Chris Alyssia (Host):
Welcome to Ascended Warrior: Soul Codes for a Shifting World. This is your sacred space to awaken, align, and rise in your purpose.
Hello again and welcome back. I’m Chris Alyssia, your host. Today’s episode goes to the heart of why I started this podcast: the culture of fear. For more than a decade, not just in the U.S. but worldwide, fear has been nurtured and amplified until it now feels absolute.
Everywhere I look — in media, in conversations with family, even in simple commercials — I see the hold fear has over our decisions, our emotions, and even our ability to think clearly. And I’ll be honest: I’m as guilty of being caught in it as anyone else.
Fear in Everyday Life
Take something as trivial as a jeans commercial. On its own, it should be harmless — just an ad. But the way media and social platforms package it, slicing it into sound bites and reaction clips, it becomes emotionally charged. Suddenly, we are debating, judging, and dividing over nothing.
Why? Because fear culture has reached a boiling point. Our emotions are no longer rising from our hearts, but from external manipulation.
The Crisis of Certainty
Comedian Chris Rock once described this era as a crisis of certainty. We are trained to believe our opinions are 100% correct, leaving no room for nuance, learning, or compassion. Anyone who disagrees is immediately wrong.
This black-and-white thinking robs us of growth. If I’m always right, what else is left to learn? And yet, this mindset benefits someone — not us, but the “puppet masters”: those who profit from keeping us divided and outraged.
The Boiling Frog Effect
There’s a theory: throw a frog into boiling water, it jumps out. Place it in cool water and slowly raise the heat, and it boils alive without realizing it.
That’s what fear culture is doing to us. Incrementally, our tolerance is shifted, our emotions manipulated. We don’t even notice how much of our thinking is being directed until we’re already “cooked.”
A Dream of Control
I had a vivid dream that brought this home. In it, people turned violently on each other for no clear reason. Later, some reappeared as eerie clones — perfect smiles, empty eyes — demanding surrender.
The message was clear: unchecked fear escalates from division, to violence, and finally to assimilation. If we surrender our critical thought and compassion, we risk becoming copies — alive but not truly living.
A Personal Example
Even I found myself deeply caught in this cycle. Over time, I developed an intense reaction to Donald Trump. Not based on firsthand knowledge, but on endless clips, jokes, and media snippets designed to provoke.
It reached the point where I couldn’t hear his voice without shuddering. That’s when I realized: my emotions weren’t fully my own. They had been hijacked by the content I consumed.
This isn’t about agreeing or disagreeing with Trump. It’s about asking ourselves: Is this my genuine feeling, or a programmed response?
The Three Goals of Fear Culture
At its core, fear culture has three purposes:
- Keep us divided — so we stop learning from each other.
- Keep us afraid — so we buy, obey, and depend.
- Keep us emotional — so we react instead of thinking critically.
It’s simple. It’s brilliant. And it’s dangerous.
How to Break Free
- Awareness is the first step. The moment you see the game, its power begins to fade.
- Discern your feelings. When triggered, pause and ask: Do I really feel this way, or is this how they want me to feel?
- Choose compassion. Refuse to give your energy to division and outrage.
Closing
We are not broken. We are not divided. We are not puppets.
We are sovereign souls, here to grow, learn, and love. The moment we remember that, fear loses its grip.
Thank you for being here. If this message resonates, please subscribe and share. Together, we can cut the strings of fear and step fully into freedom.
Love and light.