Selfish Personality Disorder

Selfishness is also on a spectrum, like narcissism. Severe forms of selfishness ought to be included in the DSM-6. It could be called Selfish Personality Disorder, SPD.

All narcissists are selfish but all selfish assholes are not narcissistic.

Selfish people hide their selfishness behind an agreeable mask. They are also hiding their selfishness for themselves. They don't even know that they are selfish. Some of them even believe that they have always been too nice and kind.

They lie both to themselves and to others, they slander, talk bullshit, and believe that they are completely innocent. Feelings of anxiety, guilt, and shame will be the result. They don't understand why they have these feelings so they stuff themselves with antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications, and junk food. They try to hypnotize themselves with "positive thinking and self-affirmations". They are completely stuck in the mud of lies and self-deception.

Lost in translation

Genuine mystical experiences should not be transferred into written words, not even into spoken language - unless you are talking to a very close friend. You should not throw pearls before swine.

Climate apocalypse

I don't believe that there is a future for humanity. We are now a significant number who have come to realize that greenhouse gas emissions will not be reduced. In Asia, plans are underway to construct hundreds of new coal power plants. In the Amazon and Indonesia, they cut down the rainforest to raise cattle and grow oil palms. Both rich and poor, in all parts of the world, want nothing more than to be able to buy more stuff.

Britain will spend £16.5 billion in the coming years, in addition to its previous defense budget, to upgrade its nuclear weapons. Boris Johnson says safety must be a top priority. The United States will spend $ 348 billion to modernize its nuclear weapons. Russia and China are, of course, on the same track. There is no hope for humanity.

If we continue to live in the same way as we do now, the Earth's average temperature in 2040 will be 2 °C higher than in pre-industrial times. With a two-degree increase in temperature, dramatic changes take place for life on Earth. One problem is that the permafrost melts, releasing methane, and the temperature rises even without our intervention.

Climate change is already causing serious problems in many parts of the world, but there is no indication that we intend to change our way of life. Emissions of greenhouse gases continue to increase despite all alarm reports.

The question is not whether the downfall will come but when. Most people understand that we are in deep trouble, but no one dares to say publicly that our days are counted. The established media and the politicians do not want to deal with the idea that humanity will perish in the not-too-distant future. They emphasize that there is still hope. If we take sensible measures now, we can reverse the trend, they say.

It is easy to understand why they don't want to discuss our extinction too much. If too many people realize that there is no future for them, they will stop saving in pension funds. And large companies will no longer make long-term investments. If too many people lose faith in the future, then the house of cards collapses at once. Those in power must be very careful about how they express themselves.

Ordinary decent people also don't want to talk about the irreversible climate catastrophe in twenty years. They don't want their children and grandchildren to get anxious and depressed.

The idea that our global civilization and all of humanity will perish is not far-fetched or morbidly pessimistic. All previous civilizations have perished. There are only ruins left of them. And 99% of all species that have existed are extinct. The evolution works like this. There will be other species that take over after us, perhaps flies or cockroaches.

Are there any benefits to being able to see the elephant in the room? Maybe not. However, here are two suggestions if you dislike escapism and delusions: You can ignore the rat race when you understand that it is pointless; You can devote the time that is left to what is truly important in life. And you no longer need to set aside money each month for your pension fund.

There may be a chance for humanity after all. Suppose the financial markets and the entire world economy would collapse. Billions of people would lose their income and starve to death before the climate apocalypse is complete. Maybe then, some people would survive in remote areas. We may have another chance. Those who live will see.

The school of life

You can find tons of synchronicity stories on the internet. And tons of books about the phenomenon, tons of explanations.

I experienced incredible synchronicities with you. Were they lessons from the spiritual dimension? Were they messages from a part of our unconscious mind? Is there a spiritual center somewhere in the brain? Is it about brain chemistry? Were they simply coincidences?

We tried to wrap our heads around this for years. We tried to find explanations. Were we soul mates? Did we meet in a previous life? Did an angel guide our steps, like a puppeteer? People around us thought we were crazy.

Psychologists, philosophers, statisticians, priests, New Age gurus, and ordinary laymen produce all kinds of explanations. How come that they arrive at different conclusions? And how can they be so convinced that they are right?

Is life a kind of school or is this idea simply a way of looking at things? Is there a life curriculum? What happens if we fail an exam? What happens if we drop out of the school of life?

Émile Deschamps

French writer Émile Deschamps claims in his memoirs that, in 1805, he was treated to some plum pudding by a stranger named Monsieur de Fontgibu. Ten years later, the writer encountered plum pudding on the menu of a Paris restaurant and wanted to order some, but the waiter told him that the last dish had already been served to another customer, who turned out to be de Fontgibu. Many years later, in 1832, Deschamps was at a dinner and once again ordered plum pudding. He recalled the earlier incident and told his friends that only de Fontgibu was missing to make the setting complete—and in the same instant, the now-senile de Fontgibu entered the room, having got the wrong address.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity

The everyday consciousness

At this moment tons of radio waves flow throw you, signals that you cannot perceive: radio and TV broadcasts, telephone calls, and internet searches. The ether is also filled with telepathic messages that you cannot perceive because they are not directed at you. You may not even perceive them even if they are directed at you because you are insensitive and believe that such signals do not exist. These messages do not consist of radio waves.

Many people have experienced synchronicities and telepathic phenomena, many are fascinated by these peculiar signals, but what do they consist of? Why are they so ambiguous? What function do they fulfill? Why are they so difficult to interpret?

I think they are messages from another sphere, or from the collective subconscious mind. They want to remind you that there really are other dimensions. What is happening up here, at the surface level, in our everyday consciousness, is not the whole story. Life is much, much stranger than you think. It is not just about money, social status, and sex. And it is not just about reason and scientific explanations. The everyday consciousness is only a small part of a human being.

Narcissism

Donald Trump is a pathological narcissist, according to many reputable psychologists. Well, that's pretty obvious, isn't it? But what are all those hyperenthusiastic people at the Trump rallies suffering from? What is their problem?

What is the problem with all those people who are fanatical followers of cult leaders, evangelical pastors, and self-improvement gurus?