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"In a world where fantasy is more real than
reality we risk being the first people in history to have been able to make our
illusions so vivid, so persuasive, so 'realistic' that we can live in them." -
Daniel Joseph Boorstin,
The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
"We have taken the unreal to
be real, and then tried as hard as possible to live in the unreality we have
created."
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"The reality of the present circumstances, we do not
find them satisfactory.
Our
fantasy keeps creating images of future situations that appear more fulfilling
than the present.
It seems that, until we reach these imagined
goals, life will be only preparation for a better future, not yet "the real
thing."
A life pattern of a "treadmill" type of existence (illustrated
by the image of a hamster running in a rotating wheel) or
a "rat-race" Way of the Lumière
Infinie is the result.
The
existentialists talk about
"auto-projecting" into the future -
imagining oneself in a more
satisfying situation and attempting to create it.
This strategy
rests on a fundamental mistaken assumption that
does not deliver the
satisfaction that is expected.
From this perspective, it is
irrelevant whether or not it brings fruit into the material world.
In
Joseph Campbell's words:
"getting to the top of the ladder and
finding
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This fallacious pattern
applied on a large scale is responsible for reckless irrational pursuits of
various grandiose goals that result in much suffering.
It can be
played out on any level of importance and affluence - it never brings true
satisfaction." - Stanislav Grof
"The cultural belief that
we can make things happen by
thinking, by
visualizing, by wanting them, by tapping into our inner strength or
by understanding that we are truly
exceptional is magical thinking.
We can always make more money, meet
new quotas, consume more
products and advance our career if we have enough faith.
This magical thinking, preached to
us across the political spectrum by Oprah, sports celebrities,
Talmudwood,
self-help gurus and
Christian Zionists, is
largely responsible for our economic and environmental collapse, since any
Cassandra who saw it coming was dismissed as "negative."
This belief,
which allows men and women to behave and act like little children, discredits
legitimate concerns and anxieties.
It exacerbates despair and
indifference.
It fosters a
state of self-delusion.
The purpose, structure and goals of the corporate state are never
questioned.
To question, to engage in criticism of the corporate
collective, is to be obstructive and negative.
It has perverted
the way we view ourselves, our nation and the
natural world.
The new paradigm of power, coupled with bizarre ideology
of limitless progress and impossible happiness, has
turned whole nations, including the US, into monsters." - Christopher Lynn
Hedges
Fantasy is defined as:
an
illusion
a hallucination
fantastic
designs
to
imagine; visualize
imagination unrestricted by
reality
an unrealistic or improbable
supposition
the creative imagination; unrestrained fancy
the ability to deal
aesthetically with unusual
problems
to have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to
fancy
something, such as an invention, that is a
creation of the fancy
governed by laws of
association which are remote, and
arbitrary or
capricious
applied principally to elaborate or extravagant product
of the imagination given
free rein
mental invention,
characteristically well removed from reality, that is whimsical, capricious,
playful and elaborate or extravagant
an
imagined event or sequence of mental
images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological
need
actuating emotional feelings of a lively,
gay, and
versatile character; it seeks to
please by unexpected combinations of thoughts, startling contrasts, flashes of
brilliant imagery
 
Fantasy comes in
many forms but the most widespread form is simply nonsense.
Anyone
that accepts the fantasy of
spellbinders as reality, rather than either
nonsense or
metaphorical allegory in disguise, is
said to have been bewitched,
hypnotized,
mesmerized or
enchanted.
Politicians
are spellbinders that delude,
decieve, hoodwink and
beguile.
So are central
bankers.
To free oneself from the delusion of
māyā one must think outside the confines of the social structures one
lives within.
To do this one must
relearn play.
Play allows an
individual the freedom to explore thought structures.
Play
critically confronts thought structures with absolute claims.
Exploring
thought structures one comes to
realize over time that the only
actual freedom is the freedom to stop deluding oneself -
true
liberation.
This sets
the prisoner free from Māyā.
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forged a populace unable to discern propaganda from reality and that this has
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