Manipulation. The very word brings up distrust and apprehension.
This can take many forms. When you look or listen to a commercial, you are being manipulated into buying the product they are peddling. There are main categories and subcategories of this and there are White Papers written and whole specialties exist on the subject. I am not the expert but I can study and read. I am only concerned with these types in this article.
- Psychological
- Emotional
All of us at some point have fallen to these types of manipulation.
Psychological Manipulation is one of the most destructive. It basically uses mind control tricks and techniques to get people to do something against their will. In order for you to avoid being manipulated by others, you need to
know the ways that a person can get into your mind and control you to
gain the advantage. Think of Magicians and their trickery.
Here are some forms of manipulation that you should know about to avoid being controlled by them. Notice the impossibility and contradictory of the statements.
- Not All Truths Are Really True.
- Being Perfect Is An Impossibility.
- Illusions Are Considered As Nothing.
Emotional Manipulation can be though of as covert aggression. Many parents do this to their children. Most do not know the damage they cause. Guilt is one of the main operatives. I've known people that can do this without words. Here are some of their techniques.
- There is no use in trying to be honest with an emotional manipulator.
- An emotional manipulator is the picture of a willing helper.
- Crazy making - saying one thing and later assuring you they did not say it.
- Guilt. Emotional manipulators are excellent guilt mongers.
- Emotional manipulators somehow have the ability to impact the emotional climate of those around them.
So yeah yeah, you say that and what can be done? The only answer is to get True Freedom. One of the most important is Spiritual Freedom and that includes freedom from religion.
I bet the religious people will raise questions here. Be patient, this requires a leap of faith in the sense that you have all been taught to look outward for the Being/Force you call God.
I suggest that the answer lies inside of you and that these is no need for religion per say because you are inextricably part of that Source already. I call it Source for lack of a better term.
Most can achieve that once most forms of manipulation have been mitigated. I will break one rule here to state some religious things. On one of the most heavily manipulated books known as the Bible states: John 8:32 (KJV) "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free". Even then, there is some truth there.
Much has been invested by those that wish to keep humanity deaf and dumb to all except what they wish to allow. Most want to keep you docile and looking for something outside that can never be reached or found. The Sages, Yogis and Wise men of the East have known this for a long time, but they have failed miserably at letting others know. They have built walls of secrecy in FEAR that this will be misused.The time for that is past.
Seek the best and most resonating way for you to achieve that connection to your own Source connection. All you need to do is remember. There are many ways. The only thing I caution is to beware of manipulations, religious ones the most destructive. In reality there is no religion, just the way things are. Learn that and be Free.
Spiritual Freedom is . . .
- A release from the bonds of restrictive religious groups
- The ability to think for yourself without guilt
- The power to move beyond religious or spiritual dogma
- The pursuit of spiritual growth and knowledge in the absence of fear and unhealthy restraint, ties, and obligations
- The power to exercise our God-given right
to personal liberty in our spiritual journey to find our purpose and
fulfill our destiny in this life
Just be aware that guilt is one of their greatest weapons to keep you down. Don't let them. Be Free. Be your Real Self. RIDE THE WAVE Namaste.