Cognitive Dissonance's blog
Dispatches from Occupied Territory - Awakening Alone While in a Relationship
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 11/15/2014 14:28 -0500A common refrain from those who are awakening is they suddenly find themselves living with someone they no longer ‘know’. Rarely do they understand their partner may actually feel the same way.
Four Score and Seven Beards Ago
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 11/09/2014 17:44 -0500Our technological culture seems to place us firmly in conflict with time itself. The rush to cram as much as possible into as small a slice of time as we can seems to be the holy grail these days, and the pace is accelerating exponentially.
A Kept Culture
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 11/02/2014 12:41 -0500The perks that come with being kept will not survive the breaking of the keep.
Guest Post - The Majesty of Mindfulness
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 10/05/2014 09:01 -0500The Mindful one does not seek to change the world; he seeks to change himself.
9/11 - The Ultimate Litmus Test
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 09/10/2014 18:41 -0500If nothing else we have learned it doesn’t matter how obvious the lie is if people don’t want to know the truth.
Dispatches from Occupied Territory – Fear is the Mind Killer
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 09/01/2014 16:02 -0500While many will claim otherwise, often those who are awakening just want the system to be ‘fixed’ so they can go back to sleep.
Control the Language and You Control the Mind
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 08/17/2014 13:11 -0500It is the effective manipulation of our belief systems that enslaves us to the present day insanity.
(Conditioned) Human Nature within the Insane Asylum
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 08/10/2014 13:47 -0500In so many ways caged from birth, is it any wonder we exhibit clear and disturbing signs of depression, neurosis and self destructive behavior?
Institutionalized Tyranny and Serfdom
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 08/04/2014 12:42 -0500Okay, so American culture may be a little schizophrenic. So what? Why should we care? We believe in laissez-faire and non-intervention, so how is it our problem?
Guest Post - Rethinking the Concept of Retirement
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 07/10/2014 15:36 -0500The continuity bias is astounding as many with assets address this as an “extra rough patch” to get through rather than the clear paradigm shift it has been telegraphed to be.
The Individual Is Rising - A Book Excerpt
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 07/06/2014 13:12 -0500The revolution is already in motion. It is a peaceful and intellectual revolution - not one of violence or force, and that is why it will succeed.
Of Baling Wire, Chewing Gum and Sinking Ships
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 06/30/2014 13:41 -0500The promises of the master, used as currency to compel and reward our willing participation, can no longer be fulfilled since the economic system that is the ultimate delivery vehicle for those promises is about to sink beneath the waves.
The Surveillance/Police State - Assisting the Dismantling of Inalienable Rights
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 06/22/2014 14:06 -0500Of course the surveillance police state is not used to control the individual, but rather the herd which in turn controls the non sovereign individual.
Exceptionalism – The Mind Killer
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 05/28/2014 19:31 -0500“Life's greatest comfort is being able to look over your shoulder and see people worse off, waiting in line behind you.” -Chuck Palahniuk
Original Sin
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 05/18/2014 15:13 -0500Nearly all of us……well, all except our benevolent dictators, appear to be permanently caught in the first four stages of the Kubler-Ross black hole of loss and grief........


