The later half of the 20th century has seen an experiment in many areas of psychotherapy of expressing, re-living or re-visiting past emotional memories even to the point of fantasying past emotional hurts and traumatic situations. This expressing of emotions – usually anger or sorrow – has been upheld as a viable alternative to the failed approach of strict suppression, but no substantial evidence is available as to its effectiveness and the practice now seems to be dying out. The bottom-line cure, and one increasingly favoured, is chemical treatment either in the form of represents or supplements. It does make some sense for those unwilling to dig deeper because, at core, all human emotion is chemically induced. Some spiritual therapies are deliberately pitched at achieving blissful feelings through the use of bio-dynamic breathing techniques (altering the oxygen and blood flow to the brain) and many Yogic postures and meditations aim to do the same by inducing the release of pain related endorphins into the body. In the current New Dark Ages there has been a return to many traditional primitive therapies involving divinations, ‘energy’ fields, shamanistic rituals, etc. and in spite of their ancient roots in superstition, many label these ‘alternative’ therapies, implying modernity rather than fashionable re-cycling. It is clear that spiritual therapies are aimed at escaping from real-world ‘normal’ emotional problems and ‘alternative’ therapies aim at shifting the problem of one’s own emotional turmoil, and instinctive actions, on to the supposed influence of ethereal energies, entities, forces and the like. Actual Freedom offers the possibility for the sincere seeker to rid themselves of the ‘normal’ affective mental illness of fear and aggression, offering, at last, a genuine mental health or peace of mind, the like of which has not existed before in humans. To do this involves letting go of one’s grip on reality and abandoning one’s instinctual animal survival instinct – both of which society in general and the spiritual wise-men, in particular, advise against. It is most curious that to be free of the Human Condition is to be considered as insane by ‘normal’ psychiatric definition and to be happy and harmless is considered to be in league with the Devil by ‘spiritual’ therapy standards. But, after all, this is the ultimate ‘stamp of approval’ from those whose therapies and solutions have clearly failed to bring anything remotely resembling peace to this fair planet, despite thousands of years of well meaning intensive effort by billions of humans. Freedom from the Human Condition – Happy and Harmless © The Actual Freedom Trust |
