Mind Expanding Techniques

Lets have a little talk. I was wondering about the mass media influence in peoples lives combined with the brain rot and I thought it deeply to end up in some conclusions.

I have stopped a long time to getting informed from TV or newspapers because most of them are controlled and there is no reliable information on these mediums. I prefer to read the news from reliable sources on the Internet. But how trustworthy are they?

Many people consider themselves as well informed because they read newspapers or they watch the news. They just repeat what they have heard on the TV without filtering what they say and sadly, many times, without judgment. They do not understand that they are under the mass media influence and what they repeat is a just a planted belief from the media. It is so obvious sometimes but most people do not realize it.

An Example of Media Terrorism

I used to get updated from a blog news site that I thought it was reliable and not instigated by interests or politics. This blog has millions of traffic every day and it gets updated every minute, 24 hours. Suspicious huh? But, I didn’t consider this as bad; instead I enjoyed very much to learn the news every minute. So what happened and changed my perspective towards this “reliable” source of information?

I observed that there were days that after spending hours reading in the posts, I had very bad mood and I felt terrible for the following hours even the following days. I cross checked this with other people and they reported same feelings as well. So whats going on? I discussed this with friends and we all agreed on that something suspicious is going on with this blog. Though millions of fellow citizens trust it blindly.

The practice that is followed on this blog is the well known and successful technique of repetition and emotional stimulation also known as  sensationalism. They post mostly negative news many times and in a very emotionally charged language. They do not just present the news; they want you to feel the news! Sorry guys but this is a form of terrorism. It is exactly what the controlled mass media do to influence society.

Avoid “Sensational” News Sources

With the TV invention the governments and the people behind the big interests achieved a very difficult target. They put a mind control machine inside every citizen’s house.

Now the public opinion can be easily manipulated and formed from anyone who controls the media. And the technique of course is the Sensationalism on the news. Avoid it!

The people must understand that there is no media that can be trusted. The mass media influence on our society is huge and we have to defend ourselves from it. People must realize their own that they are being tricked by the media every minute.

Try to observe what TV shows to you during the day. Not to watch the TV program but to judge why, how, when and what you see.

The trick is that they distract your attention with crappy programs forcing your brain to rot and then they inform you with misleading news hiding something important that may happen the same moment. You can never be sure why a political action is taken and who is going to profit from this action. Remember that your attention is always distracted; It is like jugglery.

Internet: The Greatest Uncontrolled News Medium

No one can control the Internet  (yet). Everyone can have access to it and find reliable information. Of course the majority of news sites play the same role as newspapers and TV but it is in your hand if you will choose to read what they write or not. You also have the power to search and cross check if what you read is true or not. Do not trust blindly any news site even if it seems valid.

The Internet is the last media of free knowledge and information distribution without censorship (at least in most countries). The news sources may be disguised as supposedly honest and truly reliable news bringers (like the blog I was informing from) but in reality they may be the same people who try to take control of your mind as they do with the traditional mass media.

Avoiding Being Influenced from the Media

How to avoid the mass media influence? First of all check your sources. How do they try to tell you the news? Are they addressed to emotions or logic? In which order do they present you the news? How much time do they spend in useless news? All these question help to identify a misleading information source. Think about them the next time you watch the news and you will understand that something fishy is going on.

Another solution to defend yourself from mass media influence is knowledge. Open your mind, search, read, discuss, argue and most importantly THINK. This is the only way to defend yourself from being influenced. Your mind is your shield against their mind control games.

However, stopping getting informed from the mass media is not a solution. Just  judge everything they throw to you. Trying to find the real news behind the curtain is also a great mind expanding technique.  Analyze the news with four simple questions: Why, how, who and when. And most importantly analyze the given assumptions that the news are based upon. Somewhere there the real and interesting information, that you should know, is hidden. In just a given fact.