There is more, from the same source:
"Studies like this [see above] in the 1950s led psychologist Leon Festinger and his colleagues at Stanford University to develop the idea of cognitive dissonance.
This is the uncomfortable feeling that develops when people are confronted by "things that shouldn't ought to be, but are." If the dissonance is sufficiently strong, and is not reduced in some way, the uncomfortable feeling will grow, and that feeling can develop into anger, fear, and even hostility. [in other words, resistance and negative energy]
A pathological example of unresolved cognitive dissonance is represented by people who blow up abortion clinics in the name of Jesus.
Also, to avoid unpleasant cognitive dissonance people will often react to evidence that disconfirms their beliefs by actually strengthening their original beliefs and creating rationalizations for the disconfirming evidence."
It is all in our heads, folks. Change your beliefs and your life will change.
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