I know, I know, it’s like we are all living inside a huge bubble. And we don’t know what happens on the outside. We don’t know if your neighbor is going to take your home or your cat. We can’t always see who’s out there. We don’t know what the weather will be like tomorrow. But that doesn’t stop us from doing things.
The whole thing is a metaphor for our own minds, which are always running on autopilot, constantly looking for ways to avoid the responsibility of being in the real world. This is especially true when we are on autopilot for so long that we forget we’re on autopilot.
The problem is when we’re on autopilot for so long that we forget we’re on autopilot. Because when we’re not even aware of our own habits, routines, impulses, and reactions, then we no longer control them they control us.
Think about the fact that you can be in a situation where you are not responsible for something. For example, you can be in a situation where you can be in prison or on the streets. You can be in a situation where you are stuck in a traffic jam and you can be drinking alcohol. You can be in a situation where you are addicted to drugs and you can be in a situation where you are depressed.
You might feel like you are not responsible. You might feel like you are not responsible for your actions. But, you are taking responsibility. You are on record. You are accountable. You are in the eyes of the law. You are in the eyes of the public. You are in the eyes of God. You are in the eyes of all of the people who love you. You are in the eyes of the people who don’t like you, but they see the consequences.
I was thinking of this quote a couple of weeks ago. It’s a little scary, but not to the point of making many of our posts sound like “pig-winking”: “That’s a sad, sad situation, but it’s a good one. You’re in the eyes of God, but you don’t like your own opinion. The public is the primary source of information that’s used to make decisions. That’s why you are in the eyes of the law.
The problem is that people are so used to being in the eyes of others that they rarely take into consideration the things that they can actually do themselves. They don’t worry about the consequences of what they choose to do. They just do it. This is a big problem. When we talk about “the eyes of the public,” it usually means the eyes of the general population.
This is why I say we need to think critically about our beliefs, thoughts, and feelings.
When we look at a person and say, “Oh, he’s not a criminal,” we are not really considering what that person is capable of, and what he is willing to do if caught. If we look at it like that, we are actually creating a trap with our actions. We are saying to ourselves, “We are not going to do this,” while actually letting ourselves do something we are not comfortable with.
Yes, we are not being very objective when we say we are not going to do something we are not comfortable with. But this is a good thing because it means we are being true to ourselves and we are being honest about what we really want. When we are honest about our desires, we are less likely to get caught.