THE WHITE TIGER: ROOT CAUSE
For every Effect there is a Root Cause. Find and Address the Root Cause rather than trying to fix the Effect, as there is No End to the latter - Unknown
ROOT CAUSE
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The human psyche is so deeply troubled, so deeply wounded, so unable to find it’s feet, the degree to which is reflected in the enormous mirror of our society.
How did we get here - as individuals, and by default, as a society (society being the collection of the individuals in it)? Given the degree of the wounding, and the collective scarring, there is simply no way it could have happened over night. We are standing hip deep in Effect, perhaps shoulder deep, perhaps drowning in it. The time for looking at Cause is way overdue.
Cause and Effect are a fundamental principle of the cosmos, and everything in it. If Effect is to ever be mitigated or ameliorated, Cause must be known. Hence, in the wake of catastrophies, out of the desire to prevent future disaster, a discipline called Root Cause Analysis was born.
Root Cause Analysis: A root cause is defined as a factor that caused a nonconformance and should be permanently eliminated through process improvement. The root cause is the core issue—the highest-level cause—that sets in motion the entire cause-and-effect reaction that ultimately leads to the problem(s).
Root cause is unemotional. It is an objective collection of data, an analysis of which reveals the original precipitating cause. It is a journey back through time, that does not end until the origin has been uncovered.
CHASING EFFECT
As a society, as humanity at large, as a profession, we have doubled down on Chasing Effect. We chase THE SYMPTOMS of the disease. Name one; anxiety, depression, substance use, domestic violence…the list goes on.
Chasing Effect is like hacking away the leaves of a tree growing out of control and insanely fast. All of the therapy, medication, interventions, rehabs, coaching, etc., cannot reach deeply enough. It is a losing game. As you are swinging away with the machete, the tree will grow around, and close around, you.
CDC website: “Nine in ten Americans believe America is facing a mental health crisis. The new suicide death data reported by CDC illustrates why.” (2023) …How did we get here with so many resources in psychiatry, psychology, and religious offerings— all available over such a long long long period of time?
If we are doing the same thing over and over again, and getting the same result - while asking for a different result - is it not time to look at our condition from a different perspective - is it not time to look at Root Cause? Is it not time to stop chasing symptoms/Effects and treat/act on the disease/Cause?
THE WHITE TIGER
The White Tiger is written from a perspective of Psychological Freedom, achieved by crawling on hands and knees, physically and psychologically beaten, battered, bruised and bleeding, along the path of life. The lessons of this transit were not lost.
These lessons, combined with an insider’s view of how our society navigates the suffering of the human psyche, created a deep and resonant understanding. The White Tiger is that understanding.
The single most important aspect of this understanding is that until Root Cause is understood, lasting change, meaningful change, dynamic change, life altering change, on a small or large scale, will occur only in a percentage of what is possible.
The White Tiger recognizes that the revelation of Root Cause illuminates deep understanding, which simultaneously unravels the mystery around the human psyche to reveal the simplicity of accessing the path to Psychological Freedom.
THE ROOTS
Humanity (the human psyche) did not start struggling yesterday. Only a journey back through time, and an objective assessment of contributing factors, will lead to uncovering the origin, The Roots, of our suffering, both collectively, and as individuals.
The 90 % holds the key (The Foundation Series - 1, A Pause, A Reflection and The Path to Psychological Freedom). The 90% is the Operating System, the hardware, the factory default setting, the entrained programming of the human psyche. The 10%, our cortex, is pure software. Programs we have chosen to download/upload, ie., elective programming. The 10% cannot effectively override the 90%. The cortex (10%) is connected to (or not, in many cases) the Emotional and Reptilian brains (the 90 %), however - it is not part of them. (The Foundation Series - 2).
All information that enters the human brain is first scanned by the Reptilian Brain (Fight, Flight, Freeze). It has to. Survival is the agenda. This is the reason that Fight Flight Freeze is the main driver of human behavior, decisions, and actions (The F-Word, The Sum of All Fears).
Fight Flight Freeze has a single function - to be the source of Fear. Fear keeps you safe. Fear keeps you out of harm’s way. It is meant to be the best tool for survival - and it is.
