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Magoo48

(6,141 posts)
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 08:21 AM Nov 2024

"Fear is the mind killer"


“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

― Frank Herbert, Dune
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"Fear is the mind killer" (Original Post) Magoo48 Nov 2024 OP
The cause of all misery is wanting gab13by13 Nov 2024 #1
My Jessica keeps this on her dresser ThreeNoSeep Nov 2024 #2
Pain is all in mind - Spock Intractable Nov 2024 #3
One of my favorite quotes. Thanks! Silver Gaia Nov 2024 #4
Like everyone on D.U., I'm scared, pissed, frustrated and - well I failed the vocabulary section of 11th grade English - 3Hotdogs Nov 2024 #5
serenity Magoo48 Nov 2024 #12
fear and distrust are the meat and potatoes of dictatorship The Wandering Harper Nov 2024 #6
My heart bypass surgery was scheduled... MiHale Nov 2024 #7
I'm focusing on what I can do NewEnglandAutumn Nov 2024 #8
Yes. Magoo48 Nov 2024 #15
I make fear my ally. It is designed as a warning system to keep us from danger. Clouds Passing Nov 2024 #9
I sit or stop. I face it while it enters. I ask what is the underlying cause. Magoo48 Nov 2024 #10
Exactly! I ask my fear what it is telling me. Clouds Passing Nov 2024 #11
Yup. Magoo48 Nov 2024 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Nov 2024 #14

Intractable

(958 posts)
3. Pain is all in mind - Spock
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 08:32 AM
Nov 2024

Except when Trump is on my TV screen. Then, the pain is in my eyes.

3Hotdogs

(14,041 posts)
5. Like everyone on D.U., I'm scared, pissed, frustrated and - well I failed the vocabulary section of 11th grade English -
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 09:53 AM
Nov 2024

You get the idea.

How to get through it -- the anxiety of not knowing what, or how bad is next?

I decided to focus on what I could do about me and mine. I looked over my expenses and budget and figure out what I can do to put myself on the best financial footing. I don't have stocks or even any savings. I do have debt. That will be gone in a year. The mortgage was paid off years ago.

My family and friends will get my attention and concern. I will do the best I can to support whatever they are going through. Even if it involves, just listening.


Ukraine, Obamacare, Abortion, "democracy," Sexual orientation and whatever else I can't think of right now, but is probably going to "go south." I have and will have little ability to prevent damage to any of those. I am sad about the harm that will come to people affected by changes to these. But I would drive myself nuts worrying about them.


So like the airline cabin attendant said to do, when the mask drops down, take care of yourself first. Then take care of your neighbors.

Magoo48

(6,141 posts)
12. serenity
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 11:22 AM
Nov 2024

May I have the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference.

And I feel better when I have lots of little ways to resist.

MiHale

(11,439 posts)
7. My heart bypass surgery was scheduled...
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 10:08 AM
Nov 2024

Almost to the day my Dad underwent his bypass surgery. He was 72. I was 61. He died never coming out of anesthesia…heart way too damaged to repair.

Luck on my side (my wife) I didn’t get that bad. But the coincidence was too hard to ignore. I was the most fearful that I’d ever been.

Dune was my favorite novel series next to Asimov’s Foundation series.
I printed out that saying, taped it to the mirror in my bathroom and read it every single time I entered and left that room. I now have caught up with my father in age not fearful of today…it works. It centers you. Still repeat countless times daily.

NewEnglandAutumn

(216 posts)
8. I'm focusing on what I can do
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 10:13 AM
Nov 2024

One of the biggest is voting with my wallet
-spend less (will likely need it )
-not buying from Amazon or other companies that back the GOP
-putting my money where it will do the most good ie dem owned businesses when possible
-not getting the new car I was planning on getting
-I also have no problem not being polite to trump voters some are delusional some are downright terrible in any case I don't feel the need to be polite. I'm so very tired of Democrats 'taking the high road' time to be petty.

This not because of the election but because it is flat out wrong. I no longer buy digital copies of movies, books or games. When you buy them you don't actually own them the store/site etc can delete them from you account and refund any part of your purchase price. It is a huge scam. It is written in the TOS of most outlets that sell digital content.

Magoo48

(6,141 posts)
15. Yes.
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 02:34 PM
Nov 2024

There are so many forms of resistance. It’s a broad spectrum. We can all find a place we fit.

Clouds Passing

(4,239 posts)
9. I make fear my ally. It is designed as a warning system to keep us from danger.
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 10:27 AM
Nov 2024

When we fear fear then fear becomes a problem. Our warning system becomes corrupted. We begin to doubt our fear and in turn make wrong decisions that can hurt us.

When you recognize that fear is an important and necessary part of our being then you can use it as the tool it is meant to be. Thank you for keeping me safe fear.

“There is nothing to fear but fear itself” the most amazing president on earth told us that

Magoo48

(6,141 posts)
10. I sit or stop. I face it while it enters. I ask what is the underlying cause.
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 11:11 AM
Nov 2024

What am I afraid of losing or not getting? Is it just chemical or deeper?
I remind myself that I don’t really have time for this. ( at 76 ) I let it go, and it passes, sometimes it passes like an emotional fucking peach pit, but it passes.

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