Open your minds eye
It can appear mind boggling to grasp how blind some people can be, they see things in front of there eyes yet they still would deny that there is something right there in front of them. Have you ever been in that situation? You may feel like your being the one-eyed person in the land of the blind. In the end you don’t know what to say anymore, as there are no ears around comprehending what you say ,the listener(s) will simply make up their own explanation in their delusional and deprived mind of what your trying to show them . And get the thing they thought up thrown back at you, and they will say that this is what your trying to say . no point in arguing then is there?
This phenomena is happening everywhere, but it appears more fixated in organizations and larger groups. Some appear to have sucked into some kind of ideology so much that they are completely unable to take any kind of exterior viewpoint towards there own group, not even towards issues outside of that group. What you get is agreements, some kind of secret possibly, unspoken code of behaviors that are not to be questioned. You can say what you want, you can do what you want also point out what you need, but it is entirely useless. You get the impression they created some kind of filter around them, and anything that goes through there gets distorted in some way. The terrible mind barrier but they themselves do not see it this way! They are convinced that they are in full control. You cant reach these individuals, they are totally convinced they are right, and indeed they may even been right. But any criticism uttered, any question which may somehow appear contradicting or questioning the adopted rule can be met with indeed very hostile responses. You are almost instantly regarded as an enemy, you’ve become someone who is standing on the other side. And indeed you may be treated as such. You may get sneered at or ridiculed, you may get remarks that are aimed to clarify that you do not belong to the mentally very bright ones, you may get threatened with expulsion or you may even be excommunicated.
There seems to be fear involved. But Fear of what? Are people afraid of being proven wrong? Afraid of not belonging to some group? To stand alone? Why should one fear that? If you can’t express yourself as you feel or not ask the questions, the other members of the group do not take kindly, then are you in actual fact in an actual group? In such a group you would be standing alone any way, it’s just a sham. what is the value of such a group if you only receive their support if you continuously say yes and amen to what the group adopted as their dogma? Should one not be allowed to learn and grow in one’s understanding? How can one come to any kind of true understanding if he cant question things from time to time?
We all know about the book burns in Nazi Germany. Even in the Catholic circles they also have this practice of having a forbidden books list. And if you find yourself in some kind of organization, club or any other small or larger group you will come across some ridicules senseless rules of the do and don’ts. Naturally we should live by some rules, but they should not limit or stand in the way of our development and our understanding of things. Rules like Thou shall not kill are pretty obvious. But forbidding people to read some book? Off course we can give some advice about some particular book, and then it’s up to the individual to do as he believes is right for him
We also do remember senator Joseph McCarthy who started to hunt down supposed communists during the mid-1950’s with rather scandalous methods. History passed this on to us as McCarthyism. It is not so very different from all those thousands people who were tortured and burned for supposedly having signed a treaty with the devil during the dark middle ages. This was not a very long time ago, are we so much different now? Are we still seeing witches flying on their broomsticks to the Sabbath?
The purpose of any information is that it will add to your knowledge and understanding. If you understand you can easily categorize information. You may say: Hmm, this is useful. And that I can skip. But I don’t know about this, hmm, I want to know more about that, let’s check if I can find out some more about that. But you do have to watch out, to be able to remain objective you have to analyze the information, you have to categorize it, you also have to be willing to consult contrary information as well, that is if there is any around. Sometimes the best way to find faults in your own conclusions about things is simply to honestly look at what those who criticize you have to say, this will give you some kind of exterior viewpoint. You surely should look upon that with a critical eye, but do remain objective, take it in a new dimension of time! We also have to watch persuasive writers. It may sound right in the way some information may be formulated, but this does not necessarily make it true! And sometimes sources for information have been given, and they may be false, and they may be misinterpreted by the writer as well. So please do watch out, check your information. Don’t be like those who lost their objectivity and have no exterior viewpoint left. What is important though, is what you do with the information. Don’t let anyone tell you what works for you !








