A Genuine Unadulterated Loser, Lardwellyn W. (Bill) Hughes III

On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 01:42:42 -0800,  "Superman Hughes Troll and s***
bag" <BillHughes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

Tuning You Out:


The brain is marvelously adept at choosing what information to filter
out and what to let in. It does not filter out all extraneous
information. It lets certain things in to distract us and grab our
attention. For example, while absorbed in a book, you may not hear,
"Honey, would you take out the trash?" or "Honey, would you get me a
beer?" But you certainly will hear "Fire!" 

Nature programs the brain to bring certain things, like loud noises,
to our attention. Yet we can train the brain to filter certain loud
noises out. This enables people living near air****ts or railroad
tracks to sleep through the noise. Indeed, they are unaware of a
passing plane or train unless it drives the dog nuts or they are
trying to carry on a conversation. 

Similarly, we can prime or train the brain to bring certain special
things to our attention. For example, we can prime the brain to scan a
written page for a word or phrase. We can train the brain to "notice"
things others would not. For example, three or four good open-water
lifeguards can guard a thousand swimmers (not that I recommend so
few!). They have trained their brains to remain alert while focusing
on no one, allowing certain types of movement to grab their attention.
Note that the brain does not block out filtered information. It just
"represses" it to the level of the subconscious. There, it is
processed without distracting us. This ability to collect and
subconsciously process information is responsible for Natural
Learning. Without it we couldn't do the simplest things like walking
or talking. Remember how inept you were the first time you got behind
the wheel of an automobile? You'd still be that inept if it weren't
for Natural Learning. 

Unfortunately, people often abuse their minds by repressing
information they shouldn't. Like guilt, unwanted facts, conflicting
beliefs, and feelings. Doing this puts them in a trance, a
self-induced hypnotic state. It is thought that many people do this
twenty times a day. To a slight degree, of course. 

But, when they want to, people can practically knock themselves out.
This is a phenomenon that must be seen to be believed. It reminds one
of the newsreels showing the crowds gazing up at Hitler during one of
his fist-pounding rants against Jews. All eyes glazed. 

I saw it happen in a room of people scared of a hatchet man
orchestrating a backstabbing melee in the mud to divide and conquer.
Sitting in a circle, their (repressed) guilt made them so unwilling to
know what was going on that none noticed the one picking her nose and
eating it right in front of them. Incredulous, I had to pinch myself.
I elbowed the one on my left, then on my right, asking whether they
noticed. Both gave a little start as if awakened. Then their eyes
widened at the sight, and they groggily replied that they hadn't
noticed. Then — boom — they went right back under again so suddenly it
was as if you'd clubbed them on the head. 

Ever since, it has been no mystery to me how people downwind of
Hitler's death camps could unsee, unhear, and even unsmell in order to
unknow what was going on. Amazing experiments have been done to show
that some people can go under so deep they feel no pain from minor
surgery without an anesthetic. I don't think this is a mental skill
that people should develop. 

It is, after all, intellectual dishonesty. Friends don't lie to
friends, and if you lie to yourself you are your own worst enemy. 

All that repressed information is still there. Whether it's guilt,
hatred, knowledge, or whatever. The subconscious mind still processes
it. So, it still motivates behavior. For example, a narcissist's
repressed feelings of inferiority and guilt motivate his behavior like
an unseen puppet master. 

It's better to be conscious of what's motivating your behavior. Then
you can apply reason, good judgment, and measure to your decisions.
Also, at the slightest reference, repressed guilt, knowledge, or
feelings can surface to consciousness like a flashback. Narcissists
live in constant dread of this. It's like some corpus delicti that
just won't stay buried. No matter how frantically they keep shoveling.
Malignant narcissists are masters of this skill. At an early age they
begin training their brains to filter out everything but what they
want to see and hear and know. Everything but the reflection of their
false image in the mirrors around them. In other words, like
Narcissus, they are totally absorbed in it 100% of the time. Why?
Because, unlike us, they identify with it. They have thus substituted
it for their true, inner selves. 
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“A winner makes commitment. A loser makes promises.”

“The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.”