This leads us to the second diversionary tactic: the way of flight. This is the common path of the Pharisee, the uninformed, the falsely innocent, and often the conservative type. They deny the pain altogether. They refuse to carry the shadow side of anything, in themselves or in their chosen groups. There will be no uncertainty, no ambiguity. There will be no problems. It is a form of narcotic, and sometimes probably necessary to get through the day.
