Religion (or lack of) as a 'defence mechanism'?

[Onkara]

1. Has the location of a lost key or answer to a forgotten question never 'popped' into your head?

2. Sure we all know our own reality. With a small 'r'.

3.
Regarding what I know - I think the only thing I know is my subjective experience and that this need not necessarily overlap with anything. Perhaps 'that there is thought' is what I know?

1. No, I liked esoteric schools. If you mean not being able to explain life and missing something then yes.

2. My point is that R or r is still the same. It is imagination to think that reality lies outside of us or that we need to postion ourselves better like a view from a moutain top. Reality is what you are doing right now.

3. Yes we know our thoughts. What is more important is that there is something which knows them. That thing which knows is "knowing" and that I believe is closer to our Self. I am on a tangent

 

[sojourner]

How do you know that your religion (or lack of) is not an unconscious 'defence mechanism'?

For me, religion is a dangerous thing that leaves me totally defenseless. I don't see how it could be a defense mechanism.