Brainwashing – the problem

I’m sorry, I’ve been sitting here for a while now, trying to think of a nice way to put this, but I think it’s best if I’m blunt about it, just get it right out there; YOU’VE BEEN BRAINWASHED! There, I’ve said it. I know it sounds harsh, and it’s quite possible you were completely unaware of it, but I think it’s only fair to let you know the truth.

And what’s worse is it’s been going on for a l-o-n-g  t-i-m-e. Oh yeah, since way back. Almost from your very earliest days. Not only have you been brainwashed by the government, the ‘establishment’, big businesses, the media, your bosses, your teachers, and virtually everyone in any position of authority, but most likely by your own parents as well. I know, it’s shocking. I remember how I felt when I first found out (oh yeah, they got to me too, just the same as you … we’re all in the same boat).

That’s how come we don’t think right. We’ve been programmed a certain way and trying to deviate from that way isn’t easy. We’re talking about a whole lifetime of brainwashing and mind programming, and to reverse that, or make changes in the programming, that’s just not going to be the work of five minutes. But at least now you know it’s been going on you’re in with a chance. You can start to recognise the bad thinking patterns that you’ve been ‘forced’ to follow, and you can begin to repair the damage. Might take a while, but at least you can make a start.

How did it happen?

The brainwashing took the form of instilling negative thoughts and ideas (beliefs, actually) directly into your mind, and using repetition over a long period to reinforce those beliefs so that they’d become, in effect, unquestioned ‘facts’. It’s a method that’s been used by dictators and secret police forces all over the world, and it’s been proved to be very effective. Luckily, it can be reversed, or at least challenged.

These thought patterns and beliefs are responsible for what’s wrong in your life. By the way, I’m not saying your life’s totally screwed up, but I can make a pretty fair guess that there are things in it that make you wonder how they ever happened.

For example, you haven’t been nearly as successful, career-wise, as you would have liked to be, am I right? And you’ve never really made all that much money, for one reason or another. It might be that you’re stuck in a dead-end job, or you’ve tried to run some kind of business for yourself but it’s never really paid off. Again, I’m guessing. Not far off the mark though, am I? And you’ve been plagued by bad luck, in one form or another, and ill health, with things just not really going your way. Yeah, it’s almost like I was there, looking over your shoulder, right?

The script, in detail …

Okay, let’s take a step back. I’m going to open the book on this negative conditioning that’s been going on. I’m going to show you, quite openly and clearly, exactly what’s been said to you, almost word for word. I’m going to lift the lid on this whole thing. I’m going to ——— oh, never mind all that … here goes, here’s some of the things you’ve been fed for years, no, for decades:

We can’t afford that/one of those
You’ll never make it!
It’s impossible … don’t waste your time!
Who do you think you are, Einstein?!
The world doesn’t owe you a living!
What, you? What makes you think you’re smart enough?
Money doesn’t grow on trees, y’know!
Just be thankful for what you’ve got and settle down.
Yeah, but he/she came from a different background, you could never do that!
Opportunities like that don’t come around too often – you’re too late, you’ve missed the boat!
You can’t make money online, don’t be ridiculous!
Get a job!
Work hard, and then you’ll make money.
Stop dreaming!
Keep your head down and don’t make waves.
But that’s the way it’s always been done!
Practically everyone gets cancer/tumour/heart attack/diabetes/high blood pressure/(add in anything you want) these days, you just have to accept it.
Life’s a bitch, then you die, get used to it!
You can’t have it/that/one!
You’re not smart enough!
You wouldn’t last long enough to … whatever.
You’d probably screw it up like you always do!
No!
NO!
NO!

Yeah, I bet you recognise them now, huh? And you probably thought they were just harmless comments, the kind of thing anyone might say. Well, that’s because you’ve heard them so often they seem to have lost their sting. But believe me, they are powerful statements … in a really bad way. They can affect you deeply … they get right into your subconscious mind and they fester … and they get stuck there.

Now please don’t get me wrong, I’m not blaming you. We all fell for the same stuff (or the vast majority of us anyway). And I’m not blaming your parents, absolutely not. I’m sure they did the best for you (and maybe they still are), but if they said things like that to you (those statements above) they were probably just repeating what they heard from their parents. That’s how this stuff perpetuates, it gets passed on from one generation to another, without anyone meaning any harm.

I’m not even blaming the media. They’re just saying what they have to say in order to sell more stuff, or to make you feel you need it. Similar story with the government – they need to have you believe certain things in order to keep your quiet and docile. They can’t have everyone trying to think for themselves … just think of the chaos if they did!

So basically no-one’s to blame … it’s just the way things are … and the way they’ve been for decades, maybe even centuries. Except that now that you’re aware of the situation you can do something about it. You can finally change things, and start to think in a more positive and constructive way. 🙂

Stay tuned for the second breathtaking part of this astonishing revelation (damn, those media guys, they’ve even got me talking like them now!) 🙁