Brainwashing was invented during the Cold War era to explain why US soldiers captured during the Korean War were so willing to denounce the US.
However, brainwashing and mind control are actually inventions of mass media to perpetuate hysteria amongst the masses, and do not exist in the real world.
In most cases of brainwashing, the person subject to "brainwashing" consciously make the decision to align themselves with the ideology of their captors or handler.
Likewise, mind control as described in the media is a myth.
The only valid form of mind control is practiced willingly by people who practice meditation both within Buddhism and various psychotherapies (cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectic behavioral therapy).
Thus brainwashing and mind control are artifacts of mass media used by political forces to frighten the masses.
As well, conspiracy theorists who focus on brainwashing and mind control are themselves "victims" of political elites who have influenced mass media.
How else is the State to control the people except through fear and awe?
Originally posted September 18, 2011 13:24PM
References:
Articles found by Googling "Our son was brainwashed by ISIS": https://www.google.ca/search?q=our+son+was+brainwashed+by+isi&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&client=iceweasel-a&channel=fflb&gws_rd=cr&ei=yWW6VKrtK9G3yASq9YDADQ#q=our+son+was+brainwashed+by+isis&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&channel=fflb&start=10
How Brainwashing Works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/brainwashing.htm
Mind control: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_control
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20150117
20130601
I Support All the Celebrities In Their Meltdowns (humor)
Everyone in Hollywood should be allowed to channel Marilyn Monroe's visit to the nuthouse, provided that they admit to being brainwashed by their handlers.
Sadly though, they'd either stay in denial or worse, lie to cover up the fact they've been corrupted by their entourage.
Here are the guilty parties responsible:
Paparazzi : for stalking celebrities until the stress gets to them in interesting ways. E.g. the meltdowns of Britney, Lindsay, etc.
Family: when you look at the issues they have, it's usually poverty due to the fact that in some cases, their handlers are family who know a cash cow when they see it.
I'm not even going to mention the child stars ruined because their families were narcissistic in their attempt to live a life in the limelight of their kid(s).
Fans: any fan who overlooks the heavy drinking and the party drugs are only enabling the errant celebrity's crash and burn. Their support isn't out of love, but out of the same headspace shared with drug addicts and AA members.
The cure: Learn to sit on your ass until the desire to be in the limelight goes away. Please visit a Zen meditation centre and chill. It'll be cheaper than Betty Ford.
Apologies to anyone who thinks I am including them in the above rant. Nobody important was actually mentioned in this blog post. This is a personal opinion and should be considered the darkest form of satire possible.
Sadly though, they'd either stay in denial or worse, lie to cover up the fact they've been corrupted by their entourage.
Here are the guilty parties responsible:
Paparazzi : for stalking celebrities until the stress gets to them in interesting ways. E.g. the meltdowns of Britney, Lindsay, etc.
Family: when you look at the issues they have, it's usually poverty due to the fact that in some cases, their handlers are family who know a cash cow when they see it.
I'm not even going to mention the child stars ruined because their families were narcissistic in their attempt to live a life in the limelight of their kid(s).
Fans: any fan who overlooks the heavy drinking and the party drugs are only enabling the errant celebrity's crash and burn. Their support isn't out of love, but out of the same headspace shared with drug addicts and AA members.
The cure: Learn to sit on your ass until the desire to be in the limelight goes away. Please visit a Zen meditation centre and chill. It'll be cheaper than Betty Ford.
Apologies to anyone who thinks I am including them in the above rant. Nobody important was actually mentioned in this blog post. This is a personal opinion and should be considered the darkest form of satire possible.
20130103
Birds of a Feather Stick Together
One New Year's Day, my mother and I had a long discussion about how we treat each other. When she hears me talking in a manner that upsets her, she would use this argument to get me to behave:
"You talk as though you're smart, but you are not."
After she repeated this three times, I replied, "You know how this makes me feel? Like I am really this small."
I also told her that saying such things is like a form of brainwashing (emotional abuse).
When a person in authority, such as a parent, repeats such phrases, s/he is engaging in psychological warfare, even when it's within the family. The purpose of repeating such phrases is to break down the walls of defense of another family member, usually the child.
