bhaya or fear ...
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
I have been thinking of fear as of late, trying to understand this.
It is called bhaya भय , fear. It is rooted (√) bhī fear , alarm, dread, apprehension. bhayaṃ is 'to have fear of'.
Do you understand this emotion? What is it grounded in? If you follow this emotion back to its source, what is the fear of? Some may say harm - some form of harm , no?
Fear is as far as I can tell is part of the human condition. I do not think it is a learned response. Could be physical harm, mental harm (serious stress), financial harm, emotional harm ( loss of a loved one, or the inability or ~possess~ a loved one).
In the cases I have offered it is rooted in loss ( loss of heath, well being, friends, family emotions ( loss of love, etc)).
So, at the root of fear is loss perhaps? If there is loss, it suggests or infers , my inference here, that one is fearing not being whole or complete in some way shape or form. With this loss, I will be less then i was before.
The bṛhadaraṇyaka upaniṣad¹ tells us the following: Any time there is a sense of 2, fear arises i.e. dvitiyad vai bhayam bhavati - Fear is born of duality.
So our fear, bewilderment, is structured in moha¹ perhaps?
Do you have any thoughts on this? Has anyone NOT experienced fear? I have found that overcoming a ~fear~ has given me great strength. Why so? As I see it , it gave me a new sense of control I did not possess before-hand. This control turned into comfort, yet it was there all the time ( again moha at work).
praṇām
words and references
- bṛhadaraṇyaka upaniṣad - puruṣavidha-brāhmaṇa, 2nd śloka:
- dvitiyad or dvitia द्वित- 2nd or two
- bhayam or bhaya भय - fear , alarm dread apprehension
( rooted in bhī to fear for , be anxious about ) - vai an emphasis and affirmation , generally placed after a word and laying stress on it (it is usually translatable by 'indeed' , 'truly' , 'certainly'
- bhavati or bhava भव arising or produced from , being in
- moha मोह - loss of consciousness, bewilderment , delusion of mind preventing the discernment of truth and leading men to believe in the reality of worldly objects.
Last edited by yajvan; 20 November 2010 at 06:54 PM.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
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