10-17-2018, 10:27 AM
(10-16-2018, 11:39 AM)Shannon Wrote: I'm not sure of that is sarcasm indicating annoyance or not. If it is, I'm not trying to offend you.
Here, though, conscious resistance is again based on the conflict with the accepted world view and the limits it creates on what the person believes is and is not possible.
History is littered with examples of when people did not allow that to stop them, how they achieved "the impossible". Like heavier than air flight.
It still does not challenge my theory that it would be, at it's core, fear that causes the resistance.
And I am not sure why you think it is sarcasm or something as for me it was a normal sentence without any bad intentions behind. I just stated what I thought.
Yes, they are people who did the (almost) impossible, but others are not that open minded and would probably therefore resist more. And I am not talking about me, I am talking in general about different types of people.
Quote:Alright, so what I'm trying to do is point out that examples where it is not fear, but rational thinking making the same choice, are extremely rare. We are capable of making the rational choice (in many cases) but that doesn't change the fact that we do not, at the subconscious level, because the subconscious mind is not rational.
And because of the limits of the conscious mind, the subconscious makes at least 97% of our decisions, from what I have seen. Fear is an emotion, and it is apparently a very addictive emotion. Most people do not make choices rationally. They just think they do.
Ultimately, I'm looking for evidence that my theory is incorrect. So far I haven't found it. I therefore am working to remove and turn that underlying fear off, and if my theory is correct and I can figure out how to turn it off, we should find ourselves suddenly free to accomplish many things we could not before.
I know not every decision is equal to a fear based behavior, but I wanted to point out that they exist. And like someone else mentioned I believe we have two kinds of motivation. The negative one boils down to fear and the positive one to joy, love or other positive emotions. That's another reason I see why people can make choices which can look like fear based while it is driven by positive motivation. But in normal case where people have fear probably both factors play a role. However, I hope it is somehow understandable, because I am really tired now.
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.