The image of self needs a sense of security in order to function. There are different types of security: Physical and Psychological. If there is a threat, then the process of fear begins to be self evident.

Psychological security cannot be found in our exterior, but we are taught that it can be found through money, goals, and power. The only thing that can be gained through these “objects” is physical security. However, one must be aware that physical is never really possible. You can have an accident or have “bad” luck.

The first step in order to gain awareness is to realize that the concept of security as we have been taught is a total lie. We struggle into finding someplace, sometime, and somehow. It is always a tomorrow to be gained, a past to be overcome, but what happens with the present moment? It gets lost in the midst of the concept we call time.

Why have we created a shrine out of time? Why is the concept of time so deeply ingrained in our system of beliefs?

This psychological security will never be found outside of yourself. Psychological security depends solely on your ability to understand yourself and be aware of yourself.

However as one gets deeper into the process of fear, it might be more difficult to become aware of our involvement in it; unless we are constantly informing our consciousness of this process through mindfulness.

Is this true? How Find out by observing your self as you act within violence, fear or sadness. Maybe I am wrong at this, so become an empiricist of your own mind!

I am only a guide, not the rule!

If I ask you, are you afraid of death? Will you take some time to consider this? Or will you instantly say: Naaa… I do not care about dying. Bring it on!

If you instantly answer that you are not afraid, could it be that you are so deep into the process of fear that you cannot recognize it? If you answer again with a simple no, then I ask you: Have you been angry recently?

If you answer no, then stop reading! You might not ready to understand this or you might already be pure peace. Your call. No hard feelings!

Let’s move on with those who can actually accept that fear is present in their lives most of the time in a very subtle mode or are not actually living inner peace.

You might be aware of the fact that you do not live a profound inner peace, but maybe you have never experienced a moment of fulfillment that is not directly related to an achievement.

Are you ready so tired of suffering that you cannot bear it anymore? Are you tired of trying to achieve the impossible because there is always more to crawl into? Are you in a state of depression that cannot be ignored any longer?

Well, if you are in that state of complete surrender to the reality that is being presented day by day. You feel there is no way out… I have good news for you!

The greatness of becoming more aware is always waiting for you!

Your suffering is directly proportional to your violence and fear. You might ask: Where does suffering come from? How does suffering relate to fear?

It is all related in a very subtle way. You can become aware of it through direct observation of your thoughts and feelings as they begin to creep in and try to control you.

You might say, “Well, that is too difficult. I cannot do it. I have never done it.”

Well if you think you can’t, then you are not sick tired to your bones of suffering. Believe me! Once you say, enough is enough from your most inner core…

You CAN do it! Nothing but yourself is stopping you!

Tired of suffering?

Choose awareness over control.
Choose fulfillment over power.
Choose inner liberty over goals.
Choose love over fear.
Choose peace.

I have given you a simple guide with a hypothesis of the process of fear. My theory might not apply to you, but it is a walked path that can help you understand yourself faster.

Let me first begin with the fact that fear creates violence.

People use fear to control others, but what they do not realize is that that same fear in fact will create violence in order to defend itself from the boogie man.

Now, is this true? Does fear create violence? One has to seek within ourselves, and ask: Is there a relationship between myself being anger and a state of fear? For example, if I lose a loved one. I get angry at life. Is this anger directly proportional to the loss of the loved one? Is this anger related to my state of fear because I feel vulnerable without my loved ones who gave me a sense of inner security?

This is a suggested process of how violence could work within ourselves:

The chain that does not end, unless you end the conditional response. A response that has been nurtured by a cultural tradition of what kinds of responses are expected from you when being attacked. Ask yourself: When did you learn to act this way? Do you remember a specific moment? Most probably, you won’t. In fact, what you will remember is a set of rules set by example.

Your family might be trapped within this cycle or perhaps, a lover or a dear friend. If you do, realize that this process is taking place in your life. The only way to cut the chain is to walk away from those who are not willing to modify their pattern of aggression.

This might sound radical, but how can you change someone or something that is not willing to admit that something is wrong? You can’t.

You can only choose to change yourself, and that can only be done if you are no longer in the cycle. There are certain people who might trigger these emotional processes easier than others within yourself. Therefore, do not expect to change instantly. It takes time to override each and every button you have that can be triggered by a removal of your beliefs of safety (i.e fear based manipulation).

