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The dynamic flowing of Nature, the state of constant change so venerated by the Taoists and Buddhists, is something that we are a part of and that we are, therefore, not in control of. We can accept or reject it, but we cannot stop or change it. We are free to experience it by "being" and we are free to reject and resist it by attempting to "become" something else. The undesirable attributes of the universe can be repressed and kept out of our consciousness, leaving an illusory universe that meets our approval and gives us the security and sense of well-being that we crave in our lives. We sacrifice "being" to our repression that changes it to "becoming." Our rejection of Nature, including our own nature, is called repression, which has no influence on Nature itself but simply gives us a false perception of it. It is easy to see why the concept of repression is so central to Freud and his followers. Repression is our coping mechanism that allows us to function in a world that would otherwise appear to be too overwhelming for us to bear. Repression is a technique that we use to give our lives certainty and meaning, and to deny the parts of ourselves that are too base and animalistic. It is the exercise that we perform that allows us to build civilizations from our pretensions of being non-beasts. Repression is an adaptation to something that is in man's consciousness rather than something that is in his environment. By adapting to his fantasies rather than his environment, repression leaves man in conflict with his world. Related Blogs: |
