Reaction formation and then reinforcement of it: They know deep inside how miserable they are, and they find a way to stave off the realization of that reality and of its...
More »Reaction formation and then reinforcement of it: They know deep inside how miserable they are, and they find a way to stave off the realization of that reality and of its horrible roots in their suffering in childhood, through denying their unhappiness, trying desperately to believe that the opposite is true -- that their experience is happy -- and proclaiming it to all and everyone -- saying the lie out and loud can help in reinforcing untruth because coming from the outside now (even if it is one's own voice only that one is hearing echoed back) it still has greater weight and credibility existing in the outside world, and not just one's own private thoughts alone.
But again, that is not enough to be truly convincing over against the unhappiness that they actually feel every moment. So the big guns are brought out: Not only must they proclaim their happiness; they can PROVE it. The fantasy that they can convince the rest of the world that they are indeed less happy than they are and that that they need and want the "saving" they are offering (essentially, meaning that if you could convince the world that you were happier than them to the point where they would all want to give up their lives and have your life instead, well, then that PROVES you are happy, or at least what you have is the happiest existence possible, for if it wasn't why would any one choose it over their own, or conversely, other people choosing it proves that it is superior). Such lengths do people go to deny their sad, unfortunate lives.
If one could not see the tragedy of it for a moment, one would have quite a belly laugh, at their sake: just this vision of inner lepers, convincing themselves that they are divinely gifted healers instead, going out to convince as many healthy people as possible that it is they who have leprosy and that they (the actual inner lepers proclaiming themselves spiritual healers) can cure them (of this disease that they don't have), by the intimate laying on of hands.
You simply have to take a look at the lives described above and imagine those multitudes and the incredible pain, utter lovelessness, utterly miserable and confused minds they carry as adults; then finally the many-fold more of the masses who have similar but lesser versions of lives and experiences. Add to that the incredible power of fear; not only fear; but fear that has, well, demonically, been projected into the biggest expanse existing in the universe -- that of the imagination and that of the knowledge of the Unknown, combined.
If you can get a sense of that fear, even a small part, you will realize the utter terror that awakens them, that is there in the middle of the night as they approach consciousness, and which, like a squirming frog, inhabits, nay, becomes the daytime brain and thoughts of these people, and motivates them to do ANYTHING, anything at all, that might promise a snippet of relief from what is the reality they condemn others to; for you will see that they believe in hell because they in fact live lives that are the closest things in existence to actual hells (made that much worse, indeed, multiplied manifold by the idea implanted with it that to acknowledge that truth will actually result in the imagined hell becoming reality, and that the only way they can save themselves from that is to, somehow not be aware of their own reality as it is. Now, try that burden on for size. And just be glad that you are not them; the only thing is that you cannot walk away and think, like walking out of a theater, well, I'm glad that was only a movie.
Sorry. For to deny these truths is the same as denying the events of history that have resulted from these kinds of horrible existences: All the wars, killings, tortures. Not only hell, but all the hellacious things on earth are the offspring of these lives. Including now, the upcoming death of the planet and of all life on it.
For one thing, isn't it about time we stopped giving in to their pestering and stopped adding media credibility to their huge denial systems.
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