anart
A Disturbance in the Force
andi said:I can see what you mean. I was curious just as figure of speech. I was intrigued to see why wanderer33 was putting effort on another forum rather then this one.
Perhaps if you read through wanderer33's posts on this forum, it will become clear? It is VERY difficult to honestly look at oneself. It is much more enjoyable to create an image of the self that is pleasant, powerful and all one wants to be. Once this image is created, it takes a lot of energy to support the illusion. The illusion is a jealous one and denies energy to the search for the true self. In other words, when a person puts all their focus and energy into an image of who they think they are, instead of putting it into actually discovering the (often unpleasant) truth about themselves, they tend to not want to 'hang around' a place that requires them to take an honest (and often unpleasant) look at the truth about themselves.
It's a very common situation and boils down to choosing a lie over the truth. It's more 'fun' to most people to create and exist within an illusion in which they are wise, gifted, special and who they 'want' to be. What's unfortunate is that it's been my experience that these illusions don't even approach the magnificence of what a person can really be once they are aligned with their True selves - but aligning with the True self takes a LOT of work - it is difficult - it is painful - and most people prefer to just stick with the flat illusion rather than Working for the Real thing.

