Indeed, that's often what is at the heart of the matter: People are unable or unwilling to step outside their own paradigm to entertain the possibility that someone else's paradigm is no more or less "real" than their own. Perhaps one of the tenets of so-called "consciousness' is precisely the ability to put yourself into someone else's shoes — even for just a moment — without necessarily feeling the need to abandon your own set of perceptions.

This post was in large part inspired by

I have noticed that there is a HUGE number of people who have been incredibly triggered during the last 2 1/2 years in particular. I have seen very clever people fall down rabbit holes and come up into online and offline spaces sprouting things I consider nonsense.

Every time I consider that, I remind myself that the vast majority of the world is massively uncomfortable with the emotional/psychological state of "not knowing." And so, with that in mind, I guess a lot of people go in search of concrete explanations and answers to riddles that perhaps have no answers (or maybe no answers YET) and are willing — even if subconsciously — to latch onto theories that offer some variation of "an answer" that permits them to escape the abyss of not-knowing.

We often have these conversations around here; Mrs. Denmarkguy (aka @cosmictriage) is a certified Trauma Recovery Specialist so we sometimes dig in pretty deep... both of us having processed a veritable onion of our respective childhood traumas.

And the more we learn, the less we know!

Thanks for the thoughtful comment!