What is YOUR deepest fear?

[Khalliqa]

good question....

I don't think about fear until it happens.... because I surprise myself often and am able to overcome obstacles that I thought I could not....

I'm constantly growing so I don't have a deepest fear.... just fear that happens in the moment.... sometimes I can work through it, sometimes it is not necessary to do so, and other times I simply am unable to overcome fear.... no matter the situation I'm always striving to put fear in its proper place...



Salaam...
Khalliqa

[Nefertiti]

Originally Posted by Khalliqa

good question....

I don't think about fear until it happens.... because I surprise myself often and am able to overcome obstacles that I thought I could not....

I'm constantly growing so I don't have a deepest fear.... just fear that happens in the moment.... sometimes I can work through it, sometimes it is not necessary to do so, and other times I simply am unable to overcome fear.... no matter the situation I'm always striving to put fear in its proper place...



Salaam...
Khalliqa

I can go along with this because in a calm state I'm not afraid or thinking of anything that would make me feel that way, fear is instantaneous...yeah

[JemChi]

Not being able to raise my girlz and them being raised without me, my knowledge and experiences

I'm constantly growing so I don't have a deepest fear.... just fear that happens in the moment.... sometimes I can work through it, sometimes it is not necessary to do so, and other times I simply am unable to overcome fear.... no matter the situation I'm always striving to put fear in its proper place...

Working on that, lol

[Sun Ship]

There is a lot that can be learned from this thread, for the question that started the responses makes one move beyond the safety of the rhetoric. To be honest, I have sometimes been apprehensive about questions like this one being asked in cyberspace, with that said, I think it is at this level of sincerity that we can probably find more workable and sincere answers to our problems as we struggle, delving more toward asking ourselves the right questions.

I’m going think about this question, and come back later with my most honest response.

[Mamazen]

Is dying alone.

[Nefertiti]

Originally Posted by Sun Ship

There is a lot that can be learned from this thread, for the question that started the responses makes one move beyond the safety of the rhetoric. To be honest, I have sometimes been apprehensive about questions like this one being asked in cyberspace, with that said, I think it is at this level of sincerity that we can probably find more workable and sincere answers to our problems as we struggle, delving more toward asking ourselves the right questions.

I’m going think about this question, and come back later with my most honest response.

Uh huh...You possibly can have more than one answer to the question...depending on the situation,im just saying(and it was just a simple one) These days we gotta be careful of everything in cyberspace...even being here with whatever is being asked

[Sun Ship]

Though I feel I have a lot more living to do, I’ve seen a few things come and go. Some of my biggest fears have already happened.

Some things are feared, as the possible “shape of things to come”, but what I have found, is that out of survival we adjust unnoticeably to fear and lost, and other lost comes so slowly that it’s almost imperceptible by the time it has established itself. This is the plus and minus of who we are as a people, to redefine, acculturate, and even sometimes celebrate fear, lost, pain, and sorrow.

I asked myself after reading one of the post, is Black love lost, or should we fear losing it? Then I asked, related to what? How would we be assured of it’s lost or presence? Just as, I can only fear death if I’m sure I’m living? Was a Black man created to live like this? …generation to generation? It’s like soul food, it’s dangerous sometimes when you can take scraps and filth, and turn it into sustenance.

Then I fear sometimes that some things are as a horrific as I think they are or even worst; I rather be wrong. I feel sometimes, there is a thin line between hope and denial; sometimes I fear I don’t know the difference.

Originally Posted by Nefertiti

Uh huh...You possibly can have more than one answer to the question...depending on the situation,im just saying(and it was just a simple one) These days we gotta be careful of everything in cyberspace...even being here with whatever is being asked

In my last post did I not site a fear? A precursor to what I’m now stating in this post?

I basically was giving my perspective as it relates to theme of the thread, for in this case sometimes I’m afraid that we are all too naïve…with our naivety and arrogance ruling over and codifying our ignorance. We do what is predictable, which allows us to be so easily marked, analyzed, and deconstructed by those who mean us no good.

Maybe I should be afraid of the Internet? Why dismiss my fears? Could the Internet be an embryonic prototype of a more sinister Matrix-like Orwellian dominion? Maybe I don’t know how to properly discern the thin line between this possible fear and paranoia. May I should fear this lack of discernment. For here I am voluntarily filling in my future profile or interface into an information grid, uploading my fears, as well as possibly my likes and dislikes in other threads, dreams and desires?

