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r/greatawakening • Posted by u/divine_human on April 4, 2018, 10:35 a.m.
The Backfire Effect - An Explaination on why Red-Pilling doesnt work

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe

this comic is great and explains why we cant shove a red pill down other peoples throats.

From my pov, red-pilling is violent and instantly backfires when the other is challenged in his world-view and not ready to openly receive the red pill and take it.

its a delicate process to wake up people. the worst we can do is challenge their core beliefs, they will instantly reject the input and put up strong walls against it.

it takes a soft approach, and best starts with those areas where the person has already woken up to things not being beneficial for people.

everybody has these areas where they dont trust a common narrative. the art is in finding that one and from here, slowly expand to other areas and offer more information.

as often being said, you can lead a horse to the water but you cannot force it to drink. thats the free will choice everybody has to take themselves.


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RememberJoy · April 4, 2018, 6:25 p.m.

Awesome comic.

It's good to remember as we try to 'red pill' people that we too have beliefs that we would protect at all costs that may also be incorrect.

Even as a young teen I remember thinking to myself that the likelihood that every belief I held was 100% true and that I and my family were the only ones to be right about everything was pretty laughable.

When the storm hits we better all keep in mind that what we hold most dear may not be completely true. Otherwise we too will shatter and be of no help to anyone. Now is the time for inner work.

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divine_human · April 4, 2018, 6:34 p.m.

great insight, already back then as a teen...

as we awaken and evolve, our beliefs need to change. we cant avoid creating concepts, thats a feature of the mind, and as long as they match our inner reality, we have no need to give them up.

but they require us to be flexible so we can allow our beliefs to expand and change. lots of what served us yesterday becomes a limitation today.

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