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The doors of perception of life and thedealings, discernment and developments of life in
most of its vital aspects via the body, mind, spirit,society, culture etc seem to move on the fiveimportant two way hinges namely love, sex, money,
fear and death.
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Not necessarily in that order or necessarily exclusively. They mayoverlap one another or operate together or in differentcombinations and sometimes one or more of these may be sostrongly interlinked that they even lose their original identity.
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But it would be better if we remember the fact that they are two way hinges
that allow you to peep into life and the so called mysteries of life and also help
life to understand and perceive the world outside that influences and is
influenced by life.
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So these two way
hinges acquire their
significance based on
the situations,
contexts in which
they allow the door to
open either way.
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But as theydo open thedoors ofperceptionof life wecan neitherdeny nordefy theimportanceof any norcan we try toavoid any ofthese
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At the same time these five hingesmanifest in myriads of waysbased onvarious factors of impacts, influences,
situations, contexts, circumstances etc ondifferent persons and things and in turn
their own influences and impacts on many
things and persons in different situations,
contexts, circumstances etc.
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The manifestations being
varied and their impacts
and influences varying
depending on the
individual, the subjective
element too adds to the
multiplicity and plurality offunctions, forms, factors
etc of these five hinges.
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Thats why however much the saints, seers, philosophers,
religionists, theosophists, scientists, psychologist and many other
well meaning souls have tried to grasp their meaning and/or
meanings in multiple ways starting from studying them in their
micro details in various contexts and also tried to have a
complete and overall perception of them at a macro level, have
not been able to come up with any clear cut fit- all -situations
simple definition for any one of these five hinges.
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The very nature ofmultiple manifestations
and myriads of contexts
in which they occur, allthese five hinges eludeany single, exclusive,universally applicable,simplistic definition.
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No wonder that these five
hinges as concepts, ideas and
aspects of life have acquired
such a load of carapace of
connotations that the so called
original denotations of the verywords have been totally
hidden or to be more precise
have almost disappeared.
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Every philosopher, psychologist, scientist etc tries his/her
level best to rationalize and to vindicate his or her own pet
definition of what these five hinges mean based on his/her
own modes of perception and presents his /her ownconcepts, hypothesis, idea of what they mean and based on
that they also propound theories of denying these five
hinges, doing away with them, dealing with them , defying
them, controlling them, delving deep into them etc based on
what outcome they want out of these.
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To top it all, the irony is majority of the
ordinary folks and the youth who prefer to
live on others interpretations of lifes vital
aspects, not only perceive these hinges but
also debate and defend their perception
based on what theories, hypothesis, ideas,
definitions they picked up on how aparticular hinge works.
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In life when actually encountered, these hinges move depending
upon the perception, either smoothly allowing the doors ofperception to life to open or getting struck up and not allowing
the doors to open at all, or letting the doors open partially not
enough to enter into perceiving life in its totality, or allowing thedoors of perception to open with great friction created by the
hinges that by the time the doors open to perceive life thephysical and mental life is at its end.
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So the undeniable fact is that all these hinges are relative, subjective, acquiringtheir value and definition based on their specific manifestation in anyparticular context, situation or circumstance which influence or impact them tomanifest and which these hinges in turn influence or impact in varying degrees.
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Therefore, anyone venturing to define or describephilosophically any of these five hinges runs therisk of inviting not only severe criticism but is alsolikely to be ridiculed for his lack of vision to present
a comprehensive and complete description of whatthese hinges are.
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However, this has never prevented the saints, philosophers,religious leaders, scientists, sociologists, psychologist and manyother wise souls from giving their own definitions anddeveloping theories, many of which have helped human race tobetter understand these hinges
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I have alsodecided totake oneparticularhinge, namelyFEAR inorder toexplore, toenjoy and tryto explain itsmany facets asexperiencedby me andmany othersin variouscontexts.
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When we take
up a subject ofthis great
importance
and relevance,naturally we
encounter aninundation of
materials
availableranging from
the trivial to thevery thoughtful;
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from superficially churnedout academic theories to
seriously philosophically
propounded concepts;
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from thosebased onprejudicesto profoundperceptions;
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from thosebased onactualexperiencetopatronizingdidacticism;
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from those definitions
influenced by religious
institutions to those
imbued with personal
romanticism and so on.
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We cannot afford to ignore any of them as each has
something to offer and there is always no harm in
referring to existing literature in exploring anysubject as sometimes they may not only vindicate
our experience but may also enthuse and enhance
our own endeavor to better explore and expound
further the subject of study.
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They may compliment our
understanding and collaborate
with us intellectually and
emotionally.
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It is all the moretempting to refer tothem when they areavailable at a mouseclick away unlike theolden times when wehad to visit manylibraries andpatiently readthrough, sometimesreference workswithout index or digdeep into our memorycells and pull up therelevant stored stuff.
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Now let us get down to explore fear.
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Whatisfear?
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Or to be more
precise what areall considered as
fear?
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What are the types of fear?
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Is it [fear] an essential part oflife?
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Are we bornwith it [fear]or do we
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Can weget rid ofit [fear]totally? Ifso how?
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What are thethings thatinfluence andinstill fear?
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What are the thingsthat fear impacts andinfluences?
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Is fear a fantasyor a fact?
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Can we tackle it [fear] with mere theoriesand concepts however great or good theymay be?
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Is it [fear]good or bad?
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Is fear onlynegative or istheresomethingpositive aboutit?
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Is it [fear]dangerous tosociety andreligion or is itessential for thevery survival ofboth society andreligion?
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Should we give importanceto it [fear] or ignore it?
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And a hoard of many other relevant
and also not so relevant questions,queries and doubts have to beanswered if we are to understand themultiple facets of this hinge [fear].
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Fear, like the other two way hinges, beinga product of multiple manifestations ofvarying degrees of intensities, impact andinfluence includes a very wide range ofemotions.
f i h i di ti f ti
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from a mere aversion, unhappiness, dissatisfaction,
disappointment, disgust etc to life benumbing mortal
dread stifling and strangulating our body, mind and spirit;
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It [fear], therefore,includes silly phobiasas well as sanesignals ofprecautionnecessary for safesurvival and smooth
social life involvinggroup cohesion,encouragement ofcooperation anddiscouragement ofcheating etc;
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It [fear] includes senseless self torturing modes ofbehavior to development of practical life saving skills.
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