The reason people use fear to control is because it works in the short term. If you fear something, you will easily fall into manipulation of those who want to control you.

For example, if you do not want to sleep. Perhaps, a family member threatened to call the police and take you away if you did not sleep when they told you so. That act is creating fear through psychological violence.

In fact, fear is not good or bad. It is supposed to prevent you from harming yourself, but I ask: What would happen if our society stopped controlling through fear? What would happen if instead of fear, a new process called awareness of the consequences occurred?

As in the example above, what would happen if instead of threatening with the police, one would explain once and again the reason one has to sleep early? Why is it not explained that it is needed to rest in order for others to rest and also to be strong every day after resting?

It is not about not being able to understand! It is about being patient until one gets it! But, what happens if we are inside the cycle? Is there a way out? This is a suggestion, but do work out your own process.

Without deep analysis there won’t be real progress. Repeat each time you are in the cycle of violence. Don’t expect to be violence free at your first attempt. It is a process. It will take many years to master a peace mindset. Be patient.

Why do we prefer to threaten, instead of being patient? The reason is fear.

The use of threats occurs because the one threatening is afraid of the response of the one being manipulated. However, if one does not fear but understands and becomes patient… Where will fear go? What happens with fear? Does it really matter if we cannot eradicate fear? What is the key aspect here?

In order to overcome fear and violence, one must become aware.

Fear is the one that will make you enter the cycle of violence. It is not until to realize this that you can actually change your violent mindset, thus by becoming aware you can change. Fear can be overcome if it is confronted. If it is ignored it could become harmful through this vicious cycle, until you decide enough is enough! However, if fear is ignored… There might be a very good reason.

Do not be fooled or convinced by my ideas. I am just initiating the discussion. Challenge! Defeat my thought with real awareness of yourself. You need to get into it by yourself.

It is all up to you to change! No one will do it for you. You are the only one who that can beat violence through an awareness of its process within yourself as you feel your body getting tense with adrenaline.

Choose not to fall into the cycle. If you fail to be calm, do not fall into the trap of frustration as it is also part of fear. You might be afraid of not letting go of the cycle. Fear is elusive, yet it might be there when you think it is not.

Only your own observations can answer this!

Anonymous is any person that is raising awareness toward the need of a new society that actually questions authority in an intelligible and respectful manner.

Anonymous is here to stay, and therefore is everywhere because it is a state of consciousness being communicated through the Internet that strives toward:

Freedom and Truth

For example, Creative Commons or Open Source is part of this awakening of consciounessnes that is now being labeled as Anonymous.

Anonymous is about raising awareness through their own and unique ways. Here are some ideas:

01If you are a creator, use an open licence with everything you create. You choose how free, what type of licence, but make it free as in freedom to distribute.

02 Allow people to donate although you might also sell your work. Some might offer a smaller amount to demonstrate their support because they might not be able to afford your established price tag.

03 If you are a person working in a factory or corporation, be creative. Express your individuality in places they seek to have a mono-system of being.

04 Be loving, calm, kind, and assertive toward those who are rude and even aggressive toward you. Never return aggression with your anger, instead walk away with peace of mind. Ask: Does violence come from fear?

05Ask and expect accountability toward those who are currently in the structures of power.

06Challenge the traditional ways of doing things. Do not fall into the peer pressure of doing things. If you feel it is not right, say NO!

07 Keep asking questions. Never accept a shallow answer. Keep digging until you realize what is the truth, and what is an interpretation or a method of propaganda to make you believe in something that is not real.

08 Study and change the laws through political activism. Laws are a living entity, not a static book to follow. Be stronger that lobbyists. Protest! Insist with your voice that one is not surrendering to those who seem to believe have power. Remember: They are powerless without you.

Ask deeply: What is fear? Where does fear lie within you? What is the role of fear? Why do people use fear to control? Are there good types of fear? How far does fear go? What is the function of fear? Can we completely remove fear from our inner self? How?

Activism occurs by becoming aware of our condition as sheep, and at the instant when one chooses not to be part of the herd anymore:

One is Anonymous.

