Analysis Of The Future Of Illusion By Sigmund Freud

In The Future of Illusion, Sigmund Freud discusses his idea that man at its very basic nature has a primordial instinct for pleasure and that nature and fate play a more powerful role. This has created a perception of civilization that he feels is built on two concepts that are knowledge based and rule set by a minority that has destructive anti-social tendencies. This is done for the base of extracting and distributing “wealth” by means of coercion and suppression of this primordial natural instinct. That there could be another idea of civilization where people understand that when they do something to harm someone it will always come back to harm them in return. The majority or masses are feeble or weak minded and can be coerced into living in civilization in a certain way. Religion has taken advantage of that feeblemindedness and has used the label of “God” or “Gods” to take away the threat of …show more content…
I think that there is a greater force inside of us and that we are being led to believe is from a religious source, when in actuality, it resides in our own selves. I do believe that prophets like Muhammad, Jesus, Abraham, Buddha, etc. existed and were preaching a truth. I believe religion has taken that truth and mislabeled it. I don’t know if it originally was for bad intentions, but it has turned into bad intentions in the world as we know it today. There are people in higher power that know of that truth those prophets spoke of. The have come to realize to maintain that power, they have to numb the masses from knowing that truth. Because they don’t want people or the “masses” to see how truly powerful the self can be, and actually how easy it is. One of my favorite things to say lately is, “If I can reach whatever height, or level, or happiness, or Heaven I am in, anyone and everyone