Ah… Now, maybe at times I should fear I cannot be questioning, fully expressive, and creative amongst my own people. Being a creative artist and trying to function creatively amongst my own people, believe me, this fear is not unfounded…LOL

[Nefertiti]

my hands are up...no you didn't say anything about what you fear I was just simply replying to what it is you Mentioned about cyberspace...And express yourself however you feel, seems you don't have a problem with that already though...Peace my Brotha

[Fenix]

Originally Posted by nkpe3297

Not to sound crazy...but why should you fear?

So you were born, so you shall die.

Interesting point. We fear because the name of the game is survival.

Sounds cliche, but what I fear most is fear itself. I fear losing my freedom or ability to act in certain situations. I fear not having sharp enough instincts in certain situations.

[Sun Ship]

Originally Posted by Nefertiti

my hands are up...no you didn't say anything about what you fear I was just simply replying to what it is you Mentioned about cyberspace...And express yourself however you feel, seems you don't have a problem with that already though...Peace my Brotha

I was afraid you're were going to see it that way


Sister, I questioned such a query, as in asking someone about one's "deepest fears" over the internet, ergo, I fear such questioning...now it doesn't stop me, or anyone else from pursuing the response to divulge what we fear...fear is an indiscernible barrier or quagmire that most will have to break or unravel most of their natural life, as in the tackling of what "we fear", one way or another.

I didn't have to use the term "fear", to imply my fear in my original post...just take the red pill, peoples deepest fears are usually hidden from even themselves (and sometimes not even associated consciously to "fear"). For if it's one's "deepest fear", any answer here will only be the shell of what is "really" their "deepest fear"!

Fears are tangled in what is described by some as the "irrational mind", for we can sometimes say, we "fear" something, but can rarely prove this fear is well founded.

Peace and Love Supreme

[Nefertiti]

Whatever! its no cause for a back and forth for a questioned simply asked, it didn't even have to go this far...it didn't even have to be answered(it is a, if you do or if you don't) And as far as me putting my hands up I was figuratively speaking everything else...Fine

[Duende]

Originally Posted by CreoleButterfly

My biggest fear is that black love will die.

wow...but has black love died already? Has the assasination of our own identity driven us into a sudden state of panic!? The absence of black love is the reason behind no-lye relaxers, bleaching kits and blue contacs.

[Sun Ship]

Originally Posted by Nefertiti

Whatever! its no cause for a back and forth for a questioned simply asked, it didn't even have to go this far...it didn't even have to be answered(it is a, if you do or if you don't) And as far as me putting my hands up I was figuratively speaking everything else...Fine

Calm down beautiful Sister, it’s obvious when I was talking about your hands being in the air, I was jesting and being a little factious (in a good way).

You’re focusing on my response as a personal attack, whereas I was more focusing on the question asked in the thread. Your response seems to reveal some sort of underlining fear unresolved in yourself.

Let me say this, when you ask for one deepest fear, you are attempting to travel to the deepest parts of one’s mind. This is the place where the fire melts the ice. Black people who are oppressed all have deep fears that are deeper than the deepest fears they can consciously retrieve. When you query the most protected area of your Black peoples psyche it doesn’t flow out like tupelo honey, and give itself over to curiosity without checking all variables, challenging the veracity and credibility of the question and the inquisitor. Would you aspect anything less of a Black man?

You call this going back and forth; I define it as call and response… It’s an ongoing growing fear within our community that seems to never leave, that a Black man and woman cannot have an in-depth civil discourse.

Ase is in the wind

[Napoleon]

Originally Posted by shakim1969

My deepest fear is that Black people will soon be extinct if we don't get it together.

This to is also my fear! Its all about our people staying alive in this white -world. And it will be a time (during our time) we will see African people sick and dying. Towns will be literally wiped out, while leaving the Streets filled with the corpse of rotten fleash of women, children, and men! Not knowing what caused their illness - they had sought help from those who cause it! Judging what they've already done to the world - this is inevitable!

[Draptomania]

I fear letting fear get the best of me. Lemme x'plain
I get scared....A LOT...some of the most mundane and simple things will set my mind off into a frenzy. (Once I was staring at my goldfish and thought they were staring at me ...yes, even stupid stuff like that) Yet, I have stood in front of a sawed off shotgun, to keep a friend from killing a friend. When my mind is idle...I get in trouble! When it's time for action, I do the damned thang. The only thing that gets me through those times is facing it. If I lose my ability to face the fear, THAT would scare the shyt outta me.
Good thread Sis