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“The first thing to be degraded in any nation is the state of Man, himself. Nations which have high ethical tone are difficult to conquer. Their loyalties are hard to shake, their allegiance to their leaders is fanatical, and what they usually call their spiritual integrity cannot be violated by duress. It is not efficient to attack a nation in such a frame of mind. It is the basic purpose of [mind-control] to reduce that state of mind to a point where it can be ordered and enslaved. Thus, the first target is Man, himself. He must be degraded from a spiritual being to an animalistic reaction pattern. He must think of himself as an animal, capable only of animalistic reactions. He must no longer think of himself, or of his fellows, as capable of ‘spiritual endurance,’ or nobility... “As it seems in foreign nations that the church is the most ennobling influence, each and every branch and activity of each and every church, must, one way, or another, be discredited. Religion must become unfashionable by demonstrating broadly, through pyschopolitical indoctrination, that the soul is non-existent, and that Man is an animal.”
Seems a lot like what is going on nowadays. Degradation of the human being to an animal.. Making this idea seem like this is the intelligent way to believe oneself to be.
So, lets discuss. I mean..this is a belief after-all.
Which is a more empowering (meaning to the individual) belief? The belief in the soul? Or the belief in the animal?
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Humans are animals and have always been animals. I don't see how we are worse off then we have ever been. There's just more of us to muck it up.
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Re: Mind Control [Re: hTx]
#18949660 - 10/08/13 01:38 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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hTx said: “The first thing to be degraded in any nation is the state of Man, himself. Nations which have high ethical tone are difficult to conquer. Their loyalties are hard to shake, their allegiance to their leaders is fanatical, and what they usually call their spiritual integrity cannot be violated by duress. It is not efficient to attack a nation in such a frame of mind. It is the basic purpose of [mind-control] to reduce that state of mind to a point where it can be ordered and enslaved. Thus, the first target is Man, himself. He must be degraded from a spiritual being to an animalistic reaction pattern. He must think of himself as an animal, capable only of animalistic reactions. He must no longer think of himself, or of his fellows, as capable of ‘spiritual endurance,’ or nobility... “As it seems in foreign nations that the church is the most ennobling influence, each and every branch and activity of each and every church, must, one way, or another, be discredited. Religion must become unfashionable by demonstrating broadly, through pyschopolitical indoctrination, that the soul is non-existent, and that Man is an animal.”
Seems a lot like what is going on nowadays. Degradation of the human being to an animal.. Making this idea seem like this is the intelligent way to believe oneself to be.
So, lets discuss. I mean..this is a belief after-all.
Which is a more empowering (meaning to the individual) belief? The belief in the soul? Or the belief in the animal?
Are those quotes? By whom? Just curious, it doesn't really matter.
The belief that religious institutions "ennoble" people, is very ignorant in my opinion. Ignorant of the historical concerning the various churches active oppression of the human race, from the modern issues such as the pro-life and anti-gay movements anti-condom, through the inquisition and the European dark ages, Sharia law, down to India's caste system, the excessive Judaic law (as read in the Tanakh), and so on so forth.
Religion is a plague on mankind, it does not ennoble anyone.
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Icelander said: Humans are animals and have always been animals. I don't see how we are worse off then we have ever been. There's just more of us to muck it up.
No arguing that we are and always have been animals.
But we haven't always been spiritual animals.
What good has spirituality done? What bad has it done?
What good/bad does a lack of these beliefs hold?
Which is more empowering and why?
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Re: Mind Control [Re: hTx]
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What good has spirituality done? What bad has it done?
What good/bad does a lack of these beliefs hold?
Which is more empowering and why?
Spirituality can ease death anxiety, if it is based on personal experience I'm more open minded towards it - unless there is a religious institution involved which guides those verifiably subjective experiences.
What bad it has done, in the form of religion is too long to list (began above in last post). In the form of mysticism it usually leads to delusion as one's experiences are guided by the assumptions they formed before beginning practice (or during practice). For someone such as myself to whom the truth is more important by an infinite degree than comfort, delusion/ignorance is as a greater harm than amputation.
