Emotionally Hacked. The internal riot pt 2
While social media is bringing to light social injustices, its a hive for anxiety. Never focusing on the present moment, always discussing the past or the future, social media is anti-mindfulness. Any mention of a present moment is vanished by the next post that we stop scrolling on. In regards to the riots and police injustices. Are we setting ourselves to be emotionally hacked?
Anytime a computer is hacked, the operating system slows down and you have no control over it. All your memory and hard work can be erased or stolen. You’re a slave to the demands of the hacker. Likewise the same holds true for our emotions in regards to how we respond to injustice.
In part one of the internal riot we discussed the narcissistic relationship between the government and its citizens, specifically those who have been historically oppressed. The politician represents a spouse who can talk his or her way out of most situations While the police represent the abusive spouse. Have we ever thought to ourselves, why do we respond the way we do to injustice?
In an information age where we’re taught all of life’s answers are online, an admittance of not knowing is a grave offense, culturally. People are rioting not just because they’re upset but rather because they don’t know.
We don’t know what to do with our emotions, when being triggered, how to demand justice, how to make people care, etc. Perhaps this type of internal honesty would give us more clarity over what we do have control over.Â
One thing we do have control over is our consumption of social media. One of the main causes of us being Emotionally hacked. After watching the police murder innocent people hundreds of times, reading hundreds of memes and posts, what should we expect? To think this consumption has no effect on our well-being is ignorant and shows our lack of internal awareness. However, if you’re upset that this article isn’t “revolutionary” enough, consider the following.
There are different types of changes, changes for the better, and for worse. A replacement for the better involves strategic thinking and playing. Are we playing for the long haul or going to march for the summer? What happens when it gets cold, snow, hurricane season? What demands are being put on presidential candidates in regards to police reform by voters?
Anytime we react impulsively it does not detour us from our strategic thinking. If police are being respectful, then agitators will try to disrupt the protest. If there’s no agitators and police are polite, then a heckler my use their vehicle as a weapon. There will never be peace.
Knowing this will tighten the reins on our impulsive nature to help us achieve our goals in the fight against injustice. Never in sports, war, boxing, etc., does react to impulse guarantee success. But why do we react impulsively in the first place?
Our subconscious has collected memories; we have suppressed thousands of stories, violent images, and personal experiences of injustices. We have chosen to live the human experience but we were never supposed to let it control us.
Police brutality and systematic racism is an attack on the senses as much as it is immoral. When something inside you tells you not to watch another video of someone being murdered by the police, you listen. Instinctively that is our spirit telling us to shield ourselves from abusing our senses. Making us vulnerable to being emotionally hacked.
By the time we have overly engaged and became triggered, we’ve been emotionally hacked. Our Kali-yuga series on our youtube channel foretells the next hundred thousand years or so as the age of quarrel. People are going to be disagreeing and not seeing eye to eye for a very long time. How much effort should we put into our advocacy should be a priority?
In conclusion, As repeatedly stated on this website, no one advocates for activists, Many remain nameless, fame less and thankless and penny less. This series isn’t an attempt to discredit or undermine the fight against injustice. Yet, it’s to provide a more realistic perspective to accept life without being attached to a result. This way, there is more vitality to continue fighting because the battle will be fought for thousands of years.
In part 3 of the internal riot, we will discuss what ancient scriptures tell us how to respond to external events.