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Distraction - The Ego's Favorite Defense Mechanism

Actualized.org - Self-Help, Psychology, Consciousness, Spirituality, Philosophy

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Is It Possible to Be More Conscious?

99% of people in mainstream society are not conscious. You can see that just by turning on fox news, or any news channel. It's the same as hooking up a rat to a little morphine injection and giving him the button. He's going to be pushing that button until he dies. That rat will push that button until it kills itself with an overdoseand juexactly what's happening with very successful people. I'm talking about the wealthiest, the most powerful celebrities, business people, most intelligent scientists. They're all just rats pushing that button. And how do i know that? Because 99 point nine nine nine % of people are in mainstream society, and they are not

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