Psychological shock absorbers that prevent seeing internal contradictions, allowing comfortable ignorance of one's inconsistencies.
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Fourth Way (Gurdjieff)
Buffers
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self-deception
denial
contradictory behavior
The Moon
reversed cards showing hidden truths
comfort zone
avoiding hard truths
blind spots
unconscious patterns
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