How we are Conditioned to act without Reason *Video* Must See*, page 5

reply to post by Edrick

"So what makes Gold so valuable?"

Edrick, the thing that makes gold so valuable, is the idea that gold is valuable.
The reason that false beliefs are so attractive is that they use tthe idea of promised rewards for certain forms of behaviours. Such promised rewards cannot be substantiated, and cannot in fact be delivered, yet they remain attractive to our incessant need for security and reassurance of continued existence, even in the presence of lack of evidence of the existence of the imagined rewards.
It might be compared to having to pay off a loan on a very expensive car, without ever getting to see the car itself.
We continue to follow the idea of gaining something for effort expended, even if the goal is illusory and ever-moving, like a mirage. The frustration of not being able to succeed in attaining the goal, causes anxiety to build up in the mind of the individual, thus adding to the pre-existing sense of failure, even if the original carrot only existed as an idea that only originated in baseless and unfounded thought processes.

To compare men to monkeys is insulting.....to monkeys....as their capacity for reason is limited, and man has a higher potential for accuracy of mental projection in his strivings. However, he also has an even greater capacity for ignorance i.e. the ability to ignore, which he utilises at any given moment when the idea of being instantly gratified temporarily eases his sense of discomfort.
The human subconscious mind has no capacity for reason, as its primary function is to constantly protect and defend everyhing it considers important to the self, the ego, the primal unreasoning beast that exists in all living things. When the being's already limited capacity to reason has been castrated by false and contradictory indoctrinations, usually when young, and acccepted as factually real by the sunconscious mind, then the being operates on a hair-trigger response mechanism instead of a methodology of balanced thought.
Belief systems, and religions in particular, operate on the knowledge of these primal leanings, and they promote rote methodologies of compliance and unquestioning obedience, for which they promise rewards that are always just out of reach. People then become familiar with failure as an expected part of their lives, thus leaving them vulnerable to abuse by the most predatory of non-humans, who know how to twist the knife to elicit the required response.
We are truly a shameful species, and my recurring thought when I witness so much of this evil process, is not so much "How will we survive?" but "Do we deserve to survive?"

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[edit on 15-6-2009 by Pentacular]

[edit on 15-6-2009 by Pentacular]