simple enough, but fear is anything but simple. As usual, I’d like to be purposeful with language. Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines fear as, “an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger, anxious concern, cause for alarm.” After reading two books on the subject to prepare for this episode, watching a handful of TED talks, marking up six or seven articles on the topic, I’ve learned that FEAR at its core is a messenger of INTUITION; or our internal KNOWING, and the cause of the fears can be broken into two; INTERNAL FORCES and EXTERNAL FORCES, in other words, stuff we choose to participate in that scares us, and the stuff that happens to us without our control – That distinguishing feature makes the most difference in our reaction to fear. But as you’ve come to know well, I’m getting ahead of myself.
Our Western culture is fear-driven, obsessed even. Author Gavin de Becker says many of our fear-driven practices are due to the machinations of a group of ten sociopaths.
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Resources and Materials:
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal on YouTube
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
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