Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.

A quote from Lutvig Vickenstein.

Thought is always saying that thought didn't do it.

A quote, by David Baum.

Let's continue with our series on self-deception. This is part two. Make sure that you watched

part one, which gives context to part two. And what I'm going to be talking about in this section is over 60 different self-deception mechanisms, which I've identified and categorized and studied.

And I'll be presenting those to you and talking about them in some length.

There's a lot of material, but before we get into that, we need to do a quick recap of part one.

So what did we learn in part one? We basically learned that the mind is a self-deception engine.

And why would it be that? without illusion nothing can exist. Reality must be dreamed

into being and that's done with your mind and this dream needs to be

sustained and this dream is sustained through self-deception.

Your mind's job is to construct reality

to create this dream so that you can be alive

and partake in all the features of life.

And it is not in your mind's interest

to look inside at the machinery which is constructing the dream because that actually punctures the

illusion of reality.

So how is this dream maintained? It's maintained through a lack of self-awareness, through a lack of self-reflection.

Your mind keeps your attention riveted outwards externally on all the stuff within the dreamscape

so that you don't turn inwards and really question deeply what's going on behind the scenes because that would

rupture the illusion and in a sense you want to be in the spell inside the dream

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