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%DEFENSE AGAINST INDIFFERENCE 770929
Indifference is a potent blockage against
communication. If someone is indifferent to you they will
not care about being in your presence or attend to
communications sent to them. Even if they are in your
presence they are unlikely to notice you or care about
your cares. People who hate each other communicate more
than do those who are indifferent to each other. Thus
indifference is more fully at the opposite extreme from
love, than is hate; Love being the Power that
unconditionally promotes communication.
Indifference and its associate apathy are difficult
to deal with precisely because they block communication.
Those who are indifferent and apathetic are nearly beyond
meaningful communication, they can barely be reached--
despite the appearance of communication in
formal/conventional exchanges. Such exchanges are how
they are---according to formula/conventions that they
convey no real meaning---they merely fulfill expectations.
The fulfillment of expectations without novelty conveys
little, if any, real meaning. Indifferent/apathetic
people behave in very predictable ways--conforming to
meaningless conventional behavior patterns with regards
to: politics, dress, work, religion, business, social
life, education, philosophy, home building, marriage,
sexual behavior, child rearing, etc. Such behavior may be
conventionally studied with the tools of statistical
predictive sciences---because the behavior is so
predictable and devoid of unique behavior and people.
Averages and standard deviations may readily be computed.
Lovers find indifference a source of frustration when
a loved one responds with indifference rather than with
openness to more intimate communication. Coping with
indifference is akin to punching a large half inflated
balloon--absorbing all your effort but not relating to you
in any meaningful way. Indifference can wear you out
unless you have infinite energy and time. Thus, in the
end, finite creatures may be worn down by indifference and
become indifferent themselves--and perpetuate the disease
by seeking to be at-ease in a superficial way. Only the
Power of Love can find the way, energy, and time to defend
against entrenched indifference. God is Love.
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