There are problems. Problems are created, which means solutions can be created. Solutions are created by facing the problem, digging down to understand why they are there. The way out of a problem is by going through it, not avoiding it.
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Not looking at the current condition, not looking at what actually is, is ignoring the truth. This is resistance to acknowledging what is taking place, resistance of facing the problem, which means you can't understand it and its root cause.
Facing the negative isn't being negative. The negative is already taking place. Doing nothing about the negative is what is negative. To overcome, we must go through. Look at the darkness, shadow, demon, wrong, immorality and evil in the world or within ourselves with open eyes, 'mind' and 'heart'. We must confront the darkness and work with it to move through it. Not as an ally, but working with it as something to take in our symbolic 'hands' and work with it, to manipulate that thing by grasping it for comprehension.
There is no escape. Deliberate ignorance, avoidance, denial and rejection of reality is not going to work. Trying to avoid reality tends to lead to believing in something else, whatever we want to believe in because it's preferable and more comfortable to accept about how things are. They can keep feeling-good about themselves and the world they live in.
Truth is often painful, it hurts, because of how ugly it is. Many people don't want to accept that the world or themselves are currently the way it is or they are. They don't want to live in that world or recognize how they are living. Denial is easier to engage in than the hard work of facing the darkness.
The way out is through; through the darkness to get to the light.
"There in no coming into consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious."
- C.G. Jung, Psychology and Alchemy
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The way through is by facing the problem in order to understand it. Understanding the root cause of how it was created is how you can apply a remedy at the root source.
Living in fear of facing the darkness within ourselves or without in the world is limiting our potential. We are holding ourselves back from living in fear.
Fear is the mind-killer. Fear can keep us safe and protect us from dangerous situations, but it an also keep us from moving forward. Fear overpowers and reduces rational thinking to get out of a bad situation or problem. Fear is tied to the avoidance and denial of admitting a problem exists, of refusing to accept the problem, of ignoring the darkness in the world or within ourselves.
Keeping people in darkness, ignorant and dumbed down is a good way to prevent them from being empowered and solving the problems in their individual lives or collective lives as a society. So many stick their heads in the sand in order to ignore reality. This can be done outright by avoiding information, or denying it. But also, people avoid looking deeper into the condition to understand it by occupying their time with distractions like various entertainment, fashion, sports, celebrity gossip and even other parts of life that consume time and attention. Time is limited, and truth takes time to seek, grasp and understand.
Escapism into various distractions that keep us from looking at the world with open eyes is an old problem. Bread and circus of gratification in food and entertainment is a time-tested way to appease people and keep them under control and limited in their potential to overcome the darkness around them. They just ignore it and let it persist because they are being satiated with pleasure, gratification and enjoyment of various kinds.
Direct confrontation of problems is needed, not escape though ignorance, avoidance, denial or rejection. Have courage to confront, face and work through the fear and darkness within and without.
Another way to understand the importance of overcoming by going through, is with obstacles in life as a type of problem. Challenges, goals or objectives are achieved by facing and tackling them head on. Trying to avoid them or escape them means that you won't overcome the obstacle in life and attain your objective or goal.
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