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6th February 2012 20:29
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Avalonians: Perfectly "normal" paranoia or something else?
I try to stop by this forum at least monthly; sometimes I do, sometimes a few months go by.
I joined, after just watching quitely as a non-member, and a few months BEFORE the atticus/charles hoopla. I considered this place a neat forum to come to and explore. Explore my mind, challenge my thoughts/beliefs, etc.
In my time here I've seen this place be pretty great and pretty god-awful.
But I worry.
I worry about patrons here and the level of paranoia displayed. Without a shred of proof given, bold claims are accepted as fact and not challenged (eg. Bruisch, Wilcock, Collier, Dr. Greer, Icke, etc., etc.). If challenged, the person who challenges is told they are brainwashed by the powers that be and "conditioned," etc.
I'm talking of things such as "doctors don't know what they are talking about," (all medicine is bad) "the gov't monitors everything," (everything????) "the education system is useless," "everything NASA does is a lie," etc. etc. There are too many to site, I'm giving examples and you understand my meaning.
I worry because, again, there hasn't been a stitch of real proof - at all. Just "trust me," and "you'll see," Sometimes, no proof is given at all; just the word of the source.
I worry because I see some of the patrons talking on here and spouting advice or giving information as if it was cold, hard proof of a way to live or a way to think, because "this is how it really is." Prove it.
Its smells to me and I worry people are living in paranoid states that are drastically imbalanced from rational thought. And I say this with a clinical background, (with some degree I'm sure doesn't mean much to some avalonians - doesn't mean much to my bank account either).
There is perfectly normal paranoia we all experience, "Is that person talking about me behind my back?", "Did I leave the door unlocked?" that we have and dismiss throughout the day. But some of this stuff, "The illuminati wants us all dead," seems like a lot. If you are going to say something like that, you should be able to back it up with something tangible, otherwise I think you are doing more harm than good.
Seems that if you don't back it up, you can really hurt the psyche of someone that can't take it. (which can be argued if some of these claims are backed up the psyche is damaged worse!!)
I mean this with respect. Please don't think I'm bashing anyone. It's just something I've watched in my short time here.
I humbly ask for thoughts/opinions.
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6th February 2012 20:37
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Re: Avalonians: Perfectly "normal" paranoia or something else?
My opinion is, we all have formed our idea of reality around our individual personal experiences. If you haven't experienced anything weird than you may not think our reality is warped or scary. Each one of us is exposed to different experiences. That is how [B]I[B base my opions. I have seen enough corruption of authority, up close and personal. And I DON'T TRUST ANYONE because of it. Am I paranoid? IMO, no, I just happen to be privy to things that you may not have witnessed before.
example. I think most people probably didn't either believe in/ or did not care about the exsistence of UFOS, UNTIL they saw one with their own eyes. Same goes with anything else. Seeing IS believing.
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6th February 2012 20:43
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