If you want to modify human behavior on a massive scale, what tool would you use? If you wanted to control human behavior on a massive scale, what tool would you use? Fear. It works every time. “If you want to control someone, all you have to do is make them feel afraid.” - Paulo Coelho
Looking at organized religion, objectively, through time, and the historical purpose that it served - all the way back to Ur - pre Judeo-Christian - to the very beginning of written history and known civilization - what tool did organized religion use to modify and control human behavior on a massive scale? Fear. Fear of god(s) created by Fear of Judgement/Rejection/Punishment/Hell. Organized religion capitalized on the two biggest fears that the human psyche struggles with - Fear of Rejection and Fear of the Unknown - utterly successfully.
This laid the perfect foundation for the perpetuation of POWER by keeping the masses POWER-LESS and small. Keeping them on their knees looking upward and outward. Teaching/training them that salvation lies OUTside of their purview, their skill set, their non-divinity, their finity…OUTside of their SELF.
Here lie The Roots of JUDGEMENT, introduced/installed/instilled as societal norm. Permission given to all to Judge OTHER and to Judge our very own SELF. And so begins the intra, inter, trans-generational transmission of the suffering of the human psyche…the Effect…executed by Fear of Judgement/Rejection…capitalized upon by Fear of the Unknown.
PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPRISONMENT
Hence, the human psyche was imprisioned at a young age. Bound and fettered to forces supernatural, to forces OUTside of, and Above, any human capacity, leaving the human psyche subject to those holding the reins of Power - subject to JUDGEMENT and GUILT - subject to Fear - the Fear of Rejection, cemented in Fear of the Unknown.
Understanding that JUDGEMENT and, inextricably, GUILT lie at the foundation of the suffering of the human psyche, (Forgive Me Father for I have Sinned, The Stumbling Block) opens the door that will lead the way out of the maze of darkness and Psychological IMPRISONMENT. Understanding THAT WE HAVE ASSIMILATED and ENTRAINED this behavior of Judging our SELF and OTHER, allows us to find the point of exit.
Guilt and Judgement are Concepts embraced as CONDITIONED BELIEFs (A Pillar of Salt). We have been taught/trained that these concepts are “how things are done.” They are, in fact, elective software downloads/uploads designed to precipitate Fear and thereby conformity via Powerlessness, helplessness, clinging to the Hope of Expectation (The Vendor’s Fable), and bound by Efforting to try to win our salvation/fix our SELVES.
PSYCHOLOGICAL FREEDOM
The Root Cause of the suffering of the human psyche is pain and guilt precipitated by Judgement/Rejection. The etiology of the use of Judgement/Rejection, long since assimilated as societal norm, began at the beginning of recorded civilization. It has persisted generation after generation after generation, facilitated by Organized Religion, Governments, and Material Commerce-bringing us to the mental health crisis and the suicide statistics of 2022 - neither of which remotely suggest that we have found our way to Psychological Freedom - both of which are the seething, rumbling, quaking Effect.
The Root Cause of the suffering of the human psyche is the pain and guilt precipitated by the real, or anticipated, Rejection by OTHER, causing us to look OUT side of our SELF for salvation/fixing, approval, redemption, FOR EXTERNAL VALIDATION, clinging to the Hope of Expectation, and thereby, the Exhausting Efforting to try to find the unfindable, to access the inaccessible.
Psychological Freedom lies no where OUT side of our SELF. It only lies withIN. You have arrived when you can habit your own skin, when your eyes no longer turn outward for approval, when your breath and your essence are enough.
The Path to Psychological Freedom is in the RELEASE, the letting go, the cessation of all Efforting (The End of Efforting). It is in the Awakening Awareness of seeing your reflection of your own SELF Judgement in Other. (Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall…). It is in taking back your CONTROL, focusing on that which you DO control (Total Control, Use Your Superpower!). It is in the creation of New Templates that open infinite possibilty today, no need to wait/expect for tomorrow. It is in learning to Connect with your SELF, and in Connecting with your SELF, begin the first steps toward SELF Love (The Antidote). It is found IN tapping INto that deep deep deep well of INternal Resouce.
Psychological Freedom is SELF Love. It is the Love of the SELF. The Love of SELF can only grow in the fertile soil of Calm and Relax (It’s Just Emotion That’s Taking Me Over…). It can only grow in positivity and goodness. It will never grow in the cold harsh shade of Judgement and the barren soil of Fight Flight Freeze. It will only grow in the light of the wisdom of understanding - the understanding that the KEY lies withIN.
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The White Tiger is written sequentially. To gain the greatest understanding it is recommended, and helpful, to read The White Tiger beginning with the original post forward. All preceding posts can be accessed by clicking this link https://substack.com/@thewhitetiger