Fear of Man

It is kosher that fear is a common phenomenon irrespective of men and wild. In a way or another, human beings fear wild beasts and vice versa.  Obviously men have edge our animals with sophisticated weapons and intelligence. But from time immemorial fear was a part of human life. Our elders were fearful about natural forces and accepted these forces as their gods or deities. They scared thunder and lightning, they worried about wild beasts and their attacks, they were concerned about might rivers, vast sky, huge mountains and deep oceans, gradually they became their gods or goddesses. Many occasions they found a sanguine position and found a pacifying spirit in all these forces. The congruence of interest and a divine satisfaction made them to fear the existence or a divine power. This may the evolution of the concept ‘God’. According to the Christian believes, human was thrown out from the paradise Eden, then they persistently cried and worried over their sins and longed for the paradise. Also they were very fearful about the thundering voice of God and omnipotence of creator. In both ways ‘God or the Existence’ is the last word for fear. The same can be depicted from the images of multiple gods in the walls of streets and towers which is to prevent people from spitting in public; it indirectly reveals that men have fear as well as respect in God.  

As an itinerant in this earth and a person believes in eternal life/life after death and last judgment, he should fear God and religious teachings; otherwise his life will be gone awry. Also an ordinary man forced to obey rules and regulations because of judiciary and laws. The former is awe and latter is fear. But awe – the mix of fear, love and respect shall be promulgated. It is apparent that people becoming fearless and not all concerned about laws or humanity. The incidents like brutal massacres, violent rapes and cold blood murders reiterate that - these are not enough to keep the fear of human. Laws and Gods fail in front of the fearless attitude of human moving much worse than ghosts and devils.

There is a saying ‘fulfilled love casts out fear’ and it is ‘love’ that solves all the worries of human. The famous motto – ‘conquer the world with love’ gives more meaning in this regard. Love is the panacea to cure all the fears and problems of fearless. Let’s start a revolution to conquer this world with love and strive for a peaceful society. 

Paul V Mathew