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Do you feel like the decisions you make in your life are of your own free will? One of my first philosophical pieces was about how impressionable your subconscious mind really is, in “THE THREE WORST THINGS THAT ENABLE YOUR FAILURE”. I’ve already explored some concepts of psychological programming in the media, and the cult-like need for social acceptance among peers, in “DOES MEDIA CONTROL US WITH FEAR?” I challenged you to spend time all alone while touching on a cluster of technological devices that either program or starve creativity, and how to revamp that creativity in “PROTECT YOUR MIND AND VALUE IMAGINATION”.
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I critically addressed the environment around us and drew a correlation between it and how we manage our finances, while coining a couple new philosophical terms in “WHAT IS MONETARY EMOTIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND YOUR FINANCIAL THINKING CAP?” I even discussed how crucial it is that you develop a relationship with yourself in “WHERE THE VALUE LIES IN RELATIONSHIPS”, in order to discover your own identity and establish principle/standards based on your character. Now I believe is an appropriate time to tell you that it’s time to take control. Do not wait for control to be granted or allowed, but seize it!
Control Does Not Equal Manipulation
Whether or not you feel like the decisions you make in your life are based on your own free will, is a direct reflection of how much control you have over your mind vs how much of it you are allowing to be steered via manipulation. Manipulation is a term that can be confused with the word control, as if they are one in the same, but they are not. All people are actually born with more freedom than their encompassing environment would have them believe. What I mean is that as a child you are fundamentally a blank hard drive, anxious to download information, and what you think about is a consequence of your mind being manipulated over a period of time. Allow me to illustrate the difference between control and manipulation, as it applies to the individual mind:
· You can control your mind, but you do not manipulate it.
· Your mind can be manipulated by your encompassing environment, but not controlled by it.
... But How You Think
A reactive event could be a conversation, it could be media, it could be political or interpersonal, developmental or influential. Reactive events are events within your encompassing environment that are manipulative in nature to create a reaction from those within that encompassing environment.
I remember back when I was in elementary school, being taught introductory critical thinking skills, and one of those lessons I recall to this day was learning how to identify the difference between an opinion and a fact. The reason why I bring this up is because reactive events effect most people in one of two ways:
1. The individual reacts based on what they think about the reactionary event.
2. The individual reacts based on how the reactionary event makes them think.
What
When an individual reacts based on what they think about a reactionary event, instance, or activity, they are projecting thoughts from an internal theater. The reaction is typically opinionated and based on the most immediate emotion that has been triggered within that individual.
How
When an individual reacts based on how a reactionary event, instance, or activity makes them think, they are trying to understand why a reaction has occurred. This type of reaction is usually a silent one (at least at first), because it is based on cognition in relation to critical analysis of one’s own immediate emotion.
Whether or not you feel like the decisions you make in your life are based on your own free will, is a direct reflection of how much control you have over your mind vs how much of it you are allowing to be steered via manipulation. Manipulation is a term that can be confused with the word control, as if they are one in the same, but they are not. All people are actually born with more freedom than their encompassing environment would have them believe. What I mean is that as a child you are fundamentally a blank hard drive, anxious to download information, and what you think about is a consequence of your mind being manipulated over a period of time. Allow me to illustrate the difference between control and manipulation, as it applies to the individual mind:
· You can control your mind, but you do not manipulate it.
· Your mind can be manipulated by your encompassing environment, but not controlled by it.
... But How You Think
A reactive event could be a conversation, it could be media, it could be political or interpersonal, developmental or influential. Reactive events are events within your encompassing environment that are manipulative in nature to create a reaction from those within that encompassing environment.
I remember back when I was in elementary school, being taught introductory critical thinking skills, and one of those lessons I recall to this day was learning how to identify the difference between an opinion and a fact. The reason why I bring this up is because reactive events effect most people in one of two ways:
1. The individual reacts based on what they think about the reactionary event.
2. The individual reacts based on how the reactionary event makes them think.
What
When an individual reacts based on what they think about a reactionary event, instance, or activity, they are projecting thoughts from an internal theater. The reaction is typically opinionated and based on the most immediate emotion that has been triggered within that individual.
How
When an individual reacts based on how a reactionary event, instance, or activity makes them think, they are trying to understand why a reaction has occurred. This type of reaction is usually a silent one (at least at first), because it is based on cognition in relation to critical analysis of one’s own immediate emotion.
