Self-Deception leads to Illusions, Entitlement, and False Positivity Traps the Mind
People live wrapped in illusions, convinced of their truths. Beliefs become shields, assumptions turn into reality, and fantasies replace effort. Hopes are clutched like lifelines, while entitlement seeps in unnoticed. Everything is deserved. Everything should arrive without struggle. Someone else will make it happen. Someone else is responsible.
This illusion is often projected onto those who struggle with clarity, dismissing them entirely. Truth is not ignored when spoken by those who see through the veils—it is attacked. The projection is morbid, relentless, and deeply ingrained. It comes not from strangers but from those closest – parents, and spouses, who are trusted blindly. When the illusion is threatened, those who expose it become the enemy.
Yet clarity is not a product of age or experience. It is not learned, nor is it given. It is a quality of the soul—something forged through lifetimes of toil, unseen and unknown to those who refuse to look beyond themselves.
The mind justifies it all—calling it faith, patience, laws of attraction, or something similar. But underneath, it’s a silent demand. A refusal to take charge. A quiet expectation that the world should bend and deliver.
This is the era of self-deception. Comfort takes precedence over clarity. Illusions are nurtured, and truths are rejected like unwanted guests. The one shedding light is pushed, slandered as lazy, inactive, prideful, parasite, or unworthy.
The Cost of Seeing Clearly
A few refuse the illusions. A few see through the layers of deception. Clarity comes naturally to them, yet it sets them apart. Unadmired or respected—only seen as outliers, too different to belong.
A mind that questions is a mind that disturbs. A presence that doesn’t conform is a presence that unsettles. Rejection follows. Resistance builds. Not because there’s something wrong. The very act of seeing threatens those who choose blindness.
Yet even clarity has its traps. Time is spent waiting, hoping others will awaken. Believing that truth, if given enough space, will cut through the noise. Someday, people will recognize their veils and step out.
But time does not heal illusions or break deception. Those who cling to fantasy rarely abandon it. They hold tighter, justify further, and push away anything that threatens their constructed world.
The False Comfort of Hope and Positivity
“Good things take time.” “Everything happens for a reason.” “Stay positive.” Words repeated like mantras. Not for wisdom, but for escape.
Time doesn’t transform anything. May reveals what was always there. Lies today remain lies tomorrow. Avoidance today will still be avoidance years later. Yet the illusion persists—if enough time is given, and positivity is applied, the world will shift.
Reality does not care for optimism. It moves forward, unmoved by waiting, untouched by wishful thinking. Positivity becomes a trap when it replaces action. Numbing awareness silences instincts, and blinds the mind to what must be done.
The Choice That Defines Everything
The world does not promise fairness. It does not reward fantasies. Illusions crumble, and when they do, the unprepared fall the hardest.
Clarity carries a cost. It isolates, it forces confrontation, and it demands responsibility. But it also liberates. It cuts through the noise. It exposes the game.
Most will choose comfort over truth in self-deception. But for those who refuse the illusion the path is different. The question is not about the existence of clarity. Will it be used or ignored?
Dr. Sowmya cuts through illusions with her perception, refusing the comforts of half-truths and borrowed beliefs. Her work dismantles deception, bringing clarity where most choose denial, offering not knowledge but the sharp edge of reality.
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