You Are Lying To Yourself
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Today, we are united against evil. A self-created villain actually. One that we know is not real, but one we find comfort believing in. We look to place blame and so we create this villain and rely on them to be there when we need them... and they're always there, and there's comfort in that. It gives us a sense that we are collectively tyrannized; that we suffer this villain together. We even bond in this suffering. The consequence of this though, is that we foster a culture of victims under the foot of this evil.
Even worse, when we created this villain, we placed it outside of our circle of influence. We made this villain intangible, untouchable, and through this we have managed to make our perpetuated suffering and victimization, rational and reasonable. This phenomenon has grown to be so ubiquitous, that it is crazy to refuse to participate in the illusion. Those who refuse are labeled as credulous and inexperienced in the ways of the world. They are even discouraged in confronting the villain because so many of us have become entrenched in the idea that it cannot be conquered. Just like in Plato's Allegory of the cave, those who still focus on and entertain the shadows on the wall will be unable to see the light of the truth waiting outside.
That truth is, the world has come to us as we have envisioned it, and many cannot bear the truth that we are here as a collection of the realized consequences of our actions. We desire comfort, but in seeking that comfort we have been manipulated against each other. This desire is especially manipulated as a means to destroy those who seek to espouse the truth, to eliminate those who seek to dismantle the villain we hold on to. We are terrified of seeing ourselves behind the mask of this villain. We fear the illusion being broken. We fear confronting the painful truth that we suffer an imaginary evil as a way to cope with our circumstances. We would be forced to admit our mistakes, to admit we're wrong, and to admit that we were aware of the lie the entire time.
It's not easy to accept this. Truly it's not. Nobody wants to realize how much of their suffering is self-inflicted. Could you stand to watch a film of all the mistakes you made and hear all the lies you've told yourself? To watch yourself walk straight into the mental trap? To watch yourself develop into a hopeless victim of this villain that you created? To see the light and hope of life drain from your eyes as you suffer needlessly from an illusion? But if you want to live a life that's worth living, you have to watch... and every painful moment in that film, you have to be able to forgive yourself, and forgive that which you thought was causing your pain. You have to be willing to be honest with yourself about why you are who you are, and why you are where you are. You have to accept that, in the end, no matter how badly you messed up, or how terribly you were treated, you decide who you will be every moment moving forward.
Once you make it through, the weight of the lie is lifted and the light of truth reaches you again. You are reminded of your true strength, your true ability, and of true freedom.
Even worse, when we created this villain, we placed it outside of our circle of influence. We made this villain intangible, untouchable, and through this we have managed to make our perpetuated suffering and victimization, rational and reasonable. This phenomenon has grown to be so ubiquitous, that it is crazy to refuse to participate in the illusion. Those who refuse are labeled as credulous and inexperienced in the ways of the world. They are even discouraged in confronting the villain because so many of us have become entrenched in the idea that it cannot be conquered. Just like in Plato's Allegory of the cave, those who still focus on and entertain the shadows on the wall will be unable to see the light of the truth waiting outside.
That truth is, the world has come to us as we have envisioned it, and many cannot bear the truth that we are here as a collection of the realized consequences of our actions. We desire comfort, but in seeking that comfort we have been manipulated against each other. This desire is especially manipulated as a means to destroy those who seek to espouse the truth, to eliminate those who seek to dismantle the villain we hold on to. We are terrified of seeing ourselves behind the mask of this villain. We fear the illusion being broken. We fear confronting the painful truth that we suffer an imaginary evil as a way to cope with our circumstances. We would be forced to admit our mistakes, to admit we're wrong, and to admit that we were aware of the lie the entire time.
It's not easy to accept this. Truly it's not. Nobody wants to realize how much of their suffering is self-inflicted. Could you stand to watch a film of all the mistakes you made and hear all the lies you've told yourself? To watch yourself walk straight into the mental trap? To watch yourself develop into a hopeless victim of this villain that you created? To see the light and hope of life drain from your eyes as you suffer needlessly from an illusion? But if you want to live a life that's worth living, you have to watch... and every painful moment in that film, you have to be able to forgive yourself, and forgive that which you thought was causing your pain. You have to be willing to be honest with yourself about why you are who you are, and why you are where you are. You have to accept that, in the end, no matter how badly you messed up, or how terribly you were treated, you decide who you will be every moment moving forward.
Once you make it through, the weight of the lie is lifted and the light of truth reaches you again. You are reminded of your true strength, your true ability, and of true freedom.