The term 'Drama' is commonly heard and found in today's world. This could be to describe something on TV or in a film. It can also describe what's going on in one's life or the life of another person.
Dictionary Meaning
And on the dictionary.com website drama is described as: 1. a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one designed 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 series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results: the drama of a murder trial. 5. The quality of being dramatic.
So as it pertains to the phrase drama, it will be appropriate to state that drama exists in the absence of peace and harmony. And that like anything else with this earth, it's possible to also become dependent on drama.
The Two Types Of Drama
In a soap or film as an example; the drama is normally more extreme than it is within an individual's life. However, even when one were to talk about the typical person's life; there is still a lot of drama.
This could vary from all types of occurrences and outcomes. And what's certain is that one's internal experience is unlikely to be one of calm and serenity. The external experience can be as equally chaotic to what is certainly going internally, if not more.
And more frequently than not, it will seem this drama is simply happening and that one does not have any control over its expression. Because on a single side there is the drama in one's life and on the other there is the attraction to the drama in the lives of others.
Visible And Invisible Drama
What's going on externally is obvious and what's going on inside another's mind and body is harder, if not impossible, to see. This is simply not only the case for the outside observer, but this could also apply to the individual.
This means that ones: thoughts, feelings, emotions and even ones own behaviours may continue unnoticed and out of ones awareness.
What's The Attraction?
Which means this creates the question: what attracts visitors to the external drama? Through becoming engrossed and attached to the drama in other people's lives, it allows for at the very least two what to happen.
One of many things this does, is allows one to flee form their very own drama. And secondly by comparing ones drama to the external drama it makes a comparison. This comparison then enables someone to observe that their drama is not as bad and through this contrast one can appear more at ease.
In regards to the drama is one's own life, it is as though this drama follows one around. And wherever ones goes or who ones with; it is obviously there and like a shadow that can't be removed.
The Drama Addiction
So whether one is running away from their very own drama or trapped in the drama of another person's life, be in real or through watching it on TV, there is an attachment there.
This attachment usually continues on out of one's awareness and wouldn't make any sense to the conscious mind. And this attachment is creating the same habits and the same patterns of behaviour.
The Ego Mind
To be able to understand why something exists in one's life and why it keeps showing up, the ego mind must be brought to the equation. And how a ego mind perceives the reality is largely through ones early childhood experiences.
And through these early childhood experiences the ego mind begins to make associations of what's safe and it does this through what's familiar. What this means is, irrespective of how functional or dysfunctional these experiences were: they'll be associated by the ego mind as what's safe.
The wounded Inner Child
Although time might have passed; each one of these early experiences still exist in the wounded inner child. The old memories remain frozen and trapped within the body and one will undertake these again through regression.
This means that one will continue to experience the same feelings and patterns of behaviour this wounded inner child has associated as safe.
The Drama Experience
When ones experiences this drama within their life and with it the absence of peace and harmony, you will see certain feelings and thoughts patterns. And these feelings, behaviours and external manifestations will probably mirror ones early childhood experience.
So what goes on may vary on the outside, but how one feels and thinks internally is indeed familiar that another way is never even thought about. And as a result with this; the inner experience is not questioned or observed.
These feelings could be: hopelessness, rejection, abandonment, powerless, worthlessness and fear.
The Hidden Benefit
On the surface these clearly don't have 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 would seem like the conclusion of its existence.
The ego mind even offers all kinds of defence mechanism in order to avoid taking a look at its self and facing what it prefer to try to escape from. It does this since it works on pleasure and pain. And what happened dozens of years ago in ones childhood might have undoubtedly been painful and this implies the ego mind can do all it can in order to avoid these early memories.
Consequences
So through defence mechanisms such as: dissociation, repression, denial and projection; all that one hasn't faced will show up in ones interactions with others and as internal experiences. And for this reason the same patterns will appear and why drama often follows many people where ever each goes and whoever there with.
Awareness
This shows how important awareness is. All that has happened in the past is continuing to seem, since it hasn't been expressed. Through the ego minds tendency in order to avoid what happened, one eventually ends up as a slave to their ego mind.
By being the observer of the ego mind and allowing days gone by feelings, emotions and thoughts to be expressed; one has the opportunity to observe that there another way.
Drama exists as an option or as a possible; it is not the only choice and is one of numerous potentials.
My name is Oliver J R Cooper and I have already 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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