Drama and Outrage Addiction ~ The “God” of This World

It’s easy to get caught up in drama and outrage addiction. Drama and outrage strike a

Drama and outrage addiction did this to me. How do I stop it?

cord. We have opinions. Our egos love drama and outrage. But are drama and outrage good and healthy for us? Drama and outrage addiction did this to me. How do I stop it? Absolutely not. Think about what happens to our chi, our life force energy, when drama and outrage take over our peace and serenity. Our blood pressure goes up, we get out of balance, we can even get caught up in the emotion of it all and not know how to stop it.

There is a time to stand up for our beliefs, and listen to our conscience. Good conversations that influence and inspire groups of people are necessary in this world. That is just, right, and liberating. Drama and outrage addictions are something else altogether. Even if there is an honest point to be made, it gets lost in the hysteria.

Whether it’s religion, education, or politics, or any other hot topic; one side of an issue says a point of view, often meant not just to say their point, but with the intention of ruffling the feathers of the opposition. After a while the contrived spiral of spin concerning the drama and outrage is so out of control, the point is just as lost as the spinning top toy.

Don Miguel Ruiz, author of “The Four Agreements,” has one of his four points on which the book is based, “Be impeccable with your word.” That is a fantastic point. If we simply and consciously say what we mean, rather than use our words to attack, contort and manipulate, we are better heard by the people we want to hear it.

To be impeccable with our word means we speak truth. We speak truth to power. We speak truth without spin. We speak truth without ego and/or agenda. A fact is a fact. But when we use the fact in a situation where we do not say or hide some of the facts so it appears to mean something other than the fact at hand, then we are no longer being impeccable with the facts.

Another point he makes, “Don’t take things personally.” No matter what issue is being discussed, if we do not choose to take things personally, the drama and outrage drop away, and clarity of topic remains and solutions can be found. Imagine if the President and all those serving in politics in every country did not take things personally. Imagine if all world leaders seriously worked for the good of the people and the countries rather than for themselves and their top one percent. This is something to pray for.

The Bible says there are other, non-human forces affecting our politicians these days. This is seriously a time to pray to God, Father of Jesus. I specify who exactly to pray to since the “God” of this world is not God, the Father of Jesus. God, Father of Jesus would not put neither children nor adults in cages, for example, but the “God” of this world would.

The “God” of this world instigates hate, war, lying, cheating, stealing and the like. Solutions are far away when drama and outrage keep going around and around. Where is the end of the circle?

“Don’t make assumptions,” is another agreement Ruiz suggests. Take time to understand, to see the picture clearly. Understanding gets a whole lot better when we actualy listen to the other point of view without the hair raising up on the back of our neck like a cat just before it attacks something.

Understanding does not mean agreement. Understanding is comprehending the whole point being made without jumping in the middle to change or add to the current conversation or explanation. Once we fully understand, only then can we rationally approach the situation to be addressed. In order for two different sides of an issue to resolve a common problem, both sides need to listen and understand. Understanding has no room for grandstanding, fist pounding, yelling, nor monopolizing conversations until the time runs out.

We need to find common sense again in order to work together. We teach this to our children. But when world rulers find their way to the top, so often they become like tyrannical, two-year-old children again, monopolizing the world like a game of Monopoly. But life in this world is not the game of Monopoly. Unfortunately then again, maybe it is.

Imagine a world, a country, a state, a neighborhood, a family, where we attentively listened to what was being said before we stopped listening and verbally (and sometimes physically and emotionally and spiritually) attacked the other person, group, country, religion, or army. What would happen to the drama and outrage of the situation?

Before we can heal our minds, our issues, our families, our countries and the world, we need to acknowledge we personally have drama and outrage addiction. Without acknowledging drama and outrage addition, like every other addiction we have, we cannot begin to heal it, and pave the way to peace.

Imagine what it would be like to have world peace.

God Bless