Feb 25 2024 - Self-loathing and anti-social behavior

Today’s guest voice is Steve Monetti from Lynchburg VA. “George Caylor asked, ‘What makes people so angry today?’ You asked what makes them angry. I work every day with people that have what Dr. Jordan Peterson calls a "vengeance against life." Young people today are taught to "feel" above all else. They are told to pursue their own comfort or what the Constitution calls "happiness." Unfortunately, happiness as a primary goal leads to the justification of destructive behaviors. If you seek "happiness" above all else, you can get it by drug abuse, illicit sexual affairs, temper tantrums, or other destructive behaviors. Some get "happy" by stealing or destroying others' property ("if I can't have it, you can't either."). Happiness is never the goal.  The pursuit of a life's purpose (vision) borne of a defined set of values and dedicated to the benefit of one's self and others is the goal-ironically, the byproduct of pursuing a life's vision is happiness.

People have a vengeance against life because of its inherent unfairness. We did not ask to be born and we will avoid inevitable death. Also unfairly, we will be responsible for everything between birth and death. When someone has borne too much tragedy, crises, and trauma, they will begin to hate life and likewise hate those that appear to not be suffering as they are. People without life's vision are dangerous to themselves and others. Our culture is deteriorating because our values are deteriorating. Without values there is no vision. Without vision there is only ego. Ego demands satisfaction.

People have been taught that justice equals fairness. If you think that life should be "fair" (or had parents that thought that), you will never develop the emotional intelligence to deal with a life that is inherently unfair. No, justice means "you get what you deserve." Too many people today want what they don't deserve and that adds to the fire of self-loathing and hatred of God's greatest gift-humanity.

Now you know.

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