This is how a parent tries to control the behavior of her child. However, When a parent talks this way to her adult child, he will try to get her to understand the family dynamics by explaining to her how her words make him feel. For the purpose of getting a parent feedback is to help her see that her words do affect his self image.
In the case of my mother and I, her words may have made me feel as though I am weak and helpless when I was a child. Now that I am an adult, it just makes me feel small. Such belittling by the parent is done to help her feel as though she is in control.
During our discussion, my mother vowed to stay silent but broke that vow until I pointed it out to her. Finally, after I finished my New Year's Day dinner, I thanked her for it.
Later on that evening, my mother apologized for her bad behavior, and I reciprocated by apologizing for my bad behavior. Our mutual behavior during this long discussion would be called an argument by an outside observer.
In my eyes, "argument" implies a long discussion which two people engage with both sides presenting each other's main points. Such a discussion is engaged in so that each side is able to see the other person's point of view. The colloquial term for this aspect of the discussion is called "walking in my/your shoes".
Though the purpose of discussion is to communicate effectively, often through challenges such as inexperience, old age, social isolation and other factors, we see things solely from our point of view alone.
In order to "get the whole picture", it is necessary for people to communicate effectively and present differing points of view so that empathy is shared.
Hopefully, my mother will be aided by our discussion in understanding the family dynamics. For her bluntness is known to "rub people the wrong way."
While I admit that much of my parents' behavior has influenced me, I try not to be blunt and take my time in speaking since getting to the point abruptly tends to upset group harmony.
For now, I feel that New Year's Day was full of moments that enlightened me as to how I view myself and how that view has affected me.
Although my present circumstances reflects such a view, I do not believe that it is a permanent result of "how the way I was raised" but rather a temporary situation I call "dysfunctional self-image."
Additionally, I feel that my mother and I often have long discussions so that we are able to grow close to each other. My way of maintaining the familial ties that bind us together is to engage in argument with my mother so that we both respect each other as individuals.
I recall mentioning to her the phrase "birds of a feather stick together". However, I called this phrase a myth as it implies that like-minded people form a group based a mutual interest when often it is used to imply that a group are all alike.
It's a myth when used in this way because it also implies a "them versus us" mentality. For such a mentality arises when we confront an imagined adversary called "them" who we feel is not the same as us.
This is another case of the "self versus other" dichotomy which I have been writing about in previous articles.
Self and other are not actually adversaries at all.
Rather, when emotions arise, be it anger, hate, love, and other passionate feelings, a person encounters the "fight or flight" response to perceived threat from another person. This threat may be real or imagined, but the result is the same. To counteract this threat, each other engages in a "battle of words" so that the other side is provided with information that helps to determine the ultimate course of "the battle".
This battle is called "argument". Its purpose is to present each person's side in a manner that helps the other side become empathetic towards the other side, whilst helping the other side become of like mind.
In doing so, both side of an argument benefit. Rather than continuing with the myth of "them versus us", it is possible through reasoning and understanding to become like "birds of a feather" who "stick together".
For this is what long discussions I have with my mother are all about!
"You talk as though you're smart, but you are not."
After she repeated this three times, I replied, "You know how this makes me feel? Like I am really this small."
I also told her that saying such things is like a form of brainwashing (emotional abuse).
When a person in authority, such as a parent, repeats such phrases, s/he is engaging in psychological warfare, even when it's within the family. The purpose of repeating such phrases is to break down the walls of defense of another family member, usually the child.
This is how a parent tries to control the behavior of her child. However, When a parent talks this way to her adult child, he will try to get her to understand the family dynamics by explaining to her how her words make him feel. For the purpose of getting a parent feedback is to help her see that her words do affect his self image.
In the case of my mother and I, her words may have made me feel as though I am weak and helpless when I was a child. Now that I am an adult, it just makes me feel small. Such belittling by the parent is done to help her feel as though she is in control.
During our discussion, my mother vowed to stay silent but broke that vow until I pointed it out to her. Finally, after I finished my New Year's Day dinner, I thanked her for it.
Later on that evening, my mother apologized for her bad behavior, and I reciprocated by apologizing for my bad behavior. Our mutual behavior during this long discussion would be called an argument by an outside observer.
