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Tag Archives: conformity
WHY DO WE FEEL WRONG?
Why Do We Feel Wrong? Why do we feel wrong?Social pressure to conform, to look right:“Do I have to be like them?” We can feel wrong because of social pressure when we find we’re in conflict between personal direct experience, … Continue reading
CLONING: CONTROL BELIEF, CONTROL REALITY
Cloning: Control Belief, Control Humanity Belief is the powerful mechanism by which ideas clone themselves into new and impressionable hosts. Shared belief is human cloning. Indoctrination strips away individuality, and the original reality of pure consciousness is ignored. When everyone … Continue reading
IT TAKES A CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE TO REALISE THE TRUTH
It Takes A Contemplative Life To Realise The Truth We cannot realise our true essence or compassion from a book or a chat. Realisation is difficult to talk about as people usually want an immediate answer. Much depends on the … Continue reading
JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS
Just Following Orders Just following orders is just following words, which is the lowest form of intelligence, as we feel we’re immune from having to take responsibility. The result is the dark history of the world through the adoption of … Continue reading
WORSE THAN GROUPTHINK? GROUPFEEL
Worse Than Groupthink? Groupfeel Groupthink is people accepting the same set of ideas, and voicing them in the same way. Groupfeel is when these ideas go deeper and infect attitudes, causing subtle emotions; the result is that each individual learns … Continue reading
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WE CONFORM BECAUSE WE FEAR
We Conform Because We Fear The more we fear, the more we accept authority,and the more we become dependent. We want to belong to something or someone because we lack confidence in our own powerand thus, we give it away. Don’t … Continue reading
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IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
Is That All There Is? If we believe we are our thoughts, that is all there is to life. If we realise we are pure consciousness, that is all there is to life. Belief limits our potential, and sets the … Continue reading
BELIEF: THE SATANIC PLOT
Belief: The Satanic Plot Being told to believe turns us aside from truth. How is that satanic? The answer is that belief obscures knowing and promotes a false view. Satan: Hebrew śāṭān, literally ‘adversary’, from śāṭan ‘plot against’. Satan, also known as the Devil, is an entity in the Abrahamic … Continue reading
LIVING IN A BRAINWASHED WORLD
Living In A Brainwashed World (by consent) To wake up to reality, we first have to clear our minds of all the opinions and fixed ideas that we have collected and hold on to. We must acknowledge that these ideas … Continue reading
THE INSIDIOUS SIDE OF ONENESS
The Insidious Side Of Oneness ‘Insidious’ means to ambush, to lie in wait, to proceed cunningly in a gradual, subtle way, with harmful effects. Here, ‘oneness’ means not being different from the rest, not being an individual. Our reactions are … Continue reading
ROUTINE RECITATIONS AND KARMA
Routine Recitations and Karma Karma is the personal programming in our mind that affects our behaviour: it is the result of previous actions, which creates reactions. It’s how habits are formed. Whatever happens in the mind affects the brain, in … Continue reading
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