Quote:
Anger and hate are the most dangerous "drug addictions" in today's
society."
I
agree with this 100%. In fact, I would
not even put the phrase "drug addictions" in quotes in the statement
above. It is correct as is.
I
am of the opinion, from what I have observed that one of the most effective
mind-control methods being used is training people that the only possible
reactions that they can have to certain stimuli (like an opinion that is truly
anti-State and anti-Establishment, as opposed to state-sanctioned
"dissidence") is anger and hatred.
We
know that the chemicals that are released by the brain when angered and when
feeling hate are not only very destructive to the organism; they are among the
most addictive, as you said.
People
who have been trained to react with anger and hatred to that which they do not
like are addicted to their own biochemistry.
Like all addictions it is ongoing and the addict creates the need for
more by creating situations that will "require" him or her to get his
or her "fix".
It
is the worst form of addiction because unlike others there is no need to
procure a substance. All the addict has to do is get himself
or herself into a frenzy. So, reasons to hate and get angry are always being
created in the mind of the addict.
Often,
this addiction is found among people who have some sort of cause or hold to
some sort of ideology. Whenever they
encounter anyone who is not in keeping with their ideas they go into rages. I
have noticed that this phenomenon is particularly pronounced among
"Leftists". Many of them are wholly incapable of tolerating differing
opinions and react with uncontrollable fits of anger. It seems to me that they
were conditioned to respond so in order to self-destruct.
In
the 24 years that I have been away from the
In
response another person wrote: "That would
mean ALL of us, and there is no escaping it. However, it is possible to use the
biochemistry and redirect it. It can be taught and eventually over time, like
water carves through stone, persistence will win."
While I don't think there is no escaping the conditioning, i.e., I can envision
societies that would not do this to us; it is certainly true that in our
society we are so programmed
We are also capable of compassion and the ability
to look at one another and at ourselves and say: That is not how I want to be.
I want to exist on a higher plane than that.
As my friend says: "Think a higher thought."
We are not only capable of thinking higher thoughts,
we can consciously condition ourselves to do so. It takes time, patience and
many, many repeated efforts, but we can. We can will ourselves to grow IF we
are aware of the need for growth and IF we consider compassion a higher level
of reaction and emoting than rage.
Doreen
Ellen Bell-Dotan,