Anonymous is evolving because as each person that realizes he or she is part of Anonymous, it changes. Each person uses their own knowledge and perception of the truth to change the currents of thought within reality. Therefore, Anonymous is something that cannot be imprisioned.

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Of course, there are may types of attacks. Ones may be physical and psychological or just psychological. However, the impact of any type of attack on yourself is profound.

It is in these attacks where a window of opportunity is opened: The capacity to grow and overcome this through observation, awareness, and then change will take place.

Let’s make conscious some internal workings we may not be aware of:

You may believe power comes from controlling others, when it actually exists when you are in control of YOURSELF.

Cause <-> Effect
-> one way
<-> Both ways

• Feeling Abused -> Anger
• Feel Abused <-> Feel Powerless
• Feel Powerless <-> The need to control others to gain security
• The need to control others to gain security <-> Fear
• Fear -> Anger
• Anger <-> Sadness

In other words,

01Feeling Abused -> Anger
Anger may be a common response when we feel abused. In such moments, anger may provoke an aggressive response or a silent protest. Even a silent response, may induce resent. Therefore, abuse causing anger needs to be detected before anger controls you and you won’t be able to see beyond the abuse.

What does “to see beyond the abuse” mean? It means abuse needs to be understood to be free from it, not only to have a reaction through anger or sadness, but to see beyond behavior to understand ourselves better.

02Feel Abused <-> Feel Powerless When you feel abused, you can sense how powerless you really are. It happens that you may not even aware of this, but the impact of your agression toward the world surrounding you when we feel powerless is enormous. This all is influenced by your definition of what is fair.  For example, if you worked hard for an A and got a D, you may feel abused, and if you can’t change the note… You will feel powerless, thus angry and frustrated. This chain of reactions will only lead to a negative consequence. You need to be aware of it before it takes control over you. Why? The angrier  you get, the less will you be able to observe your surroundings or yourself to take the appropriate action for a positive result.

03Feel Powerless <-> The need to control others to gain security When there is no control or actual manipulation, freedom really begins to exist. Unfortunatly, we don’t regularly see this because we want to prefer the feeling of security over freedom. However, the security provoked by controling others is just ephimeral and not real. Security exists only when you are free, but freedom from your inside, not outside. The more you are aware of your own instincts and patters, the better you will feel because you will be free from yourself, thus you will feel no need to control others.

04The need to control others to gain security <-> Fear When you are feeling power powerless, you realize you can never really control others, and you can’t even not be in control of yourself, fear may come in, and aggression could find a way into your mind. When you realize you are powerless, you may want to control others, you could try to use “force” to obtain thing your way through control and manipulation, and if you don’t get it your way, anger gains control over you.

Do you realize the more you feel the need to control others, the less will you actually be in need of the others to feel secure, thus your security will always be false and depending others? Eventually, those you think you will always control, will realize it. Manipulation doesn’t live forever, people die. Yet, you will always be with yourself.

05Fear -> Anger It is when you feel fear when your animal instincts gain force. Fear is a primeval feeling that is deeply related with how secure we feel. A long time ago, when we heard a roar we had to run. That adrenaline rush keeps coming after all these centuries, but in the form of anger. Why? We may not need to kill the prey, but we still feel the rush that becomes anger toward those who seem to take our security away from us. What would happen if we could realize we do not need to control others to feel secure? What would happen if we don’t feel fear when we are not under control over things? What would happen if we could understand ourselves so well, we can feel security by seeing the truth beyond our biased perceptions?

06Anger <-> Sadness Least, but not last… Anger is actually sadness, the realization you are not “powerful” and you will never be “secure”, unless something changes deeply inside of you. If you see yourself really closely when in anger, you will realize without a doubt that when you are anger, you are really sad about something. It could be you are sad because you cannot obtain something you deserve (the definition of what is just in your eyes), you may have a low-self esteem without realzing it consciously, and then it is projected by anger when you are feel sad, disappointed, alone, worthless, etc. and don’t want to realize it because doing it means you will change. Most of us, don’t want to change until we reach the limit.

When will enough be enough? After a storm… Sense and accept the changes.

