A WORLD OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

This discomforting awareness arises when our actions conflict with our beliefs, or when we hold two contrary beliefs simultaneously.

The conflict is distracting, confusing, and tiring.

Many of us have these feelings with no idea about the cause which seeks to stay unconscious.

It is good when we recognize confusion, distraction, or just weariness to question if we might be carrying an unconscious cognitive dissonance.

This is not an easy task. Probing our unconsciousness never is easy. It feels like what it is, a struggle with ourselves.

Do I have conflicting beliefs that affect my conduct? It is difficult to admit that possibility. It seems like a mental failure we don’t want to admit even to ourselves.

This is a common condition thrust upon us by our society, which itself suffers many instances of cog dis.

This condition, once discovered, requires close analysis regarding how it arose, and which belief seems preferable. Perhaps both conflicting beliefs must be relinquished, replaced by a new, third belief.

Our beliefs regarding what is true or not shape our thinking which shapes our conduct.

Recognition of cog dis can be a great gift, aiding us to shape ourselves according to real references.

It ain’t easy, but well worth the effort, even necessary to become fully individuated.

A common example of cognitive dissonance is the desire to believe in ESP but finding difficulty in finding personal, real life, verifiable experiences of it.

When we consider psychic and spiritual issues, cog dis lurks near.

The thinking necessary to dispel the discomfort is a great, beneficial exercise. Don’t look for simple answers, although once found the answers may seem entirely simple.