The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
Daniel J. Boorstin
Breaking the chains of Ignorance is just like any growth and healing process. To begin, we must recognize and accept the problem.
Everything has been a lie.
We have been fooled. Everything we “know” is false. We have been living a lie, an illusion. Our entire world, system, beliefs, have been carefully crafted to keep us in line, obedient, content, dependent, and most of all, ignorant.
To reverse this mass indoctrination and begin exploring truth, we must be able to challenge everything we thought we knew.
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Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive dissonance will rear its ugly head, and we must stare back at it in defiance. Cognitive dissonance, simply put, is the struggle, even anguish, which occurs when your core beliefs in which you place your identity are challenged.
When you place your identity into anything other than your core values, your principles, what is right – you are at high risk of cognitive dissonance anytime your “facts” or “trusted sources” are challenged.
This is why people dig in their heels and refuse to discuss, examine, or even consider anything which contradicts what they “know.”
This makes for easy control and manipulation.
And this is why so many of the people who see the truth also happen to be people of faith, or at least, firm moral principle.
We place our identity in God, what is right, and our principles.
When you place your identity in what is right, you are not easily controlled. You are more willing and able to examine conflicting ideas and evidence, and make more objective decisions based in thought and fact whether to change your mind or not.
Those who place their identity in their knowledge, in “facts,” in the system and its “authorities,” are easily programmed to whatever master deems appropriate, and grasp tightly to it.
One of many reasons those who pull the strings have worked so diligently to distance us from God, to corrupt our morals, and to infiltrate the church to ensure the teaching of falsehoods to those who DO still attend.
As you make your way in this journey, be mindful when cognitive dissonance triggers you to dig in your heels. Be willing to keep an open mind. Be objective. Use discernment. Keep your eyes on God and what is right. Refuse to cling to indoctrinated false ideas for sheer familiarity. Accept that what you “know,” might be exactly what you need to forget.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates