Monday, February 25, 2002

'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.'

That is the Bene Gesserit "response from the Litany against fear." It is from the fantastic book Dune - which I am a big fan of.
Now i know its like Sci-Fi...But itz not like "And the Captain of the star ship cruiser fought the devilish demons from outer space" Not that type of crap. Nooo. These books are based more on politics than that trekkie type of shit.
It's a complex story with lots of characters..in fact there are so many its hard to keep track. So there are so many other sub-story lines inter-woven in the story.
I love the books, well i've only read so far the 3 prequel books which do help give more insight into the already complex storylines. It just also makes it easier for the reader to better understand the characters involved.

Anyhoo. I like to think that passage above works. That something like that can calm you or have a soothing affect.
Maybe i'm being silly...but at the moment i think i have alot to be scared about.

What do I fear?
I fear old age
I fear getting fat(ter)
I fear dying
I fear that i might have hives...or some unknown disease that hasn't been detected yet..lol.
but i don't think i do.
I fear that i will be forever lonely
I fear love
I fear the future
I fear my past
I fear the unknown
I fear what I will become
I fear that i'll never be truely happy
I fear Fear itself, that the thought of fear..is enough to make me fearFUL.




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