Master Samael wrote that many war heroes were actually cowards. I always found that difficult to understand, and a little harsh.
One day though, it made sense...
Many of these 'heroic' charges in war come from anger, where fear is right there behind the charging anger.
Anger charges and fear gives powerful reasons to charge.
One is so scared that one launches oneself against the enemy. Out of sheer panic and not knowing what else to do...
One is so scared of what the enemy may do that one launches oneself against the enemy, to not have to face the unknown and in an attempt to control what could come next...
One is always scared of the enemy's retaliation, so out of fear, one goes all the way, charging until the defeat of the enemy.
One out of fear charges against the enemy to die quickly and not have to face the horrors of conflict.
One of out anger at not being able to do deal with one's fear, charges at the enemy, hoping that it will all end one way or another...with victory, defeat or death...
Because of fear of the possibility that we are cowards, anger comes to the rescue sending us charging to provide proof to everyone that we are no coward...
Both flight and fight exist in our nervous system and both are the same response with different faces. The response to stress.
End (1816).
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