Be obedient, study, get married, have children, buy yourself a house, watch TV, consume and decorate your home for Christmas. And above all: NEVER question what they tell you to do.
Since the day we were born, society and tradition have had a considerable influence on us, we are taught to obey the standards and guidelines of default by the majority, and to systematically reject new ideas.
- It’s disheartening to be part of a prefabricated life.
- But we associate any kind of attempt at change with failure.
- Stop thinking about changing our mindset and taking the reins of our existence is scary.
- Because we face the fear that we have for freedom.
- We have mechanisms to ensure the psychological paralysis of society:.
Fear: the more fear and insecurity we have, the more protection we will need (the state and institutions will become our allies).
Self-deception: we lie to ourselves, so as not to have to face the fears and insecurities inherent in any process of change, to make mistakes is very simple, just look aside and immerse yourself in the infinite forms of entertainment available, so we are free for ourselves 24 hours a day; then we’ll live numbly.
Resignation: physically and mentally exhausted, we decided to settle for everything, saying that “the life we lead is the only life possible. “We assume that we are victims of circumstance, we use pride and cynicism against people who think differently from us, so that we can defend ourselves if they question us. And we become completely skeptical, so we can justify the second-hand life we lead.
Finally, the cruellest defense mechanism
Laziness, whose meaning is “sadness of encouragement for those who do not do, in their lives, what their intuition asks for or knows they can do. “
“We are part of a society so sick that those who want treatment are foreigners and normal people are called crazy.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
No one said it would be easy, but to start changing, just take the first step.