The World Is Divided Into Cults

Cult: the imposition of excessive control over members.

The hallmark of a cult (culture) is that we become reliant. We know our place; this isolates us from others, and we ‘vote’ for it. Cults never gives a sucker an even chance – those we vote for are already chosen. This is an abusive relationship that we turn a blind eye to as it may destroy our dream. Aren’t we told to live the dream?

Once we adopt a concept of what life is all about, we go on adopting. This is ignorance and the maintenance of that ignorance – or being confused and maintaining that confusion (known as conceptual and co-emergent ignorance).

Such behaviour causes us great unhappiness, but we cover this up by being enthusiastically busy and entertained, and cannot show true empathy for one another. In other words, this is self-centred narcissism, as we want to be admired, and fail to distinguish the self from external objects – my book, my car, my family, my culture – which is a feature of mental disorder.

What to do about this?

Be aware, and less involved in the dreamscape, like water off a duck’s back. We stop over-reacting and believing this is all real – it’s an illusion playing in our minds.

Recognise the feeling of not being good enough, while hoping it will all get better. It doesn’t :-). There are so many inventive ways of securing our attention …

Play the game only as far as is needed. Those incarcerated (the majority) are still blind to their predicament, amusing themselves in the prison yard and paying for the privilege. They cannot listen, and cannot speak the truth.

We take back control through meditation by clearing our minds of preconceived, distracting ideas, opening up and staying grounded. We are not sitting in vacancy.

Then we watch the ‘magic show’ with detachment.