Rare text post.
Something you absolutely must understand to have a proper grasp on coming days/weeks
Do you know what happens in a Skinner box experiment when you train a rat to press a button to get a reward, then suddenly turn off the button?
The rat goes BERZERK trying to hammer the button in a thousand different ways. It displays agitation, even rage. It may even do things to break the button
this is what happens in ALL species when a learned behavior stops paying off
See the same thing when a person puts a $ in a soda machine and it fails to spit out the sugar water. They hammer the button, they slap/push/tilt the machine
EVENTUALLY the habituate to the new normal and stop, but if you start giving them rewards again after stopping the behavior will be EXTRA reinforced (see chapter on random rewards being more effective than constant for more).
AND THIS IS WHY YOU SEE LIBERAL LESBIAN LOONS LOSING IT IN MINNEAPOLIS. Their reward system was totally turned off.
So, one could say they are having their awakening? I might get beat up for saying that but in a way, I think it's true. They're just handling it poorly and lashing out rather than praying, or even stepping back and taking a breath. Some won't make it through it and those will be the ones we see on TV and see used as political pawns in the war of good and evil.
Precisely, well put. These people will not turn to prayer or spirituality initially, for they worship the ego.... which is what they've been indoctrinated into believing in. The idea that the self is God and the idolization of "stuff" as George Carlin put it in one of his more famous bits.
They live to buy more stuff, the stuff that they believe defines them, but in reality, it's all just a bunch of meaningless junk. Pair that up with the mind virus they are afflicted with and you get the zombie robot normies we see today.
They live for things that do not define us: Sex, objects, and prescribed thoughts.
But, breaking their conditioning will lead many to self reflection. In theory, this should lead many to spiritual awakening. I know for myself long ago, it was through great loss and heartache that allowed me to find Christ. For many this is true. I suppose it would not be different for those ignorant to their own invisible chains.
Agreed.
When I figured out the whole world, as I had known it, was basically F&G, it was terrifying and liberating. The hard part now is remembering that many, many, people around me see life through that old lens. Constant attraction to money and stuff and things. I live with a higher purpose than that. That's not bragging, it's just that I don't care about all the garbage they want us distracted with. It can get lonely some days though.
Thank God for this pond, the other anon boards, and for the peace of mind knowing that we are not alone in this reality!
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