The truth is more empowering whatever it may be, we're navigating at sea and bad maps sink ships.
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Re: Mind Control [Re: hTx]
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By that you must mean we now think of ourselves as spiritual animals. Well it doesn't seem to make much difference over all from what I've seen. And there is easily as much evil that has come from it as good.
If you want to see a change in mankind it will have to happen on the emotional psychological level and there is no real indication imo that any of that is happening to the race at large. From my short study of human cultural history we seem to be pretty much the same psychologically as we have ever been. Maybe we're a tad better overall but imo that's not enough to cause any major changes in the near or fairly distant future.
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the only way you can see you are possessed by your thoughts is by freeing yourself from them, then you will see that everybody else is too
not sure man is reduced to an animal, more made into a machine
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it's a crazy world we live in, not much different from 500 years ago... we still prosecute people that are different, we still think we know the absolute truth
it's great progress when you realize you are a soul in a body.. if only everybody knew this... then they would know themselves, there would be no suffering
machine: more is good, always want something, can never get enough(something missing), feels unique/separated from others (often above/below others) human: common interests with others, less is more
many machines and many humans in society
free your mind of thoughts meditate/nature/simple lifestyle , don't watch tv
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From my short study of human cultural history we seem to be pretty much the same psychologically as we have ever been.
I've noticed somewhat of a difference in one area, its a negative change in my opinion. If you read the Odyssey there's a great example of this: Odysseus leaving Troy stops at a random town to slaughter its inhabitants and plunder - the narrator praises this 'heroic' action as Odysseus quickly flees before the cities allies could come seek vengeance. In modern society a city may be annihilated and plundered, but people will pretend they care. Obviously they do not care as they commit the action in the first place and support the system in place which will perpetuate their favorite sport.
Its the same as with gladiatorial pits being replaced by boxing and ultra-violent movies. People pretend they don't like something or another which crosses their artificial sense of "morality", but their actions indicate a lack of that morality.
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it's great progress when you realize you are a soul in a body.. if only everybody knew this... then they would know themselves, there would be no suffering
Prove any of this and I will suck your dick.
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hTx said: “The first thing to be degraded in any nation is the state of Man, himself. Nations which have high ethical tone are difficult to conquer. Their loyalties are hard to shake, their allegiance to their leaders is fanatical, and what they usually call their spiritual integrity cannot be violated by duress. It is not efficient to attack a nation in such a frame of mind. It is the basic purpose of [mind-control] to reduce that state of mind to a point where it can be ordered and enslaved. Thus, the first target is Man, himself. He must be degraded from a spiritual being to an animalistic reaction pattern. He must think of himself as an animal, capable only of animalistic reactions. He must no longer think of himself, or of his fellows, as capable of ‘spiritual endurance,’ or nobility... “As it seems in foreign nations that the church is the most ennobling influence, each and every branch and activity of each and every church, must, one way, or another, be discredited. Religion must become unfashionable by demonstrating broadly, through pyschopolitical indoctrination, that the soul is non-existent, and that Man is an animal.”
Seems a lot like what is going on nowadays. Degradation of the human being to an animal.. Making this idea seem like this is the intelligent way to believe oneself to be.
So, lets discuss. I mean..this is a belief after-all.
Which is a more empowering (meaning to the individual) belief? The belief in the soul? Or the belief in the animal?
Are those quotes? By whom? Just curious, it doesn't really matter.
The belief that religious institutions "ennoble" people, is very ignorant in my opinion. Ignorant of the historical concerning the various churches active oppression of the human race, from the modern issues such as the pro-life and anti-gay movements anti-condom, through the inquisition and the European dark ages, Sharia law, down to India's caste system, the excessive Judaic law (as read in the Tanakh), and so on so forth.
Religion is a plague on mankind, it does not ennoble anyone.
It is from the book "A Synthesis of the Russian Brainwashing Manual on Pyschopolitics" It is completely self-evident that religion and spirituality can ennoble any human of any class, most notably and most easily, the most numerous. The poor. Religious institutions have helped many 'find themselves' and continues to do so. Religion remains popular after 10,000 years or so because of this very ennobling factor (many other factors as well). It gives man reason to believe in himself. If man is reduced to a mechanism without any individuality..where does that leave man?
