Most attempts at mind control, or suggestion as we'll call it in this article, are flukes of nature...minor discrepancies between mind, body, and environment calling on us for moments merely to be aware of ourselves. Suggestion is a powerful force when wielded by a strong willed person. This is why I don't like making a practice of picking on monks as their power of suggestion is very fine tuned and very powerful.
Suggestion comes in many forms and there are ways of countering suggestion or reinforcing it.
For example, when you're walking down the road and there's someone else in your path. It's necessary that either they move, or you walk around them. It's a very simple example of a choice that two individuals make where suggestion is at work. The implied collision if both parties do nothing is an unpleasant end that both parties are inherently aware of. This gives suggestion of the stronger willed individual a natural course. Avoid collision and keep from being collided with. Naturally taking responsibility for the situation and suggesting that the second party follow suit. A slightly more obtrusive objection might be a stated phrase..."get out of the way." And so on, a force escalation curve that might end in physically removing the second party from the path.
This linear walkers paradigm works in the real world in 3 dimensions in many situations. There are many variables taken for granted by 1 or both parties until the task is completed or the danger resolved, but often it is the stronger willed individual making a path for himself. The first reason I don't fear suggestion, it works.
My personal fear of suggestion is limited by a strong will of body and mind. Where my mind is often want of novelty and submission, my body simply does not allow it. And there are times where my body is want of things, where my mind is the moderator. Keeping a strong body and mind is so much more than good sense, it's the definition of who we are.
Now onto the seedier side of suggestion. There are many variables at work that would see you brought low in the story of life. There are suggestions to break the law, follow an unwise course, or otherwise break down situations where the individual may be at risk. To be well advised in such situations is to yield to actors that we may be infringing on. Yielding gives us the advantage of seeing our stronger companion follow their course.
In conclusion you now see that suggestion is a largely linear path with many variables where yielding may be advantageous.
Friday, August 26, 2016
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Drugs expressly a money problem...
I've seen it too often...in the long run, finances dictating usage patterns. Though I'm only versed with certain make and model of drugs I'm fairly certain it applies to every last corner of the Earth. Why do the rich routinely test out clean of substances? It's not what everyone expects.
Drama and drying out are only a small portion of the story. Money or the lack thereof is a prime indicator of substance use. Drugs become a resource for the harried workers and students of the world. It's a resource that's tangible like electricity or money. It can be bought, sold, and traded. It's a heck of a lot more fun than a trip to the dentist.
So you say "Money is the Root of all Evil." Not so. It isn't the buying power of the money that causes the ill effects of substance abuse. In earnest or in façade. I won't even go so far as to say it's a class struggle though much of it is. The thing of it is, a great taste for money (sic greed), that goes far beyond our current culture, that is such a compelling force that it can break down boundaries, cause conflict, and even dictate usage patterns. Substances use money as a tool, not the other way around.
So you say we're want of our senses? Not so again. It isn't sense that makes usage patterns either. Though there is no lack of trying. The poor are routinely exposed to drugs while the rich are routinely exposed to culture. But that's sense you might say. It may be a programmed want of sense. But it's not sense. This resource (drugs) is so much more than sense that it becomes a tool for the poor. A profitable tool mind you.
Just as you can swing a hammer with very little sense, you may also use a drug.
In conclusion, I contend that drug use is as crafty as a personal balance sheet, as aloof as a second cousin, and as timely as a Rolex watch.
Drama and drying out are only a small portion of the story. Money or the lack thereof is a prime indicator of substance use. Drugs become a resource for the harried workers and students of the world. It's a resource that's tangible like electricity or money. It can be bought, sold, and traded. It's a heck of a lot more fun than a trip to the dentist.
So you say "Money is the Root of all Evil." Not so. It isn't the buying power of the money that causes the ill effects of substance abuse. In earnest or in façade. I won't even go so far as to say it's a class struggle though much of it is. The thing of it is, a great taste for money (sic greed), that goes far beyond our current culture, that is such a compelling force that it can break down boundaries, cause conflict, and even dictate usage patterns. Substances use money as a tool, not the other way around.
So you say we're want of our senses? Not so again. It isn't sense that makes usage patterns either. Though there is no lack of trying. The poor are routinely exposed to drugs while the rich are routinely exposed to culture. But that's sense you might say. It may be a programmed want of sense. But it's not sense. This resource (drugs) is so much more than sense that it becomes a tool for the poor. A profitable tool mind you.
Just as you can swing a hammer with very little sense, you may also use a drug.
In conclusion, I contend that drug use is as crafty as a personal balance sheet, as aloof as a second cousin, and as timely as a Rolex watch.
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