At the end, I may be wrong and I’m not going to tell you what to do, but give you hints about what could be going on inside yourself. If we could understand the consequences of our actions before they unfold, perhaps will we be ready to live with confortably with those. It takes a lot of courage to react against the most, but if you don’t start your own positive current: Who will? What are you waiting for?

The more you become aware of what you do and why, the less will you suffer. Think about it!

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Each time you judge someone, at the end, you are judging yourself.

Why? If you wear, act, or do something you critized; you will not feel confortable with yourself, subconsciously or consciously.

This same process can be transported to a larger scale: Family Patterns. How?

Family tends to “educate” us, they teach us what should be right and wrong, they treat us mostly as their parents treated them, and they provide a “secure zone” where you can recognize them as the powerful ones.

What will happen if those parents don’t question anything and simply act upon their “old patterns”? Their offspring will inherit those old judgements and prejudices they learned through their parents and grandparents.

Well, this can seem pretty simple, but even though it sounds obvious that doesn’t mean those are easy patterns to break.

You can’t just be an outcast and behave out of the box in a family pressuring you to commit the same mistakes they have lived. It is an interesting fenomenon because although they may tell you not to commit the same mistakes, subconsciously they want you to understand them, thus do what they have done.

If a parent teaches his child not to commit the same mistake, it won’t happen. The problem here is that although their speech may tell something, their acts provoke something else.

It’s like we are all trapped in the idea of who or what we should be. It doesn’t matter who we are or how we feel. It ends up being: What the world thinks it would work.

This is one of the biggest mistakes humanity has made; we fail to recognize our errors, it could be because of our ego. But if we don’t see them: How will we be able to become better human beings?

Evolution is all about transforming according to our surroundings, but have we realized that to be capable to comprehend awareness is the key stone to major revolutionary changes.

When will humanity, each one of us, get it? When will we ask ourselves tons of questions in such a way we will become free from our own petty points of view (family induced or not fully developed)?

Imagine a world where we ask questions thourougly, an answer is not an answer, but a new question to unveil a new universe inside of us…

How to break my family patterns?

1. Analyze myself
2. Question myself
3. Become self-aware
4. Listen to your thoughts
5. Observe the consequences of those thoughts and actions
6. Understand awareness
7. Analyze again
8. Question again
9. Don’t stop when there is no answer: Rest, keep alert, keep going, don’t take impossible as an answer, and be aware!

Family patterns get broken when you become aware of them, and decide with all your heart to stop them.

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Society as a group of people is just an aspect of the collective mind, it is the conjunction of different factors like: the general state of consciousness of the population, your inner division (what you believe vs. others believe) causing peer pressure, and the clear necessity of doing something, to reach a certain ideal like beauty, money, power,etc. because it is well seen by the population.

To be unaware how the collective mind influences; can affect us in such a way we become prisoners of their ideals without asking ourselves: What is my passion? Do I work and feel fulfilled with it? Who am I?

I have tried to imagine why can we become prisoners of our collective (social) minds; It occurred to me (may be wrong) it is our fears, the need of acceptance, and to feel secure the reasons we loose our freedom.

Freedom is not about being a “free country”; Freedom is about a free “you”, and that does not mean to do whatever you want, but to have the ability understand who are you, then you will know how does freedom really apply to each one of us.

For example, if the collective part of us (our culture) accepts something, then we don’t have to think stuff for ourselves, and most act as the general agreement. As a result, we stop challenging the true meanings of life. We get accustomed and accept the supposed “fact”:

What is wrong with that?

Culture implies: Life is just that. Get over it! Use your mind on things that produce results, like money (results the collectivity can use, and then assess as really good results).

However, the collective mind can be mistaken. It has been so many times along history. You always have a choice: To question or not to question, and find out things by yourself. Will you choose to become aware about your choices or will you choose to go with the flow?

The reason I believe we don’t question the collective mind as we should is that we don’t want to take full responsibility for our actions and its consequences.

If you can say,” It is not my fault. It is not my mistake. It is not my consequence It is the fault of the circumstances, it is the mistake of my parents, it is the consequence of a divorce, but never mine.” Then, you can have an excuse. You will not face the facts. You will not change, and this society will continue to degenerate.

Your choices affect everything because you are part of it all.

