JGrimez
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What is "Wetiko"?
From Paul Levy's 'Dispelling Wetiko' (2013)
There is a contagious psychospiritual disease of the soul, a parasite of the mind, that is currently being acted out en masse on the world stage via a collective psychosis of titanic proportions. This mind-virus—which Native Americans have called "wetiko"—covertly operates through the unconscious blind spots in the human psyche, rendering people oblivious to their own madness and compelling them to act against their own best interests.
"Many of us can't fathom the level of evil to which full-blown wetikos have fallen prey and of which they are capable. They have a distinct advantage if we don't recognize their predator-like nature. We can't possibly meet their challenge unless we clearly discern what we are up against. As the old adage counsels us, it is important to "know your enemy". The depth of the depravity being acted out is so dark, however, that it induces in many a tendency to pretend that it isn't really happening. When evil, for example, is being enacted by our own government, by those who are supposed to have our best interests in mind and are entrusted with our protection, it is intolerable to realize that atrocities are being perpetrated in our name; thus, the evidence has to be internally denied. This works to the wetikos' advantage, as it allows them to continue to act out evil in a manner which is denied by and incomprehensible to us."
"Just as someone infected with the rabies virus will resist drinking water, which would flush out the infection, someone taken over by the Wetiko parasite will have nothing to do with anything that will help them get rid of the disease. Wetikos are phobic towards the light of truth, which they avoid like the plague. To quote philosopher, mystic, and social activist Simone Weil, "Another effect of affliction is, little by little, to make the soul its accomplice, by injecting a poison of inertia into it... This complicity impedes all the efforts he might make to improve his lot... It is as though affliction had established itself in him like a parasite and were directing him to suit its own purposes." In advanced stages, this process takes over the individual so completely that we could rightfully say the person is no longer there; they are just an empty shell carrying the disease. In a sense there is just the disease, operating through what appears to be a human being. The person becomes fully identified with their mask, their persona, but it is as if there is no one behind the mask. To quote Jung, "the person in question becomes a mere automaton. Such a person is actually no longer there." It is as if their soul has become hijacked by a deeper, archetypal force, replaced with a pale imitation of themselves, a true "alter" personality, and, to the extent they have been taken over, they don't even realize it. As wetiko takes over its victims, it works through them psychologically, clouding their judgement, disabling their discernment, making it harder for them to see reality, but, ultimately, it still leaves them with the responsibility for their actions. "
From Paul Levy's 'Dispelling Wetiko' (2013)
There is a contagious psychospiritual disease of the soul, a parasite of the mind, that is currently being acted out en masse on the world stage via a collective psychosis of titanic proportions. This mind-virus—which Native Americans have called "wetiko"—covertly operates through the unconscious blind spots in the human psyche, rendering people oblivious to their own madness and compelling them to act against their own best interests.
"Many of us can't fathom the level of evil to which full-blown wetikos have fallen prey and of which they are capable. They have a distinct advantage if we don't recognize their predator-like nature. We can't possibly meet their challenge unless we clearly discern what we are up against. As the old adage counsels us, it is important to "know your enemy". The depth of the depravity being acted out is so dark, however, that it induces in many a tendency to pretend that it isn't really happening. When evil, for example, is being enacted by our own government, by those who are supposed to have our best interests in mind and are entrusted with our protection, it is intolerable to realize that atrocities are being perpetrated in our name; thus, the evidence has to be internally denied. This works to the wetikos' advantage, as it allows them to continue to act out evil in a manner which is denied by and incomprehensible to us."
"Just as someone infected with the rabies virus will resist drinking water, which would flush out the infection, someone taken over by the Wetiko parasite will have nothing to do with anything that will help them get rid of the disease. Wetikos are phobic towards the light of truth, which they avoid like the plague. To quote philosopher, mystic, and social activist Simone Weil, "Another effect of affliction is, little by little, to make the soul its accomplice, by injecting a poison of inertia into it... This complicity impedes all the efforts he might make to improve his lot... It is as though affliction had established itself in him like a parasite and were directing him to suit its own purposes." In advanced stages, this process takes over the individual so completely that we could rightfully say the person is no longer there; they are just an empty shell carrying the disease. In a sense there is just the disease, operating through what appears to be a human being. The person becomes fully identified with their mask, their persona, but it is as if there is no one behind the mask. To quote Jung, "the person in question becomes a mere automaton. Such a person is actually no longer there." It is as if their soul has become hijacked by a deeper, archetypal force, replaced with a pale imitation of themselves, a true "alter" personality, and, to the extent they have been taken over, they don't even realize it. As wetiko takes over its victims, it works through them psychologically, clouding their judgement, disabling their discernment, making it harder for them to see reality, but, ultimately, it still leaves them with the responsibility for their actions. "