A mechanism. Without any individuality.
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Re: Mind Control [Re: hTx]
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religion doesn't make you find yourself instantly, just like meditation doesn't
it is a slowly adopting lifestyle which follows, that does I think
slowly you get less and less thoughts, if you do either religion or meditation you find inner peace either way, or with psychedelics
that is probably why people try to spread it, not only because some religions teach to spread it but because people really do find inner peace and want to share the love
unfortunately religion can be used for mind control too.. and meditation too
there is no easy way of finding yourself, but finding yourself is one of the most important things you can do in this world most people don't know themselves, but think/are 100% sure they do, very attached to their thoughts (own experience) when you find yourself you are not in doubt, inner peace everyday that lasts :-) , and you often feel like you have to spread the love you feel
I have known a few christians that definitely knew themselves, because they felt love everyday and that love spread to everyone around them met many muslims to that knew themselves because they know that helping others is the best way to stay happy religion is a possible way to know yourself :-)
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It is completely self-evident that religion and spirituality can ennoble any human of any class, most notably and most easily, the most numerous. The poor. Religious institutions have helped many 'find themselves' and continues to do so. Religion remains popular after 10,000 years or so because of this very ennobling factor (many other factors as well). It gives man reason to believe in himself. If man is reduced to a mechanism without any individuality..where does that leave man?
A mechanism. Without any individuality.
That sounds like a lump of assumptions to me, compared to the historical facts concerning religion's oppression of humanity. Is anyone tortured and killed for not 'finding themselves'? They're oppressed for reaching beyond the glass ceiling religion sets over them
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I don't mind the idea of being an animal and don't consider the thought ignoble. I would guess that through religion a society achieves solidarity. Without a cohesive theme for culture to form around it's easy to splinter the masses and turn them against themselves.
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From my short study of human cultural history we seem to be pretty much the same psychologically as we have ever been.
I've noticed somewhat of a difference in one area, its a negative change in my opinion. If you read the Odyssey there's a great example of this: Odysseus leaving Troy stops at a random town to slaughter its inhabitants and plunder - the narrator praises this 'heroic' action as Odysseus quickly flees before the cities allies could come seek vengeance. In modern society a city may be annihilated and plundered, but people will pretend they care. Obviously they do not care as they commit the action in the first place and support the system in place which will perpetuate their favorite sport.
Its the same as with gladiatorial pits being replaced by boxing and ultra-violent movies. People pretend they don't like something or another which crosses their artificial sense of "morality", but their actions indicate a lack of that morality.
That has been pointed out to me before. We are only better at hiding our motives cloaked in PC ness.
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it's great progress when you realize you are a soul in a body.. if only everybody knew this... then they would know themselves, there would be no suffering
Prove any of this and I will suck your dick.
Your dick is safe.
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Re: Mind Control [Re: Rahz]
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Rahz said: I don't mind the idea of being an animal and don't consider the thought ignoble. I would guess that through religion a society achieves solidarity. Without a cohesive theme for culture to form around it's easy to splinter the masses and turn them against themselves.
Good post 
I think as humans, we think in terms of stories - "i"/ego stories, science/history stories, and religious/cultural stories. It definitely gives us a sense of collective, but probably is just the way the brain fundamentally works.
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Re: Mind Control [Re: hTx]
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hTx said: Which is a more empowering (meaning to the individual) belief? The belief in the soul? Or the belief in the animal?
I think neither are empowering. I prefer the teachings occult teachings of Crowley and Gurdjieff, where one starts off as a mechanical animal and with hard work over time may develop some greater approximation of freedom.
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hTx said: Which is a more empowering (meaning to the individual) belief? The belief in the soul? Or the belief in the animal?
I think neither are empowering. I prefer the teachings occult teachings of Crowley and Gurdjieff, where one starts off as a mechanical animal and with hard work over time may develop some greater approximation of freedom.
