The Mind Control Menace.

One of the most frustrating things about living on planet Earth is that everyone is trying to control your mind. Governments, political parties, educational institutions, religions, advertisers, entertainers, social groups, friends, even spouses and family can all act as “Thought Police”. These may all put pressure on you to think and believe as they do, trying to impose ideological alignment and/or doctrinal purity. For the purposes of this article, we will define Mind Control as “the surrendering of one’s critical thinking ability and accepting beliefs that motivate action not in the best interest of the individual.”

A meme that describes what it means to be captivated by the Matrix. — Captivated by the Matrix.

This is how we can know that life here is controlled by an artificial matrix which is being imposed by those who seek to curate what is considered to be “reality”. The simple fact is that uncensored, critical thinking regarding foundational narratives is vehemently opposed and ridiculed. The ostracizing of the person who dares to question the accepted narratives is designed to isolate them from socializing with others and spreading their divergent ideas so that the current and pervasive collective consciousness is preserved. And, as we’ve pointed out in many previous posts, it’s the collective consciousness that gives birth to our collective reality.

Not only will the Thought Police ridicule and ostracize you, if you are seen as a threat to their dogma, they will attack you trying to cancel your credibility, influence, relationships, prospects, finances and in extreme cases, your life. The vehemence of their attack is directly proportional to the level of threat they perceive you to be. It takes an extremely strong minded individual to persist in critical thinking and maintain one’s unique perspectives when attacked in such a manner. In my perception, these reality revising rebels are the true heroes of this world. Those who fight to maintain the status quo of injustice, manipulation, deprivation and suffering are the cowards and spineless sheeple who represent the worst of humanity.

Let’s consider now how mind-control works. Ironically, it doesn’t begin with the mind, but rather with the emotions. Allow me to elaborate. Let’s say you need to convince a group of townspeople to believe something that is going to be unpopular. For the purposes of this example let’s say that “something” is that they need to rise up and slaughter every man, woman and child of the neighboring village without mercy. After the town is wiped out, you plan to add their lands to your own.

Naturally, there are going to be objections among the townspeople, and if you just ordered them to do commit this crime, many would refuse. Some on moral grounds and some for pragmatic reasons. So you cleverly decide to demonize those you seek to target. You hire a group of mercenary thugs to anonymously attack your townspeople in the night, ruthlessly killing a substantial number and burning their homes. you can blame it on the neighboring village.

The next day, you give an impassioned speech to your remaining grieving townspeople blaming the death and destruction on the neighboring village. You decry the wickedness and inhumanity of the attackers while you stoke the natural self-preservation instincts and desire for justice of your townspeople. Before long, you have an angry, irrational mob intent upon exacting a cruel revenge on an innocent and unsuspecting group of families. In this frame of mind, your townspeople will not be seeking justice, but hell-bent upon exacting cruel revenge upon those neighboring villagers they perceive to be evil.

The key to mind control is engaging the emotions. When humans have an intense emotional response to stimuli, their rational thought is overpowered and they act on self-preservation instincts. This is why Military Commanders, Politicians, Coaches, Preachers, etc. all attempt to engage the emotions of their listeners before motivating them to action. In fact, humans are so conditioned to this approach that they refer to a speech without an emotional component as being “dry” and “boring”.

A preacher in a pulpit berates his congregation for their sins.

Anger is not the only emotion used to motivate individuals to an unreasonable belief and action. Guilt is also very powerful. It doesn’t even have to be personal guilt, but can be the guilt of generations long deceased- i.e. guilt by association and/or benefit. Did your ancestors do something that is currently considered to be bad? (Never mind they were being mind-controlled by the Manipulators of their time). The Controllers of today will insist you must feel guilt for their actions and therefore believe and do what your Authority Figure commands you to do, even if it’s detrimental to your own best interests.

Because we have been conditioned since birth to Group Think, another strong component of mind-control is simpatico. We all want to feel that someone aligns and empathizes with our struggles, our beliefs, our values our hopes and our dreams. When someone comes along who offers us a feeling of simpatico, we are drawn to associate with them, we want to believe they are sincere. In fact, the more isolated a person feels from the mainstream, the more loyal they will be to the group offering them simpatico. Most will not question the validity of the feelings, they will align themselves without critical examination of the actions of those who desire their affiliation and loyalty. Thus, another mind-controlled minion is created.

Advertisers use dissatisfaction to motivate us to buy their products. First they attempt to engage your feelings of dissatisfaction with some aspect of your life. Then they offer their product with the subliminal suggestion that you will feel satisfaction if you buy it and/or use it. Movies and television shows engage the emotions in all kinds of ways to get you to buy a ticket and/or engage with their show. One popular theme is to appeal to our sense of living in a world without justice, then giving us fantasy Superheroes who balance the scales. Instead of fighting for justice ourselves, we leave the theater with the vicarious feeling that justice has been served by our surrogate champions.

The last control technique I want to disclose is called cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort caused by conflicting thoughts, beliefs, or behaviors. Those who seek to control and manipulate the masses know that once they have programmed into your mind what they want you to think, you will experience cognitive dissonance if someone tries to change your beliefs. This is where repetition comes into play. To give you the utmost discomfort when your indoctrinated thoughts are challenged, they will constantly repeat their message to create a deep-seated belief. They will get very creative with how this repetition reaches you. They may use music, movies, comedy shows and other authority figures to embed their behavior directive into your brain, both consciously and subconsciously.

Children in a school classroom look bored and depressed.

Do you understand now why I began this article with the statement that mind control is ubiquitous? Can you see the vast scope of it in modern society? They want you to become “just another brick in the wall.” Once you become aware, you will see it everywhere! But don’t despair. Acknowledgment is one of the keys to freeing your mind. As is examining the possible motives a group may have for wanting you to think a certain way. This is what critical thinking is all about. Looking at who and what you are aligned with and asking if your best interests are being served? Or, is it possible you’ve been duped into being a minion of the Matrix?

I know this article will trigger the cognitive dissonance response in many of my readers and you’ll want to head straight to the comment section and vent. But rather than lashing out explaining why your mental masters are benevolent and those who oppose your beliefs are the scum of the Earth, please take a moment to realize everyone is a target of mind control. Only the strongest have the ability to break the chains that bind them and become true free thinkers. My hope for us all is that we will have the will and courage to be one of them!