we touch and feel. Any of these five can raise an alarm. Most often, fear maybe created by what we see. It may be a spider or a dangerous animal that confronts us. There have been times when I have jumped out of my skin when I smelt something burning. The tongue imagines thoughts of eating something poisonous, just as an eerie sensation on our skin can make us perceive something to be a great danger. But far more than the senses, there is a bigger rascal—our own mind. It can cook up fear in moments and then terrorize us.
What is the world fearing today? No doubt there is a spread of the Coronavirus. People around the entire globe have been infected by it. But what is fear? The reality is that many people are developing symptoms of cough and fever. Some with an underlying condition, those with weak immune systems, and primarily, the elderly over 65 are sometimes succumbing to the virus. Not all of those over 70 or 80 will die if infected by the virus. Statistics show that only 15% of those who are aged get the infection and mostly, coupled with some or the other health complication may lose their lives. But fear has made the entire world paralyzed. We have taken action around the globe as if we are ALL going to die out of this virus. The fear makes us believe that the virus is going to wipe out life on earth. Some people even ask, “Is the world going to end?” We understand this very