This.
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Re: Mind Control [Re: hTx]
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And having a soul cannot allow one to be in the moment?
Perhaps it is precisely in the moment when we are most connected to the soul. There are mechanical, animalistic sides to us; sure, they evolved with us. When the going gets tough, the tough get going; we have needed this part of ourselves to survive. But for some reason or other we developed the ability to feel and question much more deeply than other animals of Earth, to be able to see that animal in each of us and feel guilt (or empowerment) when we resort to it. Man loves to control things, especially each other, and perhaps on some level Man loves to be controlled.. Perhaps as a way to deal with uncertainty.
Alphas over betas, betas over betas to reach alpha..this is the animal nature of Man, something we share with most animals. If the game is realized for what it is, one can rise above beta and alpha behaviours, no longer be controlled by them. This is unique to Man. We time travel in our minds and due to our analytical nature can realize mistakes made in the past and occasionally correct them in the future. Our memory and projections are unique to us as well. 
Our very own intelligence is the cause of all suffering, all suffering the cause for more suffering. The only way to get out of this is to realize, truthfully, the cause of suffering and stop being apart of it. Take control of the mind; of that intelligence. Quit playing the primate game of who's better by having complete comfort in your own skin. That is empowerment and whatever it takes to realize complete comfort in ones skin is empowerment.
You say the soul offers hope..what about fear? 
Fear of karma, fear of reincarnation, of judgment. The true believers, the real religious, are typically God-fearing instead of God-loving.
Some love out of fear instead of gratitude for existence. Fear-based love is slavery. Love based love is freedom.
One judges out of fear of being judged, and in doing so judges the very qualities they so deny in themselves, creating a subconscious separation from their fellow man and from themselves; contributing to the whole of suffering.
One embraces out of love and in doing so accepts the human as a whole, feels a connection with typical human behaviors seeing themselves in all, is able to see more easily the cause of suffering; allowing one to operate outside of suffering and create a space to ease others from their suffering instead of contributing to it.
So I feel, with anything that we do, its important to realize where ones heart is.
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It is completely self-evident that religion and spirituality can ennoble any human of any class, most notably and most easily, the most numerous. The poor. Religious institutions have helped many 'find themselves' and continues to do so. Religion remains popular after 10,000 years or so because of this very ennobling factor (many other factors as well). It gives man reason to believe in himself. If man is reduced to a mechanism without any individuality..where does that leave man?
A mechanism. Without any individuality.
That sounds like a lump of assumptions to me, compared to the historical facts concerning religion's oppression of humanity. Is anyone tortured and killed for not 'finding themselves'? They're oppressed for reaching beyond the glass ceiling religion sets over them
I agree, and if you notice I didn't say religion was good for all, but that it did and has helped many, namely the individual looking for help (the poor).
Madness is rare in the individual. It seems to take the concentrated madness of the many for it to manifest itself into the horrors we have seen from religious conquests and inquisitions. But this is true in all large groups; organizations, parties, and nations, not just religious ones.
Just look at what's going on presently.
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Re: Mind Control [Re: hTx]
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We cannot blame religion for mans faults.
It seems most religious texts I have read may have many interpretations, but the true purpose for them is to free the individual from themselves by introducing the idea that we are more than ourselves (or not ourselves at all). This is naturally disturbing to any power at be who would want the masses to stay beta and thus easily controlled...so it makes sense that religion was, at various points in history, quite oppressive; in doing so those in the hierarchy could establish and flex their power.
Claiming different interpretations and religions as 'the true and only way' and killing over it... never realizing the irony that nearly all religious texts instruct us to love one another.
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but the true purpose for them is to free the individual from themselves by introducing the idea that we are more than ourselves
I don't see how you know the "true purpose" of religion. I think it has possibly many purposes and they are all true.
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Well I'll agree at least that with religion gone, mankind would be little better "morally" speaking.
