TSS Makes Us Retreat Behind False Self/Armor
False self gives false safety, and we lose EVERYTHING that makes life worth living
Early Childhood/Daily Adulthood Toxic Social Stress
The megacorporations hire the media to attack each of us 3,500 times per day with TSS
How Our False Self aka Toxic Ego Poisons Our Lives
PUUR for a loving reality, joyful presence and purify the false self's toxic self-pity & toxic positivity
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making their darkness conscious.”
C.G. Jung
Toxic Ego Loves Chasing Idols
Then our lives are meaningless, empty, never content
How Chasing Idols Makes You Depressed and Sick?
When we chase idols, what we're truly chasing is philia love, secularly speaking
Imagine it's your birthday or Christmas and you have loving family and friends come over. However, instead of them hugging you, they hug your shadow that's on the wall. Imagine they don't say loving things to you but instead, say it to your shadow. Imagine they don't give gifts to you but offer them to your shadow. How would you feel about that? Dismayed, disconnected, depressed, lonely, angry... We all would.
The above is exactly what happens to our real self and how our real self feels when we're showing up to life with our shadow/false self chasing pleasure, possessions, and power... Our lives may be busy chasing these and even be filled with "loving" social activities, but our real self will barely or never experience and embody philia love... Therefore, we get depressed and sick. And then we unconsciously keep chasing...to fill in the giant hole where philia love should be. Where idols can NEVER fulfill. Thus, history is littered with men and women who were overflowing with these idols and yet, killed themselves. It's a cliché. Showing up to life with our shadows is the #1 cause (by far) of mental illness, chronic sickness, and unwell in all parts of our lives.
“Beware of your toxic ego; it will convince you to chase things you already have.”
Jim Carrey
Beware, the #1 idol that the false self/toxic ego/shadow loves chasing is other's approval ("Approval Addiction").
We get people's approval by putting on the false self/shadow. And when we chase people's approval, we also become afraid of people ("Toxic Social Stress").
Our entire digital world is about approval addiction; from top influencers to everyday people. And the more approval one gets, the more ego pleasure they have, and the more possessions and power one gets. Yet, ever wonder why the suicide and overdose rates amongst Influencers, celebrities, and money-chasers are so high? Ever wonder why the divorce rates (causing relational trauma) amongst these people are the highest of any group? Being in the false self and chasing idols is the recipe for enslavement in suffering.
When we show up to life with our shadow, we deprive ourselves of the very thing we are NEEDING – philia love. We can't chase philia love nor buy it; we must cultivate it with safe others EVERYDAY. And we ALREADY have the capacity to do that! However, capacity doesn't mean ability, which takes daily practice.
So, the real question is; will we be loving and enlightened enough to practice emotional honesty and vulnerability with one another ("PUUR") in order to purify our toxic egos and thus stop trading real treasures for trinkets of idols?