Although I had talked about boredom in my previous post, it surely is an idea that is worth a mention.
Just as people trudge through their lives trying to make sense of our seemingly random existence and the scariness of the vastness of the cosmos (lol those were a lot of ness-es!), most people were lured into a mind trap before their critical facilities developed... This is a very commonly utilized phenomenon known as "indoctrination". ;) Many of your friends would have been indoctrinated, your parents might have been, and even you probably were. If so, then Kudos to you for breaking free of the brain chains! If not, then I sure hope you do some day, because there's a loooot more to life than you were made to believe. Sorry bub.
But even so, I find it hard to blame those who have not yet been able to break the chains, and many never will (because too many simply don't want to either), and for a very long time, I encountered a phenomenon I found absolutely disgusting:
THE CONVERT.
I pondered it for months. WHY? How could people who had allowed their facilities to develop, and had access to technology, information and a sound education voluntarily plunge into the bowels of intellectual imprisonment?? The answer is simple. I lie. It's not... it appears to be multi-faceted.
I suggest boredom to be a huge cause. Boredom with the current state of things... though many would argue dissatisfaction to be a huge winner: dissatisfaction with their life, parents, animals... who knew. Involvement with too many destructive drugs (which was probably also caused by boredom), abusive relationships, which lead the desperate to succumb to the "madness" I spoke of in a previous post. Depression is probably another huge factor, though I think boredom and depression are heavily linked: boredom leads to depression at many times, and vice versa. Jumping into something that makes you feel special and constantly gives you something to be keeping yourself busy with (Praying or doing some weird shit that God apparently wants you to do ) probably was the easiest road to take. Maybe it is the easy road to take? My friend Nietzsche would disagree unfortunately, and so would I.
I think people who convert forsake their intellectual conscience to satisfy their desperation, and fill the void. Then again, who can really blame them? On one hand, you can throw your brains into the shithole and dedicate them to defending your newly found beliefs with a passion and vengeance (that could have been dedicated to achieving something worthwhile...) .. and on the other hand you have to face the world the way it really is and actually be bullshitproof.
We all know that's just too hard though don't we? It sure does requires a lot of courage to stand up and face the world as it is...and accept that we really don't know as much as we would like to about why we're here.
But isn't honesty a good starting point to figure things out?
Just as people trudge through their lives trying to make sense of our seemingly random existence and the scariness of the vastness of the cosmos (lol those were a lot of ness-es!), most people were lured into a mind trap before their critical facilities developed... This is a very commonly utilized phenomenon known as "indoctrination". ;) Many of your friends would have been indoctrinated, your parents might have been, and even you probably were. If so, then Kudos to you for breaking free of the brain chains! If not, then I sure hope you do some day, because there's a loooot more to life than you were made to believe. Sorry bub.
But even so, I find it hard to blame those who have not yet been able to break the chains, and many never will (because too many simply don't want to either), and for a very long time, I encountered a phenomenon I found absolutely disgusting:
THE CONVERT.
I pondered it for months. WHY? How could people who had allowed their facilities to develop, and had access to technology, information and a sound education voluntarily plunge into the bowels of intellectual imprisonment?? The answer is simple. I lie. It's not... it appears to be multi-faceted.
I suggest boredom to be a huge cause. Boredom with the current state of things... though many would argue dissatisfaction to be a huge winner: dissatisfaction with their life, parents, animals... who knew. Involvement with too many destructive drugs (which was probably also caused by boredom), abusive relationships, which lead the desperate to succumb to the "madness" I spoke of in a previous post. Depression is probably another huge factor, though I think boredom and depression are heavily linked: boredom leads to depression at many times, and vice versa. Jumping into something that makes you feel special and constantly gives you something to be keeping yourself busy with (Praying or doing some weird shit that God apparently wants you to do ) probably was the easiest road to take. Maybe it is the easy road to take? My friend Nietzsche would disagree unfortunately, and so would I.
I think people who convert forsake their intellectual conscience to satisfy their desperation, and fill the void. Then again, who can really blame them? On one hand, you can throw your brains into the shithole and dedicate them to defending your newly found beliefs with a passion and vengeance (that could have been dedicated to achieving something worthwhile...) .. and on the other hand you have to face the world the way it really is and actually be bullshitproof.
We all know that's just too hard though don't we? It sure does requires a lot of courage to stand up and face the world as it is...and accept that we really don't know as much as we would like to about why we're here.
But isn't honesty a good starting point to figure things out?
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