Does teenage spirit create conspiracies?
Me as a teen.
I am pondering a lot around the teenage spirit, that I recognize in new agers turning anti vaxxers.
And it bothers me a lot.
Yesterday I listened to a person who told anyone who wanted to listen, that she had messages from the spiritual world, that told her that vaccines are dangerous.
And I roll my eyes.
This spring I had tears in my eyes so many times, due to persons sharing conspiracy theories, that to me so obviously had very little to do with what is actually going on. It made me sad.
And I started to see a pattern, that very much reassembles what happens in most of us in the teens. We start forming our own lives, and in the process, many of us turns to rebels, saying no to suggestions or demands from parents, school, religion or society.
That is natural, and it’s a phase most of us passes.
What is a rebel to me? Well, it’s a person who have an opposing opinion.
If my mum said: Turn left, I turned right.
It was like it was impossible to take the same position as them. I had an urge to be in opposition, to claim the opposite.
What I wasn’t aware of, at the time, was that it wasn’t really my choice. I didn’t take my own stand, I was just putting myself in another corner. I was reacting to what my parents - and other authorities says.
What needs to be done, to let go of the rebel-reaction, is to stop for a moment (or more) and listen to one self: ”What do I really sant/think/wish in this matter?” And that might place me in the same corner as my mum, or oppose her, or somewhere else, like in between.. And then I would respond to what the authority says, and not react.
And what I see in the new agers turning anti vaxxers is that they still live in the teenage spirit, reacting to what authorities wish or demand. They place themselves in the opposite corner, pointing fingers (thats simply a metaphor for so many actions this year).
And I see now, when the anti vaxxers comes crawling from different corners and approaching, demanding all sorts of things, that the rebel in me actually gets triggered. But not by all them who leans on science when it comes to for example vaccinations, it’s the opposite. I get triggered by the anti vaxxers, and need to breathe deep and slowly, not to react.
So I noticed the rebel part in me, starting an inner cry saying: ”I am going to get vaccinated, just to show you I don’t listen to you”.
And then I breathe. I will have the time to make an informed choice. And I think the vaccination against covid is actually for the greater good, and taking it, would be an act of compassion and solidarity. And doing it doesn’t turn me into a sheep.
Well, let’s see what happens. In my mind, in the world, and with the rebel spirit.
Charlotte Cronquist is a love warrior
Love is the answer
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