Escaping

HUMAN BEINGS by seem by nature to have a strong aversion to reality. Either that, or modern humans have a particularly strong aversion to it, perhaps because not only is modern reality particularly unpleasant, worthy of avoidance, but our modern means of escape are more powerful and effective than ever. it may be that humans, in there natural, healthy, wholistic, happy habitat, spend much more time appreciating and enshrining reality into their culture than do we modern escape artists. It may well be that the human imagination is unparalleled on Earth for sheer creativity. There are two basic methods of escaping reality. reality may be escaped either by inventing, creative an alternative reality which of really doesn't exist, or deny actual, verifiable reality itself. We humans are quite adept at both methods. consider the great lengths we have all gone to to created, embrace, and participate in alternative, fabricated realities. There have been, throughout history, thousands of different religions in the world, from all over the world, most of which are long extinct. today there are still thousands of them extant, and more are being invented and created all the time. Every last one of these religions, every religion ever to have existed on Earth, past and present, is a perfect example of the process by which people fabricate alternative realities out of thin air, for the purpose of escaping, or rather, dealing with reality. Fabrications, made up stories, are shared, popularized, agreed on, and before you know it, you have rigid, religious dogma, making no sense whatever. All religions are pure fiction, of course. there really is no such deity as Thor, or Zeus, or Yahweh, of Jehovah. Unable to explain the world accurately, with understanding, humans began early in inventing their own versions of how the universe works, giving a lot of credit to super human entities. myths, fables, fictional accounts permeate human culture and history; we love inventing alternative realities. Our powers of denial are no less impressive. Throughout history almost cultures use denial of reality as a means to find emotional comfort. In all our records from ancient Egypt, there is no mention of the Exodus of Moses and the Hebrews. There are several possible reasons for this. One possibility is that the event never actually happened, that it was merely a legend which made its way into the Old Testament. Another possibility is that the Exodus occurred, but was not of sufficient importance to ancient Egyptian historians and commentators to merit mention. Perhaps it involved far fewer people than traditionally believed. At third, and perhaps most likely reason is that the Exodus was such a humiliating and frustrating event for Egypt that it was ordered forgotten. Our modern day denials may kill us. If all the climate change deniers in America don't get on board and start helping save the planet, there may be no planet to save, all too soon. The good people who believe that vaccinations do more harm than good are partly inventing their own reality, and partly denying reality; they are doing both, and in so doing, causing epidemics of long gone diseases to reemerge. Seldom if ever is it healthy or productive to deny reality. Inventing reality, creating fiction, is all well and good, if it is recognized as and confined to the realm of literature, art, and fiction, and not turned into some religion or other, brainwashing millions of hapless people with false versions of reality.