State of fear

Man lives in a state of eternal fear. Why is this so??

Over the ages evolution has occurred by a process of survival and selection by nature as Darwin said. But when seen in a microcosm life exisits when an entity takes control of a very small bit of the universe. It ceases to exist when the control is lost. A single celled life controls its small bit of universe. As life takes higher forms the entity tries to take control of bigger bits of the universe. Predators marking their territory, birds making a nest are all attempts at taking control. The bigger the extent of control that the organism wants to exert, it develops a greater propensity to fear for that control to stay. If you observe the world a bit more closely you will realize this point. Mankind being at the forefront of evolution as we would all like to think, has the tendency to try and control every single thing that he can perceive. You can see that everywhere. People want to control weight, complexion, traffic, speed, other animals, fellow men/women, products people buy, channels people watch and the list just will go on endlessly. Every man/woman wants the world/universe to behave exactly as he/she wants. In short mankind wants control to be absoulute and everyone wants to be God. As a result the fear of losing control is also eternal. Every single action that is happening in the world is a result of people trying to take control of whatever they feel is not in control. They fear for it every single moment of their life.

Man is identified through the way that fear is expressed. When man is able to channel that fear he ends up being "successful" or in terms of a relative statement the fellow mankind see him as someone who has achieved greater control on his exsistence than themselves. Hence that man has less to fear and hence considered "successful". When man panics because of the fear he starts requiring assistance to overcome the fear. I would term that assistance as "Faith" in something. That faith could be religion, violence, gluttony, drugs etc. Man tends to fill himself with whatever he chooses to be his faith to crowd out the fear that he has.

Over the ages man has tried to find the right kind of faith that can keep him in balance. But in the end finding the right faith has become a source of fear for man. I wish all of you to find the right faith and become less fearful (meaning more successful).

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As thought by me after watching a regional channel making an expose on one of the Godmen thriving in the country. What makes people to get to such state??

Put your faith on anything in this universe other than a fellow man. Remember he is in the same state of fear. A rock will do more to assuage your fear. There is more merit in idol worship, even though it seems insensible.