Propaganda - Full North-Korean Documentary - Day 393

If you haven't already, I suggest taking the time to watch the Propaganda - Full North-Korean Documentary.

 

 

We can not see what we already are; we can not see what we have become; It is a physical evidence - if we were to see, we would have already do something to change our current way of living.

For instance - You know how it is so easy to give someone an advise but how difficult it is for us to apply our own advise? Or how difficult it is for us to see that we are walking towards destructive path but when another is walking that path, we can see it is not the best for them.

 

This documentary that was done by the North Korean describe what we, the westerns, are not able to see for ourselves because we are too far gone within our own consumer brainwashed minds. The very same mind that would allow the abuse in this world to continue for the benefits of our own comfort zones that we can financed in one way or another. The very same mind that have given up long time ago on Principles of Equality and Love your neighbours as yourself. The very same mind that is a product of PR forces that were deliberately design to keep us captive within ourselves so that we would never question and system and guess what - it worked - none of us is questioning the system for real but only through our self interest point of views.

 

This documentary may most likely be faced with resistances and reactions by most of us western people but I Dare you to take a moment and watch this thing as it is one of the first steps of understanding what is really going on inside ourselves - it is real well done eyes openers. If you dare to walk the second step, I would suggest here to expand your understanding with watching the Century of the Self and if you were able to stay tuned throughout all of this - you are ready to start taking responsibility for your own mind, your own automated behaviour and beliefs about yourself and from there, to truly support yourself to step out of the box (Mind) and start walking the correction process to become a pillar in this world by example of your actions and deeds. So when you are ready for your third step, join us to on the Free online course - DIP Lite - where you, as the Answer, start your process of change/correction to become an effective human being in this world that is able to have critical and reason thinking through which you can find the solutions to support yourself and others in this world.

Discovering the Excitement of LIFE (Part 2) - Day 325

 

 

Continuing with my Previous blog where I started walking the Design of Excitement and how it came to be the stepping stone from which we keep ourselves busy in our mind as the External force that would give us the 'Space' to cope with our Physical Reality.

 

We start our Journey into Excitement Creation already as Childs when our Parents takes us for a trip in the weekend which we look forwards to during the week. We are so excited because we know that the day to day living responsibilities are off for just a moment and we could be 'Free' in a way, stay up late, spend the time with our parents that are normally at work and we know that we are going to get treats that are usually forbidden but are allowed on vacations. We are also very much excited to come back from the trip and tell our friends all about it and what special things we did and you know, deep down we also excited about a momentary feeling of being 'more' than those whom parents cannot afford these vacations.

 

I always had something to look forwards to as a child and as a grownup; whether it was a vacation with my family or a one day trip, or graduating and going to the army and then got excited to get my chance to travel around the world after the army and fly a few times with friends to Thailand. I always created something for me to look forwards to and be excited about but now when I look at it - my Expectations and Excitements NEVER met the Physical reality and I always got disappointed from how things played and it was ok as long as  there was always a point to look forwards to.

At some stage, the money ran out and I couldn't funds my fantasies so I had to create fantasies I can accomplish with no money involved (only after taking a big loan to funds my desires which turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes of my life as I'm still stuck with the consequences). The pattern persists - I create a Desire, I become Excited about it, I start being obsessed and possessed about the possibility of having my desire fulfilled and then I face the Fear of Lose that my Prospect original Desire  won't manifest and I start being more obsessed and possessed by it until I rather get to the point of Excitement only to find out that it wasn't what I was expecting it to be and thus, I become totally depressed that I couldn't get what I wanted and my Fear of lose became the Reality.

 

What have I missed throughout this all Process - the Excitement of being alive through/by/with every single breath I take! I mean, how stupid that is? that we never considered the Breath as Life, as the Ultimate point of Excitement as appreciation that Life is Here and I have a chance to Live with/as my Physical Body because I'm BREATHING and the BREATH is that which gives me Life.

 

So then, What Excitement has to do with Consumerism? Everything! Where do we get all of our ideas that we get excited about if not from the Advertisements, Marketing and commercials we see all around, as the Rewards we can gift ourselves for the hard work we do either in School, job or other responsibilities we carry on.

 

Where have we lost the Real Physical Excitement of a simple thing as Breathing by Externalizing Excitement through gadgets, new clothes, vacations, love, wedding, kids, grandkids all of which required Energy to create within and as ourselves to sustain the Excitement that would be either fulfilled or turns into a complete disappointment which from there, we start again and create the new Excitement point to reach to but we Never stop for a moment to actually investigate our Desires and Fears that are the foundation of our addiction for Energy, for Excitement as the Driving force of ourselves within our lives.

