#losing reality

[trmpt]

[hitrecord]

“Losing Reality”

[sweetkokoa]

You can try and read my mind

Been pushin' it for days, I'm on a mission to climb, woah

Losin' reality, been sayin' I'm fine, try my hardest to sleep

[mewhennooneisaround]

[1000rh]

The protean self is characterized by openness, change, and new beginnings, and strongly resists ownership by others. While proteanism is most evident during periods of major social change, there is a sense in which it is inherent to the human condition.

– Robert Jay Lifton, Losing Reality (2019)

[girlonthelasttrain]

The totalist milieu maintains an aura of sacredness around its basic dogma, holding it out as an ultimate moral vision for the ordering of human existence. This sacredness is evident in the prohibition (whether or not explicit) against the questioning of basic assumptions, and in the reverence that is demanded for the originators of the Word, the present bearers of the Word, and the Word itself. While thus transcending ordinary concerns of logic, however, the milieu at the same time makes an exaggerated claim of airtight logic, of absolute “scientific” precision. Thus the ultimate moral vision becomes an ultimate science; and the person who dares to criticize it, or to harbor even unspoken alternative ideas, becomes not only immoral and irreverent, but also “unscientific.” In this way, the philosopher-kings of modern ideological totalism reinforce their authority by claiming to share in the rich and respected heritage of natural science. The assumption here is not so much that humans can be God, but rather that our ideas can be God: that an absolute science of ideas (and implicitly, an absolute science of humankind) exists, or is at least very close to being attained; that this science can be combined with an equally absolute body of moral principles; and that the resulting doctrine is true for all people at all times. Although no ideology goes quite this far in overt statement, such assumptions are implicit in totalist practice.

Robert Jay Lifton, Losing Reality

[tabileaks]

Unveiling the Heartbreaking Reality: The Specialists Behind ITV's Crucial New Show 'Amazing'

  Join us on a journey of inspiration and hope as we pay tribute to the resilience and humanity of the specialists featured in ITV's groundb

[mrrrdaisy]

New Music: The Infinity Process - Losing Reality

New Music: The Infinity Process – Losing Reality

The band’s first single for the year 2022 is this song. With their heavy tones and even darker atmospheres, the hard rockers can undoubtedly establish the mood. It’s not every day that you come across a three-piece band with as much grit as The Infinity Process. Furthermore, the leading riffs and directing bass line, as well as the hard-hitting drums, keep the atmosphere warm. Kimberly Tingley,…

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