The phrase 'Drama' is commonly heard and utilized in today's world. This may be to describe something on TV or in a film. Additionally, it may describe what is going on in one's life or living of another person.
Dictionary Meaning
And on the dictionary.com website drama is referred to as: 1. a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a tale involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one meant to be acted on the stage; a play. 2. The branch of literature having such compositions as its subject; dramatic art or representation. 3. The art dealing with the writing and production of plays. dramacool 4. Any situation or group of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results: the drama of a murder trial. 5. The caliber of being dramatic.
So as it pertains to the phrase drama, it could be appropriate to express that drama exists in the lack of peace and harmony. And that like most things on this earth, you can also become hooked on drama.
The Two Types Of Drama
In a soap or film like; the drama is usually more extreme than it's in a individual's life. However, even if one were to talk about the common person's life; there's still plenty of drama.
This can range from all types of occurrences and outcomes. And what is certain is that one's internal experience is unlikely to be one of calm and serenity. The external experience is often as equally chaotic from what goes internally, if not more.
And more frequently than not, it'll seem that this drama is merely happening and that one doesn't have control over its expression. Because on one side there's the drama in one's life and on the other there's the attraction to the drama in the lives of others.
Visible And Invisible Drama
What is going on externally is easy to understand and what is going on inside another's mind and body is harder, if not impossible, to see. This isn't only the case for the outside observer, but this could also affect the individual.
Which means ones: thoughts, feelings, emotions and even ones own behaviours may continue unnoticed and out of ones awareness.
What's The Attraction?
And this creates the question: what attracts individuals to the external drama? Through becoming engrossed and attached to the drama in other people's lives, it provides for at the least two things to happen.
Among the things this does, is allows one to escape form their own drama. And secondly by comparing ones drama to the external drama it creates a comparison. This comparison then enables someone to observe that their drama is not too bad and through this contrast one can appear more at ease.
In regards to the drama is one's own life, it's as if this drama follows one around. And irrespective of where ones goes or who ones with; it is definitely there and like a shadow that can't be removed.
The Drama Addiction
So whether one is running far from their own drama or caught up in the drama of another person's life, maintain real or through watching it on TV, there's an attachment there.
This attachment usually goes on out of one's awareness and wouldn't make any sense to the conscious mind. And this attachment is creating exactly the same habits and exactly the same patterns of behaviour.
The Ego Mind
To be able to understand why something exists in one's life and why it keeps turning up, the ego mind has to be brought into the equation. And how a ego mind perceives the truth is largely through ones early childhood experiences.
And through these early childhood experiences the ego mind begins to create associations of what is safe and it does this through what is familiar. What this implies is, regardless of how functional or dysfunctional these experiences were: they will be associated by the ego mind as what is safe.
The wounded Inner Child
Although time may have passed; every one of these early experiences still exist in the wounded inner child. The old memories remain frozen and trapped in the torso and one will take on these again through regression.
Which means one will continue to have exactly the same feelings and patterns of behaviour that this wounded inner child has associated as safe.
The Drama Experience
When ones experiences this drama within their life and with it the lack of peace and harmony, there will be certain feelings and thoughts patterns. And these feelings, behaviours and external manifestations will likely mirror ones early childhood experience.
So what goes on may be different on the exterior, but how one feels and thinks internally is indeed familiar that another way is never even thought about. And as a result of the; the internal experience is not questioned or observed.
These feelings might be: hopelessness, rejection, abandonment, powerless, worthlessness and fear.
The Hidden Benefit
On the surface these clearly haven't any benefit, but to the ego mind and to the wounded inner child they're familiar and therefore safe. What this also means is that the ego mind has based its whole identity on these associations and so if the ego mind were to let them go, it appears to be like the conclusion of its existence.
The ego mind also offers a myriad of defence mechanism to avoid looking at its self and facing what it would rather try to escape from. It will this because it works on pleasure and pain. And what happened all those years ago in ones childhood might have undoubtedly been painful and this implies the ego mind can do all it can to avoid these early memories.
Consequences
So through defence mechanisms such as: dissociation, repression, denial and projection; all that one hasn't faced will turn up in ones interactions with others and as internal experiences. And this is why exactly the same patterns will be and why drama often follows many people where ever they go and whoever there with.
Awareness
This shows how important awareness is. All that's happened previously is just continuing to look, because it hasn't been expressed. Through the ego minds tendency to avoid what happened, one ends up as a slave to their ego mind.
By being the observer of the ego mind and allowing yesteryear feelings, emotions and thoughts to be expressed; you've got the chance to observe that there another way.
Drama exists as an option or as a potential; it's not the only real choice and is one of many potentials.
My name is Oliver J R Cooper and I have been on a journey of self awareness for over nine years and for quite some time prior compared to that I had an all natural curiosity.
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