Is fear the embryo of hatred?

Question

"Fear is the embryo of hatred"---American Poet

What makes you fear something? The most obvious answer would be your individual assement of the potential of something to harm you. For example, some of you fear rollercoasters and some of you don't. Varying assesments of potential harm determine rather or not someone will ride or not ride a rollercoaster. Initial assements of potential harm will determine if someone will ride a roller coaster for the first time. If you ride a coaster for the first time and are fearful of riding one again that means your initial assements of potential harm were not accurate for whatever reason. Having an inaccurate assement is due to a lack of or misrepresentation of information about yourself and/or the object of assement. So if you properly assess the harm value of something relative to you, individually you are a making a quality choice. Not everyone fears the same things. Some fear nothing at all. Is fear an illusion? Is fear a cover-up?

Answer 1

Fear is the most basic, primal emotion, everything else covers fear.

Jealousy occurs when we fear losing the one we love.

Hatred of someone occurs when we fear they might harm us, or we might lose our own identity because of this person

Everything masks fear, sometimes we even love someone only because we fear being alone.

Fear is the primal source of all emotions, that's what drives us or prevents us from moving forward.

Answer 2

Thinking about what you fear is different than reacting to a real bodily threat. Fear caused by thinking about experiencing death, harm, pain or discomfort is usually at the heart of most irrational actions. Hate is the other side of love and may or may not always come from fear as disappointment or rejection can cause hate as well. All are wrapped up in the imagined self or ego. All thought is unreal. Fear of a future event or experience is thought.

Answer 3

Fear is an emotion. In a sense, then, it is as illusionary as any emotion. We on the outside will never really know if YOU are experiencing one emotion or another. But I would hesitate to call emotions illusionary, myself. They may not have an easily observable physical reality, but for the person experiencing them, they can be MORE real than some things that do!

Though some will dispute this, fear does not cause ANY behaviours. None. Think about it: some people are afraid of flying, so they take sky-diving courses to counteract it... they're fear is causing them to do what they're afraid of! For other people, fear will have the opposite effect, perhaps causing them to cower under a table whenever an airplane flies overhead. But if I tell you that Bob is afraid of flying, you can't tell me which of these he'll do unless you know a lot more about Bob. No forced behaviour.

So when people say that fear causes hate, or that fear is the root of all malignant behaviour, it's just not so. Sure... it MIGHT cause hate. But then other things might cause hate too... I happen to hate some of my family members, but I'm certainly not afraid of them. Nor does it cause me to act out against them. Most of us have fears that nobody else is even aware of.

As to what causes fear itself... well, be careful trying to assign rational causes to things that aren't necessarily intrinsically rational. As others have pointed out, most fears seem arise from apparent conflicts with very primitive instincts for survival. If you're hit by a car, non-conscious parts of your brain might decide that cars are something to be afraid of, or they might decide that the horn that the driver used a second before he hit you was the scary part. Or maybe the restaurant you just walked out of. Some part of our brain certainly seems to be linking causes and effects, but it doesn't seem to be one we are in control of or that is the most reasonable (more evidence for its primitive nature).

This will mean that of the fears any person is likely to have, some will be good, some less so, and some just off-base. Even an irrational emotion can be a good thing if it helps you in some way. The trick is learning to distinguish between the fears you want to keep and those it is prudent to abandon, and developing the control necessary to do so. Good luck!

Answer 4

Or the foetus? :)) Anyway, fear is a basis for all unfortunate behaviors and ways of being. Hate is generated by abject fear of the "other" and what he may "do to you". Jealousy = fear of loss. Greed =fear of "not enough". Etc. As the saying goes, there are only two basic "emotions", fear and love.

Love indicates courage and the absence of fear. You just kind of go for it and hope for/expect the best. Afterall, the universe is here to support you, is it not? :))))

Answer 5

You are not too good at intellectualizing. We all know rollercoasters go through extensive testing, and noone thinks they are dangerous. The fear is that one will embarrass himself by his behavior on the ride.

Answer 6

Fear is the illusion that makes hatred seem logical.

Most people think that hatred is the opposite of love.

It isn't fear is.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 7

good question.
at certain situations, fear CAN be an illusion and a cover-up.

Answer 8

Our fear level is proportionate to our resistance to accept change.

Answer 9

Fear is a mis-concept.