RE: Human Behaviour, examined (in small part).
This was very well written Akiroq, nice job.
It was very thought provoking on many levels, thank you for sharing this with us.
The philosophy about consciousness really gets me thinking. This particular excerpt:
In general, I find that most people tend to define themselves by their consciousness(awareness). Which is interesting because we know that our subconscious(non-awareness) is far more powerful, and occupies a far larger share of our brain's resources.
It is pretty interesting how humans do this collectively. When we consider just how small of a fraction our conscious mind processes at any given time, in comparison to the subconscious, there is a staggering difference. Also how so much gets repressed in the subconscious, for varying reasons. Some people report having repressed memories emerge to their consciousness in a way which completely alters their perception of themselves, everyone else, and reality in general.
I enjoyed your thoughts on patriotism as well, which is something I think about often. I do believe it serves no rational purpose other than deception based control. It helps justify war in the eyes of the general public, by instilling the idea that you will believe the media your country feeds you, agree with ideologies ranging from domestic/world economic politics/policies, to the mass murder of innocent people in other countries, because of whatever opposing beliefs and/or actions the media says the opposition is responsible for. People don't even think about the fact that we have no way to prove what is said in nearly every case, and that agreement without question has become the official narrative of the masses. That is clearly part of the conditioning, and pretty mind blowing in my perception.
I see a tool that effectively strips morality from those that are influenced. When people can use lines like "It's a small price to pay for freedom", when conversing over a tragedy involving the loss of human life, in my mind it's evident they are ignoring morality, or in this case, trading it for a belief, idea, a program.
Of course patriotism is only one tool used in combination with many others, to keep the general populous from connecting with our true purpose and potential. and ultimately enslaved to a control system.I think we need to really consider the implications of the social credit system as you recently wrote about. This article influenced me to think about this as well.
I hope more people have the opportunity to read this. It's important that humanity thinks about these things.
Thanks, @futuremind. I appreciate that.
As a collective, we identify more with consciousness, because that is where our awareness lies. In essence, we aren't aware of what we aren't aware of(subconscious).
Yes, we know by conducting tests that our conscious mind occupies very little of our brain/mind, but in day to day living, moment to moment, we aren't aware of that at all.
Yes, a staggering amount of information is stored and processed by the subconscious. And, to think we can't readily access that information!
And, our subconscious appears to shield/protect us from whatever may be too much for us to handle, i.e. repressed memories.
It is almost as though our subconsciousness has its own consciousness.(Making decisions for us, deciding what is best for us, giving us information as needed, etc.)
Imagine the implications of that!
Patriotism is not normally a topic I would touch on, but I did here. It's a difficult topic for many. It's almost as though people do not want to ask questions, or worse it's as though they don't want the truth!
I think many are caught on a hamster wheel. Trapped in perpetual busyness. I am supposed to..I should.. So much so, that they almost can't expend the "extra" resources to think, or to think clearly, when they do think.
Thank you for taking the time to read and to comment. <3