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What would replace the church (religion) if this were the case? Are you saying that their should be no religion whatsoever, no spirituality, based on a few minor mistakes in the past? Are you calling for abolition of spirituality and religion; claiming that this would be better for all-mankind? How exactly would we be better 'morally' speaking, it seems this would be the opposite. But i dunno i'm a little drunk/barred out at the moment so 
I'll come back to this one
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Re: Mind Control [Re: hTx]
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hTx said: What would replace the church (religion) if this were the case? Are you saying that their should be no religion whatsoever, no spirituality, based on a few minor mistakes in the past? Are you calling for abolition of spirituality and religion; claiming that this would be better for all-mankind? How exactly would we be better 'morally' speaking, it seems this would be the opposite. But i dunno i'm a little drunk/barred out at the moment so 
I'll come back to this one 
As much as I'd like to see religion gone, all I was saying is with religion gone humans would be almost as corrupt as they are with it.
If it were in my power I probably would abolish all the major religions: christianity, judaism, islam, hinduism, jainism, buddhism. That would make me really happy, but I'm not sure that people would be much less corrupt - although at least science could move on unimpeded.
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hTx said: What would replace the church (religion) if this were the case? Are you saying that their should be no religion whatsoever, no spirituality, based on a few minor mistakes in the past? Are you calling for abolition of spirituality and religion; claiming that this would be better for all-mankind? How exactly would we be better 'morally' speaking, it seems this would be the opposite. But i dunno i'm a little drunk/barred out at the moment so 
I'll come back to this one 
As much as I'd like to see religion gone, all I was saying is with religion gone humans would be almost as corrupt as they are with it.
If it were in my power I probably would abolish all the major religions: christianity, judaism, islam, hinduism, jainism, buddhism. That would make me really happy, but I'm not sure that people would be much less corrupt - although at least science could move on unimpeded.
I agree, not much would change if religion disappeared..but it wouldn't disappear for long. People have spiritual/religious experiences all the time. Perhaps these experiences are very much apart of being human, but regardless, writers and poets a like would rekindle the flame that you attempted to put out.
I think science does move on unimpeded already, well it is impeded by its dogmatism..and to ignore an aspect of human experience (spiritual experiences) completely sounds a lot like impeding science as well.
I feel even if all religious texts were destroyed, and we started over with an unknowing populace..people would question everything to the point of getting an answer. For many that answer is God, the Universe, Flying Spaghetti monster, w/e.
If we hit a reset button on humanity, leaving them essentially caveman...would we develop similiar ideas about a soul and of God?
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I think if you abolished all major religions you would draw mass hate from the masses they would come at ya with pitchforks n shit.
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I think if you abolished all major religions you would draw mass hate from the masses they would come at ya with pitchforks n shit.
Maybe then they would understand how I feel about them, but probably not. I'd take their religion away out of spite
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based on a few minor mistakes in the past?
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hTx said: “The first thing to be degraded in any nation is the state of Man, himself. Nations which have high ethical tone are difficult to conquer. Their loyalties are hard to shake, their allegiance to their leaders is fanatical, and what they usually call their spiritual integrity cannot be violated by duress. It is not efficient to attack a nation in such a frame of mind. It is the basic purpose of [mind-control] to reduce that state of mind to a point where it can be ordered and enslaved. Thus, the first target is Man, himself. He must be degraded from a spiritual being to an animalistic reaction pattern. He must think of himself as an animal, capable only of animalistic reactions. He must no longer think of himself, or of his fellows, as capable of ‘spiritual endurance,’ or nobility... “As it seems in foreign nations that the church is the most ennobling influence, each and every branch and activity of each and every church, must, one way, or another, be discredited. Religion must become unfashionable by demonstrating broadly, through pyschopolitical indoctrination, that the soul is non-existent, and that Man is an animal.”
Seems a lot like what is going on nowadays. Degradation of the human being to an animal.. Making this idea seem like this is the intelligent way to believe oneself to be.
So, lets discuss. I mean..this is a belief after-all.
Which is a more empowering (meaning to the individual) belief? The belief in the soul? Or the belief in the animal?
If I may, I read a book called Ishmael written by Daniel Quinn. If your enjoy short novels I'd definitely recommend it. I believe it would answer this question far better than I ever could.
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