A conviction (or suspicion) that the world is essentially hostile - TopicsExpress



          

A conviction (or suspicion) that the world is essentially hostile probably underlies this behaviour. In which case, no amount of sacrifice or money will remove the underlying sense of insecurity. No burglar-alarm can make you feel safe, if you believe the neighbourhood is dangerous enough to require it. Feeling safe requires an alteration of your belief-system to remove the archaic programming concerning the hostile/dangerous nature of things. The gimmick is to do this without offending your sense of reality (which might be difficult if you live in a war zone). In other words, you experimentally stretch your beliefs further towards optimism than you might normally allow.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:07:47 +0000

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