 

It doesn't matter in which form or towards what we are excited about - the Pattern/Design is the same and would circulate in the same way for eternity until we stop.

 

"Why to stop?, who will I be without having anything to look forwards to? Wouldn't it be boring? What would motivate me to be better, greater, extraordinary?".

Yes, I understand that this may be your backchat and/or resistance to what I am sharing so let's look at this in the following way:
The things we are excited about are normally related to Money and the fact that not everyone on earth has the access to these things is in itself invalidate the point within the Equality Equation and the Principle of 'Do to another that which you would like to be done to you'. I would rather live in a world where everyone has access to have a vacation if they wanted to, have access to food or a new cloth if required, I would rather live in a world where we realize the Excitement of Life within each and every breath and within that, consider each other's breath and their Equal right to have their breath within a Life that is worth while.

 

But also, the fact that we conditioned ourselves to a Future External Fantasy/Desire, as a point in the Future we can be excited about is a concerning point by itself from the perspective of us requiring something, in separation of ourselves to motivate and move us instead of us moving and directing ourselves in absolute awareness in any given moment.

 

Now, most of us that have experienced the point of our Excitement that tend to fade away when we finally get to the point of achievement which is in most cases, nothing like we imagined it to be; We then go into a slight sadness or even depression until we get ourselves out of it with a new generation of Energy build up for our next future point to look forward to. So here, when we establish gratefulness within each breath we take and discover what does it really mean 'the Excitement of Life', we won't experience these ups and downs and would simply live as what is best in any given moment. Isn't that wonderful? Isn't that by itself the self driven point that would motivate oneself to stand as the expression of Excitement of Breath as Life?

 

 

 

Capitalism and Ignorance is Bliss - Consuming Kids (Part 3) - Day 319

 

This is a continuation to:

Capitalism and Ignorance is Bliss - Day 315

Capitalism and Ignorance is Bliss - Consuming Kids (part 1) - Day 316

Capitalism and Ignorance is Bliss - Consuming Kids (Part 2) - Day 317

 

Problem No.3.1

Mental Health and the Well Being of Children - Who is Responsible?

 

When I started investigating the Problem in relation to the Well being and Mental Health of the children and adults in relation to Marketing and Advertisement, I found an interesting thing that this current capitalistic System has created and the Players it involved that are either aware or unaware of their involvement however, regardless their awareness, they are part of the problem, like any other person within the capitalistic system which include us - all who can make a difference but won't due to an extensive fear of survival that we have accepted and allowed to be the Status Quo of our Existence.

 

The question that needs to be asked here is Who Supports the Advertiser Elite to Lure and Manipulate children into a Consumer Robots? Unfortunately, those whom we trust the most in the System are those who gave up their Morality for the Power of Money - the Psychologist who are directly and indirectly made the decision to support the Capitalistic System for their own Interest of Survival.

Now I understand that many would object and resist to the above statement but have a look -

There are Companies headed by Trained Child Psychologists that Specialized in Market Research on Children.

Psychologist that are involved with Child Marketing Research. An Evident is the large number of books such as "What Kids Buy and Why: The Psychology of Marketing to Kids (Acuff & Reiher, 1997)", "A Marketer’s Guide to a Kid’s Heart (Del Vecchio, 1997)". The research goes far to the extent of testing which message strategy would most effectively induce children to nag their parents to buy the advertised product (“The old nagging game,” 1998). These Psychologists are very much aware of the Consequences and the Outflows that directly Emerge in one's mind which leads to Mental health disorders such as Anorexia, Bulimia and Eating disorders, Anabolic Steroids intake,  Botox Injection, Bullying and etc.

I mean, it is quite obvious that commercial and advertisement companies targeting children, using psychologists to enhance the effectiveness of the Persuasive tools applied and that in itself should be an extreme concerning point that must follow with questioning the entire field of Psychology and the ethics that they use.

But that is not the end of it - the Victims of Advertisements are later on being treated by Psychologist that claims having good intentions and a Desire to cure the Child's Mind but is it really so?  Aren't these Psychologist aware of the core/root/source of the Problem that manifest such extreme Mental behaviour in the first place? Obviously they are but they wouldn't do anything about it because that would mean that they won't have patients to cure any longer and therefor, what will they do for a living? So there is a silent acceptance of the Problem because having the Problem in place, support the survival of the Psychology field as a whole.