In my eyes, "argument" implies a long discussion which two people engage with both sides presenting each other's main points. Such a discussion is engaged in so that each side is able to see the other person's point of view. The colloquial term for this aspect of the discussion is called "walking in my/your shoes".
Though the purpose of discussion is to communicate effectively, often through challenges such as inexperience, old age, social isolation and other factors, we see things solely from our point of view alone.
In order to "get the whole picture", it is necessary for people to communicate effectively and present differing points of view so that empathy is shared.
Hopefully, my mother will be aided by our discussion in understanding the family dynamics. For her bluntness is known to "rub people the wrong way."
While I admit that much of my parents' behavior has influenced me, I try not to be blunt and take my time in speaking since getting to the point abruptly tends to upset group harmony.
For now, I feel that New Year's Day was full of moments that enlightened me as to how I view myself and how that view has affected me.
Although my present circumstances reflects such a view, I do not believe that it is a permanent result of "how the way I was raised" but rather a temporary situation I call "dysfunctional self-image."
Additionally, I feel that my mother and I often have long discussions so that we are able to grow close to each other. My way of maintaining the familial ties that bind us together is to engage in argument with my mother so that we both respect each other as individuals.
I recall mentioning to her the phrase "birds of a feather stick together". However, I called this phrase a myth as it implies that like-minded people form a group based a mutual interest when often it is used to imply that a group are all alike.
It's a myth when used in this way because it also implies a "them versus us" mentality. For such a mentality arises when we confront an imagined adversary called "them" who we feel is not the same as us.
This is another case of the "self versus other" dichotomy which I have been writing about in previous articles.
Self and other are not actually adversaries at all.
Rather, when emotions arise, be it anger, hate, love, and other passionate feelings, a person encounters the "fight or flight" response to perceived threat from another person. This threat may be real or imagined, but the result is the same. To counteract this threat, each other engages in a "battle of words" so that the other side is provided with information that helps to determine the ultimate course of "the battle".
This battle is called "argument". Its purpose is to present each person's side in a manner that helps the other side become empathetic towards the other side, whilst helping the other side become of like mind.
In doing so, both side of an argument benefit. Rather than continuing with the myth of "them versus us", it is possible through reasoning and understanding to become like "birds of a feather" who "stick together".
For this is what long discussions I have with my mother are all about!
20121224
Controlling the Impulsive Mind
It helps to think and think again before giving in to any impulsive act, especially when every time you do, you get a cheap thrill & want to act on impulse again.
A demonstration of this is trying to make twelve pieces of gum last a week. The best way to make gum last is leave the package of gum at home after having just one.
Whenever that package is in your back pocket, you might have anywhere from one to three, or more, depending on your ability to self-hypnotize yourself into feeling fully satisfied chewing on gum.
All it takes is self control of the mind, the only kind of mind control.
A more effective form of mind control is meditation; indeed, it is the only form of mind control. In other cases of mind control, the person who is supposedly being controlled by another person actually has made an unconscious decision to be controlled. This also applies to "brainwashed" people. Thus, contemporary view of mind control is couched in myth not fact.
For the fact is, only meditation can control the mind, and help a person to think critically, despite the unconscious desire to give in to follow the "natural" path to satisfaction.
Originally that path led to craving for sensation. Now it leads to meditation.
Meditation can even moderate impulse control as demonstrated by the gum example above.
All it begins is with the breath, and the resulting benefits are endless.
A demonstration of this is trying to make twelve pieces of gum last a week. The best way to make gum last is leave the package of gum at home after having just one.
Whenever that package is in your back pocket, you might have anywhere from one to three, or more, depending on your ability to self-hypnotize yourself into feeling fully satisfied chewing on gum.
All it takes is self control of the mind, the only kind of mind control.
A more effective form of mind control is meditation; indeed, it is the only form of mind control. In other cases of mind control, the person who is supposedly being controlled by another person actually has made an unconscious decision to be controlled. This also applies to "brainwashed" people. Thus, contemporary view of mind control is couched in myth not fact.
For the fact is, only meditation can control the mind, and help a person to think critically, despite the unconscious desire to give in to follow the "natural" path to satisfaction.
Originally that path led to craving for sensation. Now it leads to meditation.
Meditation can even moderate impulse control as demonstrated by the gum example above.
All it begins is with the breath, and the resulting benefits are endless.
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