Norm is a preconceived idea based on Fear

We preciously and stubbornly hold on to the Idea of normality but actually, Life – or “what is” -, can never fit into “normal”, as it can never conform to any preconceived idea.

Angel Heart:
A well-known phrased question “What is normal?” Since nothing in existence has a value of its own, everything is relative in terms of how something is perceived, experienced and received etc. No two people are the same, so how can there be a ‘norm’, just doesn’t make sense.

Me:
Since common man lives in constant self-denial and irretrievable projection,
we have been taught that things have a value of their own. With other words, the essential is the imposing Idea, The Thing, while the Observer – the subject – has little importance, if any…Obviously, we do live “externally”, as long as the subject – the real sense of I-ness – is at best unconstellated, and in most cases, non-existent…

“Self-awareness” is just a mere word for most of the people. Without awareness, from a moral point of view, you remain “un-born” to WHO YOU REALLY ARE – which is the case of the vast majority of people on this planet.
People being morally un-born, don´t know much about themselves, so they have invented something to obey: norms and principles.

Subsequently, Power cannot exist without man´s insecurity, power subsists therefore, due to lack of awareness.

Norm is thus for many an unquestionable symbol for power, which is to compensate their deep existential fear; an excuse for not being able to handle life and themselves, an incapacity to deal with one´s inner Chaos.

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