At the end, you cannot divide yourself just by thinking you are different from the collective mind. You are inside of it, but are free to be yourself if you know who you are.

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Why does a country say it proclaims to have provide rights to its citizens, why does he limit those rights to aliens or immigrants? Why do countries and people live a double standard? What is going on?

One reason could be that in their minds a right has to be won. You have to win a citizenship, a position, experience, power, money, etc. Is this correct? Is this part of our goal oriented type of society that fools us into believing that there is an ultimate prize to be met?

For example, television commercials are all the day telling us what is the best and what should we buy. Is this good or bad? None. Why? The people who put those commercials on want to sell more.

The reasons: They want or need money for a believed “better life”. Is there a perfect balancing act in all of this? Is there a fundamental need of a radical shift?

Maybe or not, it all depends on what you think you deserve (your belief system). This is tricky because perspective is really important in order to communicate, but do we actually acknowledge the depth of awareness?

Can the earth sustain trillons of persons who seek and have that believed “better life”? Can we all have a car, big home with air condition, buy things at the grocery store, and forget about how does that food reach your table? Perhaps, we depend on how techonlogy becomes more efficient and earth friendly.

What is happening that big companies need to delay the progress of technology to have the most income? When does enough mean enough? When will we realize that the progress vs income has to take into account the way we are destroying the Earth by delaying GREEN techologies in our homes.

The fact is we can’t live like that, profit should not be before ecology, humanity, moral, ethics, justice, and truth. Suppose technology becomes friendly to the earth, and now we can live that “advanced better home”; what will happen then?

What is a “good home”? What does the concept “enough is enough” mean?

Will the entire population seek a another “better home”? Probably the ones who sell will continue to tell you “more is better and more is always possible”. Is this actually true?

Where will this kind of goal oriented society lead us? When will be stop and begin to think by ourselves instead of letting others fill our agendas? When will we be the leaders of our own fate as a human race instead of falling into the trap of the herd who believes as is told?

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Peace begins in our inner self, then it touches your family, and at last it reaches society. If we feel powerless, we want to gain that power, instead of discovering what does it mean, and how can you overcome your sense of defeat into something greater than yourself, so you can transform it into inner growth and being strong; we prefer to linger with fear and depression.

Why? If every event we live is an opportunity to discover how can you become a better person, how can you understand yourself better, how can you reach your inner balance, how can you transform yourself, and eventually release your selfishness.

It is hard to accept and comprehend those events (selfishness) may hurt you a lot, but at the end it is what you need to open your eyes to your own suffering and the suffering others are living in order to overcome that pain.

The more you decide to be blind, the harder events cross into your life to realize you need to ask yourself these basic questions:

Who am I? Why do I exist? What will happen when I die? Why do people act the way they do? Why do I become angry? Why do I act as I do? Is it moral to be as I am? Is it ethic to do what I intend to do?

Those questions will only lead your life into more and more questions if you are answering correctly, infinity within imagination and reason.

The feeling of being powerless is so strong, we prevent ourselves from seeing the the reasons we become angry as another person tries to force his will on you. You may say it is unjust. How can you let another person violate your right to be free?

My question would be: Who is really free? In these times, the media dominates your likes, your needs, and even your thoughts. Is that freedom?

I guess that to lack the ability to ask yourself the impossible questions is really reducing our freedom, but we are so blind by trying to feel powerful, we don’t realize we are powerless.

I cannot change what you think. Even if I could influence and apparently change you… It is a lie or misunderstanding of the way reality actually works.

You have the final choice, and the ultimate inner freedom.

The only way you may really change is asking yourself those questions, and the only way other people will actually change is asking themselves the same questions.

We will not be free as long we are trapped in that constant need to feel in control of something because we not in “control” (awareness) of ourselves (and our thoughts).

However, it is not me who knows. Your own actions will eventually show you have several options:

1. You live blinded.
2. You try to see.
3. You see sometimes and other times you are blinded.
4. You see.

All of these, not depending on others, but only you.

Where does our sense of feeling powerless begin, and where does it end? Can we regain our freedom by listening to what yourself has to say or do you prefer to let others talk about what is best for you?

Is it your choice? Or is it not yours, but you want to think it is to feel power over yourself when you do not have it?

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