Is it better to be aware and awake or blisfully ignorant?

I would say it is better to be awake than asleep. But in that one will learn that nothing is what it seems. This causes great distrust and unrest. So, if you choose to be awake, make sure there is someone or something that you trust absolutely. You need the anchor. For me it is God.

If you're in a position to do something about it, it's probably better to be aware.

If you can't do a thing to change it, it's probably better to be ignorant.

There's a reason smarter people are more likely to be depressed.

For me its myself.

If I could take some sort of pill or have an operation done on my brain to make me as fucking stupid as everyone else and start caring and talking about football and dancing with the stars around the watercooler and listening and enjoying radio music and fantasizing about the day when I will finally be able to afford a specific model of car that I jack off over, I'd have it done in a heartbeat.

I am glad I found out about the financial doom because you can prepare for that pretty well (gold and silver) but the other stuff is completely out of my control and I wish I never knew about it. I used to be a much happier person and able to go out and socialize easily. Now I tend to worry more and not want to socialize as much because I know how meaningless the topics are that people talk about these days.

I have turned into a worrier with all this stuff going on. It is not healthy and I know I need to get away from sites like GLP but I can't. I HAVE TO know what is going on. It's an endless cycle of checking GLP to try and be informed but it leads to worrying.

So yes, I really wish I was still blisfully ignorant. I would be enjoying life more for the future and if something happened then so be it. Now I have woke up and just worry about things, because there is nothing I can do it about (such WWIII, sun doom, diseases, etc.)

Strange, but people who say they are aware seem to be ignorant, but those who say they are ignorant are much more aware.

Also, those who lack competence then to have too much confidence and those who are quite competent are more cautious.

I try to embrace my ignorance and focus on asking questions.

Definately glad I have woken up.

I know now that I do not have to play their games at all.

They never disclosed the truth or the rules, therefore I reject their game.

If knowledge is your pursuit, ignorance is an enemy. So many cliches are rooted in truth (heavy is the head that wears the crown). All I know is this reality gets more difficult the deeper I dig. The only truth I have learnt for certain is to follow the instincts of my gut. It has never been wrong. Life will bring pain to the ignorant and the enlightened so I would rather have something to show for my pain and continue to search as my gut tells me to.

Exactly. It's either become depressed from being too aware, or play along, which is hard to do all the time.

If I could take some sort of pill or have an operation done on my brain to make me as fucking stupid as everyone else and start caring and talking about football and dancing with the stars around the watercooler and listening and enjoying radio music and fantasizing about the day when I will finally be able to afford a specific model of car that I jack off over, I'd have it done in a heartbeat.

So this morning I get into an argument for speaking my mind. My bf has more of an idealistic perspective of things in general vs my realist views (He's a Pisces, I'm a Scorpio). I was once naive and idealistic myself, but I've always kept an open mind because I can sense when there's more than meets the eye.
Being a Scorpio, I have strong opinions that I am not afraid to voice. People who don't know Scorpio often feel like we're trying to force our opinion on others when we're merely voicing or defending our standpoint.
I've always sensed something "dark" behind the scenes of both Political and Entertinment arenas. I was briefly part of the entertainment industry at some point and I got out as soon as I could. I've never truly delved into the whole Illuminati/MK Ultra stuff bc, incredibly as it sounds, I was more afraid of finding that there's truth to it. (Ignorance is bliss)
Having read some of the Jessica Simpson MTV house thread, which led to other sites with even more incredible info, as always I did my own research, only to find that the rabbit hole is much, much deeper than I ever believed possible. As we discussed this topic this morning, I remarked how anyone who's anyone, has had to give up either body or soul, or both, to get there and stay there. Even someone as innocent-looking as Taylor Swift, it's all a show. Wow, you'd think I'd just cursed out his mother because he started to go off about how the Country music industry isn't like that (LOL) and how she's not doing anything bad and etc. It was then that I realized that many people do NOT want to be aware...as much as they can keep an open mind and as much as they know that there is something very wrong with the world, they REFUSE to believe it. They don't want to see the world as it is, they want to continue to wear the rose-colored glasses. I was called a cynic....which I may be, although I think I'm more "jaded" than anything, I simply cannot carry on living and pretending like we don't live in absolute horrible times.
I can forget enough to enjoy life, but I find that the things that make me happy at this stage in my life aren't on tv or on the radio. Classical music, world music, the fine arts, writing, science, literature, nature, that's the type of stuff that brings true joy and fulfillment to my heart and the more "aware" I become, the more I see how people are mindless robots and I find it hard to play the same game.
Does anyone else ever wish they were just blissfully ignorant like the rest of the sheep and not tortured by the terrifying violence, corruption and depravity that is our current reality?