Shame & Delusion

    I've long believed in the connection between shame and violence. Having just watched "Behind The Curve," I now see how shame is also connected to identity and delusional belief systems. It is obvious that the latching onto dogma is more about their connections with other humans than it is about the beliefs themselves. While I've long understood that the primary reason people latch onto identities is for "social" reasons...I don't think I've given enough weight to the drive that many people feel to pursue them over truth and progress.
    It's truly maddening, though, knowing that if we could shed this one thing...we could eliminate so many of our people problems...religion, anti-science conspiracies, anti-environmental sustainability ideologies, social darwinism, harmful economic dogmatic beliefs, harmful beliefs about "human nature," etc. We must all become truth-seekers and truth-teachers. I haven't given much thought into the best ways to implement that into the methodologies of society, but I should probably start.