Dead Ends of the Mind







Ever notice how people seem to reject things that you find perfect or flawless. For example, your mother might disapprove of your choice of girl despite the fact that she may be perfect for u and faultless. Its probably due to a mental block that a person develops. He subconciously prepares himself to dislike what you are about to show him. Sometimes when you introduce a new friend to an old and very close friend the latter will later tell you everything that he finds wrong in the former. Or you may find that when you tell someone of a new discovery like a great song that you just heard or a fabulous movie that you just saw, no matter how great it might be the other person might reject it or call it mediocre. These are all examples of mental block.
Various factors can lead to a mental block. It may be protectiveness in case of the first example. It is invariably jealousy in the second example. As for the third, the reason i believe is ego. Let me explain. When someone rejects ur discovery it may be due to the fact that u cant stop raving about it so hes determined to prove u wrong. Or he resents the fact that it was you that discovered it and not him or it may be because u found fault with some previous discovery of his.
Sometimes the opposite of a mental block may also exist. It depends on how the thing is shown or advertised as the case may be. In such a case no matter how dumb the product people will always pretend to like it. In some absurd way they manage to convince themselves that they like it so its no longer even a pretence. A prime example would be the fashion sense of people nowadays. Sometimes people can project things in such enticing light that we feel the need to like it. Not liking it would be uncool and being uncool is social death. So we like things that are cool and dislike things that are supposed to be uncool. Oh we may secretly like them but we have to keep up the pretence. For example some people want to be recognised as true rock fans. Their first step is not usually liking all rock music but trashing the various other genres. Then they go in for the various categories that rock holds and pretend to like them all. All that can be said of such people is that they have lesser control over their minds but they let their minds and imagination control them.They need to take a hard look at themselves because they are letting their lives be defined by others.

Its My Life.....Or Is It?







Projection is a form of proxy living or another way of looking at it wold be as a simulation, a virtual reality game that one plays with oneself. It is living ones life through others or by other means. It occurs when u want to hang out with cool guys or when a father wants his son to become a doctor/lawyer/engineer when he himself is none of these. When you have passed a certain phase or are in one and it does not go according to your plan later when one gets the chance he subconciously tries to relive the moments throught the lives of others. Another variation is what i like to call Passive Projection, or to aptly put it, Non-Interactive Projection. That occurs when one tries to live ones live through inanimate mediums, like movies, televisions, books or even computer games. This kind of projection is one practised by everyone to a greater or lesser extent. I personally do it through books, action/comedy flicks, gruesome and hardcore action games and tv sitcoms. Its fantasising about what we really want, the kind of lives and careers that we want but cant have. Projection is like a delusion a world in which we immerse ourselves for a little while to escape the atrocities and challanges of the real world. In fact i think that passive projection is even healthy for people. Its a kind of therapy that provides some brief respite to us. Only we must be in control so that we can draw the line and not overdo things.

confidence stems from knowlegde and belief. Arrogance arises from delusions.------Kaavish Kidwai, ETERNAL LOSER
Deslusions can be necessary....meditaition, support and therapy groups, they are all delusions induced into a person like a hallway of magic mirrors each mirror reflecting a persona that in someway boosts ur ego...helping u vsiualise urself the way u want to. Laughter is medicine. Laughter is therapeutic. Sarcasm is a defense mechanism. Sarcasm is a wall u build around urself. Humor...humor is and essential part of life. Humor is the oxygen for ur sanity. Humor is what keeps u sane and safe from the madness that surrounds u like a freshwrap plastic bag or a transparent bowl of airtight tupperware. Insane asylums are not for crazy people. It is for people whos craziness becomes a hazard to themselves and others. It is a place for people whos craziness interferes with their daily lives and who take craziness to the next level. For people who are more crazy than the others. Because everyone is crazy from some perspective. No man, not even George Washington, Gandhi, hell not even Sigmund Freud has a unanimous or universal appeal. Somehwhere someplace there is a person who thinks they are crazy. Sometimes being crazy is the easiest option. Sometimes u need to go crazy just to stay sane. But if ur crazy how do u really know that..Its a Catch 22 situation. Everyone needs to build a shell aroundthemselves. Everyone feels the need for protection. People automatically assume that the world is hostile towards them. Better safe than sorry. Even the most confrontational person needs a defense mechanism. A man is only truly happy in the house that he builds. This saying can be true at all levels. The most eccentric of minds have come up with the most innovative of ideas. If ur ideas are useful ur madness becomes eccentricity. If they prove worthless ur just a raving lunatic, a case fit for the local asylum. Indulgence is directly proportional to the objects worth. But a man does what he must. Though it may seem like wearing a camouflage in a city block it is the illusion that matters. Whats important is what the mind believes. One only needs to convince oneself to surmount most difficulties in the world. And as easy as it may sound...its not.