The phrase 'Drama' is commonly heard and found in today's world. This may be to spell it out something on TV or in a film. Additionally, it may describe what is going on in one's life or the life span of another person.
Dictionary Meaning
And on the dictionary.com website drama is called: 1. a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime an account involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended 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 working with the writing and production of plays. dramacool 4. Any situation or number of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results: the drama of a murder trial. 5. The caliber of being dramatic.
So as it pertains to the word drama, it will be appropriate to express that drama exists in the lack of peace and harmony. And that like most things with this earth, you can also become dependent on drama.
The Two Types Of Drama
In a soap or film like; the drama is generally more extreme than it is in an individual's life. However, even if one were to speak about the average person's life; there is still lots of drama.
This will range from all kinds of occurrences and outcomes. And what is certain is that one's internal experience is unlikely to be among calm and serenity. The external experience is as equally chaotic to what is certainly going internally, if not more.
And more regularly than not, it'll seem that this drama is merely 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 easy to understand and what is going on inside another's mind and body is harder, if not impossible, to see. This isn't only the case for the outside observer, but this may also affect the individual.
Which means that ones: thoughts, feelings, emotions and even ones own behaviours may continue unnoticed and out of ones awareness.
What's The Attraction?
So this creates the question: what attracts people to the external drama? Through becoming engrossed and mounted on the drama in other people's lives, it makes for at the least two what to happen.
One of many things this does, is allows one to flee form their own drama. And secondly by comparing ones drama to the external drama it generates a comparison. This comparison then enables anyone to see that their drama is not too bad and through this contrast one can feel more at ease.
As it pertains to the drama is one's own life, it is like this drama follows one around. And irrespective of where 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 far from their own drama or caught up in the drama of another person's life, take real or through watching it on TV, there is an attachment there.
This attachment usually goes on out of one's awareness and wouldn't make any sense to the conscious mind. And this attachment is creating the exact same habits and the exact same patterns of behaviour.
The Ego Mind
To manage to realize why something exists in one's life and why it keeps showing up, the ego mind must be brought to the equation. And what sort of 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 is safe and it will this through what is familiar. What this means is, irrespective of how functional or dysfunctional these experiences were: they'll be associated by the ego mind as what is safe.
The wounded Inner Child
Although time might have passed; every 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.
Which means that one will continue to see the exact same feelings and patterns of behaviour that this wounded inner child has associated as safe.
The Drama Experience
When ones experiences this drama in their life and with it the lack of peace and harmony, you will see certain feelings and thoughts patterns. And these feelings, behaviours and external manifestations are likely to mirror ones early childhood experience.
So what happens may differ on the exterior, but how one feels and thinks internally is so familiar that another way is never even thought about. And consequently of this; the inner experience is not questioned or observed.
These feelings could possibly 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 are familiar and therefore safe. What and also this 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 appears to be like the conclusion of its existence.
The ego mind also offers a myriad of defence mechanism to prevent considering 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 could have undoubtedly been painful and what this means is the ego mind will do all it may to prevent these early memories.
Consequences
So through defence mechanisms such as for example: dissociation, repression, denial and projection; all that one hasn't faced will generate in ones interactions with others and as internal experiences. And for this reason the exact same patterns can look and why drama often follows some people where ever they're going and whoever there with.
Awareness
This shows how important awareness is. All that has happened previously is just continuing to appear, since it has not been expressed. Through the ego minds tendency to prevent what happened, one ends up as a slave for their ego mind.
By being the observer of the ego mind and allowing yesteryear feelings, emotions and thoughts to be expressed; you've got the opportunity to see that there another way.
Drama exists as a selection or as a possible; it is not the only real choice and is one of many 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 many years prior to that I had an all natural curiosity.