So, if both the companies and the Psychologists do not have the children's Mental Health, Physical Health and well-being in mind - who is taking care of our Children in a Profit Driven Capitalistic Society?

 

Problem No.3.2

Mental Health and the Well Being of Children - why and how?

 

 

"Children now account directly for an estimated $36 billion in sales annually in the USA, with their indirect purchasing power accompanied by the so called “nag-factor” (Zelizer, 2002) reaching over $290 billion of economic spending (McNeal, 1992). This is not a coincidence, but a direct result of intense advertising and co existing problems of a consumer society. For example with over 70% of mothers now working more and more, consumer tasks are falling to the children. It is now estimated that by age 10, the average child makes over five trips a week to a shop or shopping center (McNeal 1992). And with over $1 billion being spent every year on child advertising and an additional $10 billion on promotion in the USA alone, these children have more purchasing power than ever."

Source: “Child advertising: Cradle to Grave consumerism.”

 

Thus, children who are exposed to enormous amount of advertising are forced to specific type of Deliberate 'Education' - the American Dream and the Life Style that all would like to have. They then thus, learn the importance of Money from the Self Interest and desire point of view and certainty not the Value of Life as what Money could be used as a tool of what would enhance and perfect the well being of ALL; they will learn what products they require to purchase to be able to stand in alignment to the Life Style they Desire having and within that thus, how these products supposedly would created the experience of 'Feeling Good' and 'Happy' within and as themselves. Young people are exposed from birth on to advertisements implying that their happiness is dependent on how they look, how popular they are and what material goods they have in their Possession.

Theses are the fundamental values that children are currently being exposed to, when and as they birth into this capitalistic system, as we have shown in the previous blog.

 

This obviously comes with Consequences:

 

Parent–Child Conflict An important side effect of the influence of advertising on children’s desire for products is the parent–child conflict that emerges when refusals occur in response to children’s purchase-influence attempts (Robertson, 1979). Parents obviously cannot honor all purchase requests triggered by television advertising, given the volume of commercials that the average child sees. In one study, Atkin (1975) found that more than half of children reported arguing or becoming angry when a toy request was denied; in another (Atkin, 1978), he observed high rates of child disappointment and anger in response to the majority of parent refusals for cereal requests at the supermarket. Other studies confirm these patterns (Goldberg & Gorn, 1978; Sheikh & Moleski, 1977). In sum, the frequent purchase requests associated with children’s advertising exposure may place strain on parent–child interaction.   Materialistic Attitudes Although each ad may have as its primary purpose the promotion of sales of its featured product, the cumulative impact from the totality of advertising seen by children may exert far broader sociological influence. For example, scholars have advanced the hypothesis that advertising cultivates a materialistic value system in young people. In this context, materialism can be defined as the view that products and their acquisition are the basis for determining one’s personal worth. As Baran, Mok, Land, and Kang (1989) expressed it, people develop the mind-set that “you are what you buy.” Material possessions become the source of judgment by others as well as the source of one’s own self-evaluation.

Source: Report of the APA Task Force on Advertising and Children

 

Extreme Materialism among children was found to be one of the causes for more Depression and Anxiety, dissatisfaction, anger and isolation. (Kasser T. The High Price of Materialism. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002;

Eckersley R. Well and Good: Morality, Meaning and Happiness. 2nd edn. Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2005.).

 

Commonsensically, in a society where Money become a scarce commodity as more and more people loses their jobs while Marketing and Advertisements of new Products are increasing, it is inevitable that people would experience the Desire for MORE however, wouldn't be able to get that More which would lead to Depression and frustration.

It is also clear that not all could experience the Life Style that is advertised in the various types and kinds of Media that would lead to Jealousy and all the dimensions that comes up with Jealousy such as Anxiety, Self Judgement, dissatisfaction and so Furth.

 

Furthermore, with the Photoshoped Manipulation in Marketing and advertisement, many would go through the Experience of Eating disorder due to Comparing themselves to the Picture they see in Ads to the Picture they see  in their minds and accordingly, some would go through to path of Extreme of Bulimia and Anorexia.

