Mass Mindedness

These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. – Ralph Waldo Emerson


Is the insecurity you’re defending worth the dream you’ll never realize? or the love you’ll never venture? or the joy you’ll never feel?
Will the blunder matter in 10 years? Or 10 weeks? Or 10 days? Or 10 minutes?
Can you be happy being anything less than who you really are?
Now Do. The Thing. You Fear. (Lachlan Cotter)

The voice one hears in solitude is that voice of the genius, our intuition, our imagination. The noise and churning in the familiar world of the masses drown, confuse and overpower these voices within that call use to expansion of our being.  The addiction to approval is powerful and is constantly pulling one to prison of acceptance.  There resistance is viewed as the enemy in mass mindedness and one often feel a negative emotion when seeking their own expression.  Separation or being different triggers insecurity and the need to rationalize or defend that security has an extremely high price... unrealized dreams and the experience of love and joy.

Fear of failure is a familiar cry heard from those huddled in the pseudo-security of mass mindedness.  Those fears of success may be the fear of separation.  What will today's blunder matter in the future.  Can you do anything less than who you are?  Great questions, thanks to Lachlan Cotter!