#AppliedPsychology #Psychology
#FearManagement

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Wow fascinating psychology/philosophy.

"...the clarity and consistency with which parents and 👉elders described fear as having no value, saying that children should outgrow their early fears.👈 The common sentiment was:

👉‘I do not feel fear; I feel respect.’👈

When we further.."

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#FearManagement

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"...probed parents and elders about these beliefs, they told us that fear isn’t useful and shouldn’t be felt. They argued that fear is debilitating and paralysing, and should be replaced with unconditional respect (ie, respect given to all life, human or nonhuman).

In the.."

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#FearManagement

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"...#Mapuche culture, respect seems to alleviate, and even replace, fear.

👉The Mapuche believe that all elements of the universe are interconnected and deserve respect.👈 They teach children to give reverence to the air, water and land, along with all the living creatures..."

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#FearManagement

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"...that inhabit these spaces.

It’s important to note that the #Mapuche don’t try to suppress their children’s fear, but to transform it into respect...

...👉the #Mapuche have a long warrior history; one of the very few cultures able to stop the advancement of the #Inka empire..."👈

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"...in the late 1400s, they also held off #Spanish rule for more than 300 years. It took the dual efforts of the #Chilean and #Argentinian militaries to finally defeat them in the late-19th century."

#Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, said

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...“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.”

Late bestselling author and researcher #FrankHerbert...

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...converted this insight into one of the fundamental concepts of his epic #Dune saga.

Even though he probably never heard of the #Mapuche, he seems to have been onto something else.

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@HistoPol So. A thought.

The context of the Litany of Fear is that it's a Bene Gesserit mantra, and the Bene Gesserit are *bad guys*. They've manipulated galactic events, including implanting fake religions, in order to pave the way for their eugenics project to make the "perfect man," who himself turns out to be a terrifying warlord. By the second book, it turns out Paul is a fan of Hitler.

Yes, that Hitler.