{"id":29630,"date":"2021-03-01T13:31:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T13:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.yogaesoteric.net\/?p=29630"},"modified":"2021-03-26T13:31:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:31:55","slug":"covid-mask-the-psychology-of-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/covid-mask-the-psychology-of-surrender\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID mask: the psychology of surrender?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Wearing \u2018the mask\u2019 is for those who suffer feelings of fear and\/or guilt. Think about it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/all_uploads\/uploads6\/martie%202021\/1\/26207_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">One might reject such a notion \u201c<em>No, no, I\u2019m just worried about being fined, that\u2019s why I wear it<\/em>\u201d. Or \u201c<em>I don\u2019t want to take any risks, the health authorities wouldn\u2019t tell us to wear masks unless there was some protection benefit<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Are these valid responses? Both are based primarily on fear. Fear of what an authority might do if one was to disobey the rules, and fear of sickness should one not follow the authorities\u2019 instructions.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">But who are \u2018<em>the authorities<\/em>\u2019? And are their demands backed by empirical evidence that the wearing of a mask is a proven defence against infection by covid? Will our mask wearer ask these questions? And if not \u2013 why not? \u201c<em>Well, I do wonder what it\u2019s all about \u2013 but there doesn\u2019t seem to be much point in questioning it, does there<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Right, in effect this is an admission of intellectual laziness coupled with an egregious obedience to the commands of \u2018th<em>e authority<\/em>\u2019. This is the state of mind of those unwilling to think for themselves.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Allowing one\u2019s self to be herded because one does not want to question the command, is a psychological sickness which presents an open book for the unchecked spread of fascistic authoritarianism.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">How the same person would react if told to crawl to the shops on hands and knees, because \u2018<em>the authority<\/em>\u2019 said that these particularly pathogens only travel at head height?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Let us go back a few steps and imagine, for a moment, that this person has just enough suspicion concerning the motives of \u2018<em>the authority<\/em>\u2019 to check the medical records for evidence that the mask actually works.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Let\u2019s see what the reaction is upon discovering that there is no evidence existing which confirms\u00a0health protection is achieved \u2013 and that includes for the vaccine \u2013 but that there is evidence of health risks associated with extensive mask wearing.<br \/>\nWhat does our fellow human being do then?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201c<em>Yes, I saw that, but everyone else is wearing them \u2013 and, well, I don\u2019t want to upset others by not wearing it&#8230;<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">So now is necessary that we add \u2018<em>deference to other herded humans<\/em>\u2019 to the growing list of reasons for not taking control of one\u2019s destiny, but instead, lowering one\u2019s head and running with the crowd.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Step forth divine human. The worldwide rising tide of human consciousness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Being led and not knowing where one is being led, but \u2018<em>trusting<\/em>\u2019 that it is somehow going to be OK. Better not rock the boat. Everyone else is masking-up, why be \u2018<em>different<\/em>\u2019? Why\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0be different?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201c<em>I don\u2019t want to draw attention to myself, you know, and then it\u2019s being responsible to wear the mask, to show you wouldn\u2019t want to infect anyone else<\/em>.\u201d Yes, the contradictions implicit in this false logic are blatant. You know the masks don\u2019t work; are likely to make you sick; cost money; are supposed to be frequently changed; washed, dried, disinfected \u2013 and so on \u2013 but nevertheless you feel is necessary to wear one \u2013 because \u2018<em>that\u2019s the only responsible thing to do<\/em>\u2019 and everyone else is doing it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Is this the final curtain-call for a significant number of the supposedly sentient cognitive species known as homo sapiens? I don\u2019t know about you, but we feel a pit in our stomach seeing so many fellow humans behaving like lemmings.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">We like to see the human face. Not all are pretty, but each is different and expresses character. So what to feel when confronted by herds of bank robbers marching towards one with more than half their faces masked-over?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Anyone can look at other\u2019s eyes, because that\u2019s the only animated bit left visible. What do we see in these eyes? Predominately we can see fear and surrender.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Maybe we are wrong. Maybe it\u2019s guilt, maybe shame. Maybe in some cases, a certain sick kind of pleasure \u2013 like with some young people \u201c<em>Why do I wear it? It\u2019s cool, something different, you can get some funky designer masks \u2013 quite distinctive. Yea, nice<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Do you believe it works? \u201c<em>Sure, it works if you feel it works; kind of protection against others isn\u2019t it<\/em>.\u201d Sure it is, youthful narcissist. Protection against others \u2013 sure \u2013 sick people everywhere, got to protect yourself; survival of the fittest \u2013 let\u2019s not take risks.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">But mostly we can see fear and guilt in the eyes of masked men and women. We see a coward, peering out into the world and trying to look and be \u2018<em>normal<\/em>\u2019. That infamous word \u2018<em>normal<\/em>\u2019. Yes, the \u2018<em>New Normal<\/em>\u2019 as announced by Klaus Shwab of the World Economic Forum. Mein Herr \u2018<em>Great Reset<\/em>\u2019, totalitarian pseudo-visionary of a fascist nightmare.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">He must be pleased, so many people behaving \u2018<em>properly<\/em>\u2019, getting adapted to fitting into his New Normal. Silent cyborgs, lost and anxious, but still managing to keep up the appearance of \u2018<em>normality<\/em>\u2019. So determined not to think, not stand-out from the crowd. Cannon fodder for the Zero Carbon Smart City, Green New Deal, New World Order prison camps of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A future specially constructed for the walking dead, minds gone to waste from lack of use, plugged into a state of the art computer so the act of thinking can be done for them by the master programmer.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A sub-human race sold out to the machines it made to relieve it of the need to think. Is that the future we see in the introverted eyes of the masochistic mask wearer? Do people subconsciously want to suffer? Is this a remnant of the Christian doctrine that one must suffer atonement for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Whatever the cause, it is for those who have meekly detoured from walking the path of life in favour of stepping onto the convey or belt of a cyborgian slave cult.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In the midst of these most virulent and dark deceptions pulled on humanity, there is but one recourse that will bring back the light: having the courage to totally reject this state of mindless obedience \u2013 which has got a large segment of humanity into an unprecedented and abject state of spiritual poverty.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Finding a sufficiency of \u2018<em>fire within<\/em>\u2019 to burn-off the dead corpuscles of self afflicted conformity \u2013 that is the call. To bravely reject \u2018<em>the great lie<\/em>\u2019 currently running riot in all corners of the world.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Save yourselves. De-mask \u2013 return to humanity \u2013 and stand firm for truth, good people of Planet Earth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wearing \u2018the mask\u2019 is for those who suffer feelings of fear and\/or guilt. Think about it. One might reject such a notion \u201cNo, no, I\u2019m just worried about being fined, that\u2019s why I wear it\u201d. Or \u201cI don\u2019t want to take any risks, the health authorities wouldn\u2019t tell us to wear masks unless there was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19-crisis-1602-en","category-news-events-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29631,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29630\/revisions\/29631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}