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StefanoHopkins · 51-55, M
I believe that it is possible that what you are wanting to escape from is "stuff" in your personality, your psyche, that has been "installed" by influences from society.
In other words, in a way, you are not all you.
This process starts when you're an infant, and continues through pre-school years, schools, parents, peers, until adulthood.
A very good explanation for how this all works is contained in the first chapter of an odd sounding book, "Exploring the Crack in the Cosmic Egg", by Joseph Chilton Pearce. He is a very grounded, down to earth, yet perceptive writer. This first chapter is so explanatory, that it will clear up questions as to why your life is often empty feeling and frustrating.
There is no voodoo, no Dr. Feelgood, no "program" to buy, just a simple answer.
The film, "The Matrix", contains, or is, a heavy handed metaphor for all this.
Your essential self gets somewhat suppressed, and so you feel empty.
In other words, in a way, you are not all you.
This process starts when you're an infant, and continues through pre-school years, schools, parents, peers, until adulthood.
A very good explanation for how this all works is contained in the first chapter of an odd sounding book, "Exploring the Crack in the Cosmic Egg", by Joseph Chilton Pearce. He is a very grounded, down to earth, yet perceptive writer. This first chapter is so explanatory, that it will clear up questions as to why your life is often empty feeling and frustrating.
There is no voodoo, no Dr. Feelgood, no "program" to buy, just a simple answer.
The film, "The Matrix", contains, or is, a heavy handed metaphor for all this.
Your essential self gets somewhat suppressed, and so you feel empty.
Peaches · F
Yes, "societal norms," we get put in a box and are expected by society to "act" a certain way. I never did fit.