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 Xenophaneros Anartaxius <anartax...@yahoo.com>

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Fitzgerald's statement 'the true test of a first rate mind is the ability to 
hold two contradictory ideas at the same time' really only works at the value 
of unity; 
Not sure Fitzgerald studied much Vedanta, my guess is that Zelda was the source 
of his inspiration. Xenophaneros Anartaxius <anartax...@yahoo.com>

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if you are operating on the level of logic, you can think of two ideas at the 
same time, but it is impossible to believe they are both true, unless you 
mindfuck yourself into submission by twisting the meaning of one of the 
ideas. You have to modify your belief system to reduce discomfort: it is a way 
of going unconscious, of suppressing the perceived discrepancy. If you go 
unconscious, you may not notice the discrepancy. You see this a lot in the TMO, 
in politics, and religion.
Denial (common dissonance reduction technique ) does not require the individual 
to modify their belief system. Addictive personality disorders are an obvious 
example of a group that uses denial to manage dissonance. Clinton's feelings of 
victimization is another example. He didn't change his beliefs he just denied 
his behaviour. Of course, having Hillary and his supporters as enablers didn't 
hurt either. Another example might be Maharishi's annual action plan 
announcements('72, Year of World Plan, '74 Year of Achievement of The World 
Plan,  '75 Year of The Dawn of The Age of Enlightenment). In the face of 
obvious failures these exceptional individuals declared success.
In the case of Clinton and Maharishi were they in denial or did they have the 
predilection Turq described
that encouraged the dissonance in the first place and caused them to thrive in  
it rather then feel discomfort? 



 

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