-0026- Cognitive Dissonance(tm)
“This is the strange thing about life, when people are confronted, they all say that the truth is what they want but when the truth disagrees with them, they balk at it as if it were an unwanted zombie apocalypse that only wants to destroy civilization.”
- Leviak B. Kelly
It can be a profound moment in ones life, if one can push trough the wall of cognitive dissonanace!
Cognitive dissonance should be concidered as a tool for growth and understanding. Once one hits the wall of cognitive dissonance, one should study the information what caused this. What’s in it, that made ones mind go to the defence mode?
The peculiar part of this process is that it’s so immediate and automatic. Why are we so programmed to identify with the ideas and concepts that are not really »us»? Why would it matter if the surrounding realm we are experiencing this thing we call »life» isn’t what we have been taught and believed it to be?
Sure we have ridiculously limited senses to observe our surroundings, so it’s obvious that there definitely is much much more than we can see, hear, feel, taste, smell etc. And that’s why people who claim there isn’t nothing more, are just fools in the Plato’s cave carved into the iceberg drifting away to the horizon. There is nothing one can do about this, let them be, even they are ones close family and such.
Old Indian saying goes like: “Do not waste your time to describe the beautiful scenery to the person who stands facing the opposite direcrion, and refuses to turn around.”
One can only let them know that there is a beautiful scenery out there and let them decide if they want to enjoy it or not. Most of the people do not. And that is fine.
I used to be sad for these people who didn’t. But when I got older I learned that it is all alright. Sure it would be nice if people would see the beauty, but they cannot be forced to.
There is always the next episode of latest trendy soap opera, the hot new reality series, all the “very important” games of sportsball, politics debates, 24/7 news and whatever there are to distract people.
The truth is that most of the people are like Cypher in the Matrix, knowingly choosing the juicy steak over harsh grool of the unreality as it is. Even we never cannot know exactly how it is from within this realm we are existing in this thing we call »life». That steak is metaphor for the “reality” as it is presented to us. It’s easier to just chew the tender and juicy steak, even it isn’t real.
People are so good at forming static attachments for impremanent conditions. And that is the main source of the suffering and discomfort in our lives.
Nothing is permanent.
And that is a good thing.
Yours drooly,
Lobotomy Patient Z