 

In terms of Children/parents relationship - the advertisers are aware of the harm the ads cause and even wrote a book about it - The old nagging game, 1998. With the deliberate creation of dysfunctional relationship already from a young age of the child and with no support for the parents in how to deal with the development and evolution of consumerism in a capitalistic society - the parents are forced to a life of constant conflict and friction with their children that would deny them from being the Gentle and yet Directive Force in their Child's Life, in being able to fulfil their responsibility as parents in supporting the children to be and become the upmost potential within their Natural Development processes, that they could have become within an Equal and best for all world system.

 

There are Research available that describes in specificity the Problems involved with our current capitalistic society and the consequences that are busy escalating, generation after generation.

We cannot wait until it is too late because under our noses, our children are the victims of our ignorance. While ignorance is Bliss is a quick delusional solution, it will follow, and already is following with detrimental consequences that would lead us to a point of no return.

 

To be continued...

The Correction Process and The Desteni Message (Part 6) - Day 203

The Relationship between Preference and Free Choice:

 

This is a continuation to:

The Correction Process and The Desteni Message (Part 1) - Day 198

The Correction Process and The Desteni Message (Part 2) - Day 199

The Correction Process and The Desteni Message (Part 3) - Day 200

The Correction Process and The Desteni Message (Part 4) - Day 201

The Correction Process and The Desteni Message (Part 5) - Day 202

 

Let's take another example of how preferences are playing a rule in our life within and as the starting point of one's self interest. As a parent - one may 'prefer' that one's  children is quiet in specific moments of the day and one would justify it to oneself by stating that "it was a hard day at work, I must rest for a moment", or " I require to rest and get the sufficient strength in being able to spend time with my child later because my child is taking so much energy from me". However, within one's 'preferences', that one's child should watch TV, one didn't take into consideration the consequential outflows of one's child' development and for example, the relationship between Children TV series and Consumerism. Within that context, regardless if you are a parent or not, I suggest watching the documentary "Consumerism Kids". ( "… The film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world. Consuming Kids pushes back against the wholesale commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about the ethics of children’s marketing and its impact on the health and well-being of kids." )

 

If we trace back our Parent's Pre-programming, we'd see that our parents behaved exactly the same (the same patterns), which we now as a parent behave as, as we had copied the program from our parents and we are now transferring the same programming to our children (The Sin of the Fathers). Thus, here, we can see again the relationship between our preference and our pre-programming, where we, haven't considered within and as ourselves, the implications of where for instance, my preferences came from? Where in my life have I created the 'idea' that 'I must rest because I had an hard day at work and unless I rest, I won't be able to spend time with my children'. Why it is that our solution to entertain our children is through placing them in front of the TV and whether or not, this solution would result with the best outcome for a child in terms of a child's development - mentally and physically. Within that, the question we must ask ourselves is - Does one, as a parent, have free choice within one's preference in placing one's child in front of the TV so that one could take a nap/rest? What is then the relationship between Preferences and Free choice?

 

So - I suggest to really take an inner look when and as we speak/think the words: "I prefer" and how we would act, based on our Preference because, as was shown in these blogs, our preferences, may not even be our owns but a copied program that we had copied from our parents, with no self awareness.

 

The BeLIEf that parents love their Children and would not teach them harmful ways of living is thwarted by the evidence presented by human society that clearly indicate that Man do not care about Man. Parenting is the foundation and the backbone of society and society is the evidence of Parenting. Study the Physical Quantum Dynamics of the Mind to understand why Society at large is a Mess or you remain part of the mess while living in the self created illusion in your mind. Bernard Poolman

 

Some may Negatively react to the above statement because we cannot even compute that our parenting skills  are part of the enlarged problem of this world because, from our perspective, we are good parents and love our children so much that we will do anything in our power to protect them and educate them to our best of our abilities. However we are not considering the outflows of our actions, in for instance, placing our child in front of the TV so that we can have a moment for ourselves, as a pre-programmed Preference, before we investigate the Physical dynamics and the outflows that would result with our actions, is a concerning point we must address.

 

And now, again, it is not a judgement, it is not a point that is either Negative or Positive - we were never trained to investigate all things and keep that which is good in a practical manner. We were never trained to be effective parents but rather, we were trained to copy our parents programming and became their exact duplicate in how we would raise our own children and that goes far back, as the sin of the fathers.

 

The Desteni Message will show you what one had never considered before and accordingly present solutions to sort out the problem from its origin/core/source through a process of correction, which we will get to, in blogs to come.

 

In my next blog, we will have a closer look at Free Choice in the context of one's preferences.