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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?
