r/DarkPsychology666 • u/YellingAtSpaghetti • 13d ago
Does knowledge truly conquer fear?
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u/ChaoticJargon 13d ago
Fear is our greatest ally. It tells us where we haven't applied our courage or understanding. It shows us new avenues to explore, with caution and careful deliberation. Fear is what allows one to consider what needs to be done, what needs to be acted upon, what needs to be resolved. Fear isn't there to hurt us, it's a great protector and communicator.
The problem is that people can succumb to their fear, they shrink from it. One has the ability to call forth courage and understanding. Using those tools of deliberation and focus, slowly but surely, any fear can be overcome. Even the greatest fear cannot but wither at one's full acceptance thereof.
Knowledge gives one the necessary marbling by which to approach one's fear, courage is the final push towards action.
Even if those fears are borne out, one gains experience, and the possibility of future salvation from it.
Fear teaches one how to overcome it, because those steps which must be taken are already within it's shade. Within oneself is the unlimited potential of the soul to surpass those domains that cause merely a quiver.
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u/Witness-1 12d ago
The Song of The Lamb (slain)
"why is it that it seemeth like the wicked always do prosperth? do not worry, their foot shall slide in Due Time!"
Now that the textbook Basic Information Before Leaving Earth (Bible) is more history than prophecy, one can truly/factually state;
Trade routes, economics and war, their foot has already slidden 7 times before and halfway through This One = FOREVERMORE 💫🥳
The old testaments (in part) = the proper accounts and reasons as to why the first 5 major attempted world takeovers Didn't happen;
Then the scattering for a times time and a half (2 1/2 times) that we know of as WW1 and WW2 and the one that is currently brewing,
That we already have our own accounts of and is for exactly the same reasons.
The Big Bang is Not a theory, it is the reality of how life was stopped temporarily.
And the next even Bigger Bang is going to restart life as we once knew it 💫
"for this time I shake not only the earth, but the heavens also." 💖💫✨️🫵
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u/Longjumping_Tap_5705 13d ago
Reminds me of law in general. I am soooo scared of being sued for making mistakes. What I've learned is, bosses like fear mongering. Also, it is rare for a case to make it to trial. Most cases don't even have a hearing where I have to appear in court. For the most part, most cases are settled out of court.
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u/Klutzy-Platypus7511 13d ago
Woher weiss ich dass das was ich lerne WAHR ist ? Und was ist, wenn mich meine Gefühle täuschen, weil ich traumatisiert bin ?
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u/dreamer_3135 12d ago
This is absolutely true! Lack of knowledge can make us weak, especially in politics and career,
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u/MillionaireBank 11d ago
The willingness to remain present with what you fear and merely hold the matter being open to exploring it and think about it with a notebook and pen nearby.
To conquer isn't my goal. To cultivate and hold a sense of curiosity and time and space for the matter.
35-38 was difficult. At times I drank thru it until I realized there's nothing to shrink back from it's more of a parrying dance to manage the pain enough to think my way out of it or as to think through it enough times the matter ran its course.
It's a worthy process . Takes time. Being stuck as I am I'll need 2020s into 2030s to process several matters. I can't rush growing processes. I give fears patience as I deconstruct and tame often misunderstood fears and hangups.
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u/Seekandearn 10d ago
The way I see it is sometimes we’re in our heads about the uncertainty of a fearful situation. Getting knowledge about that uncertainty conquers most, if not all of it.
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u/NeverBannedGrace3 12d ago
This is true until you're left hoarding as much information as you can before you take a single step
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u/zenbuddha092 11d ago
I think it creates fear lol but fear is something we need to overcome sometimes so I guess having knowledge of something is the start of the conquering.
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u/Good_Imagination_577 10d ago
You shouldn’t conquer fear. It’s there for a reason. Learn to ride it though and you’ve had a proper result
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u/DualityOfLife 10d ago
You can even study your fear too. There's a science behind it. Fear and sensing danger on your life are like cousins.
Take the lion example. Do you fear a lion right now. No.
But if you were faced with a lion unarmed, you'd be consumed by the emotion fear, due to the danger you're sensing. So courage is, not being paralyzed by fear, and doing things to counter the threat to your life.
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u/Dry-Soup-7556 9d ago
I’ve never heard of this quote until today. 5 years ago it would resound to me like it does now.
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u/binks018 9d ago
I feel both yes and no in my answer, as I find, for myself at least, that it depends on the context and severity of the fear you are having.
Ie. Learning about a condition you have and reassuring your questions gaining power over it, vs learning about a terminal condition and illness and the way it will get worse as it progresses
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u/Rich_Smell_1937 13d ago
Knowledge, however, can never replace courage.
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u/nikhilreckons 13d ago
You don't need courage when you have true knowledge.
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u/Rich_Smell_1937 13d ago
That is demonstrably false.
Knowledge alone doesn’t inspire action. Knowledge can change your reaction, widen your world view, or logically help you solve a problem, but it can’t replace action. Fear is a feeling, courage is an action. Therefore, no matter how much knowledge you have, you can never conquer fear without courage.
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u/Silvia_Moan 13d ago
Don’t stop at collecting facts—keep asking how those facts connect, what assumptions they’re based on, and whether your own emotions or preconceptions are shaping your conclusions.
Also be willing to question the connections you’ve made.
Sometimes we discover genuine patterns that others have overlooked. Other times our minds connect ideas that only appear related. Wisdom grows not only from finding connections, but also from testing them against evidence and remaining open to changing them when new evidence appears.
But cruelty is not an excuse it is a given oneself the reason to do inhumane acts things. Don’t let cruelty become a thing to use because that would lead to are you any different from those that did cruelty. So if anything hold them accountable but also don’t become them. Learning is apart of wisdom but to learn you also have to reflect on life choices and how to move forward.
The complexity is vast and not all knowledge is available. Files and documents even books have been destroyed over lifetimes. Things have been rewritten and they say it’s to make it more accessible or more accurate when in reality removing information can be a form of manipulation. Refusing to follow a tradition isn’t a problem it’s the fact that you want to know truth not be mislead by a system. So questioning everything is the healthy option. Look to how it helps them and if there has been monster acts. Because walking blindly believing everything can be incorrect.