The Plague of Misidentification

Blaming, Scapegoating, Refusal of Ownership Part 7 Delusion

In today's TPOM, we will continue investigating delusion, mindfully considering its many forms and functions. Each new aspect we learn will aid us in better understanding ourselves, our environments, the world, and reality itself.

Through the Looking Glass

What is it like to see the world from a state of delusion? That will depend upon the type of delusion. Suppose we keep our prior trajectory and answer that question from the standpoint of self-generated delusion. In that case, that will narrow it down a bit and allow us to focus in so that we can better generate an accurate rendering. For this example, let's say that the delusional person has generated their delusion to avoid feelings of pressure that are associated with ownership. They don't want to be stressed or to deal with the consequences of their actions, so they instead will need to generate a narrative that sets them free and clear of all responsibility. What, then, is their delusion? Their delusion at its core will be that they are always correct and that their motivations and actions are essentially unquestionable due to their purity. This will allow them to simply speak whatever they wish and think that because it was thought and spoken, it is the truth.

In order to separate themselves further from data or knowledge that may bring them out of their delusion or at least cause them to become consciously aware of said delusion, they will need to find others who have a system that they can adopt that will support and back up their generated delusion. One particular philosophy fits this scenario very well: the philosophy of postmodernism. One of the key components of postmodernism is that each person has their specific truth and that universal truth if it exists at all, and it likely doesn't, is so abstract that it would not specifically attend in any significant way whatsoever how one would live their life. Certainly, it would not participate at all in how one should live their life. Without arguing the pros or cons of postmodernism, it requires little time to observe that this philosophy will readily serve the delusional person's requirements.