compromise
Hans Russell
I have an identity crisis at the moment. Being gifted with high IQ and
visionary
insight, I have been largely ignored for my accomplishments.
I have not been ignored in that I have been made to suffer, and feel as
if I may
perish very soon.
So here goes, I'm trying to get a little attention somehow.
hr
Alright, everone!
I've just about blown my wad anyway.
I know one thing for sure.
According to those with apparent power, people don't matter much except
for
entertainment and doing the cleaning.
But I love the people, if just because of what the so called Master
Race is
and does.
This includes anything and everything that causes unnecessary
suffering.
Forget about having to regulate things, I'm going to blow it wide open.
I'm going to expose and compromise each and every "power Group" as
completely
as I can.
I know too much, and I'm not silent.
Tell you what, I'm going to speak out before I AM silent.
There's going to be such a realization, a dawning, as you never even
dreamt
about.
I'm going to dash their chess game to the ground and stomp on it and
them.
Watch me.
There's a lot going down.
I've already sent out and stored info which has to crack the whole
shebang.
It'll be rough at first, but think of the delicious satisfaction of
finally
biting the hand that abuses you.
CIA and all the rest of the Alphabet Wonder Children, Illuminati, C-300,
all
the rest of the aliens, false gods who dare to think that they will be
the
only survivors amongst millions of slaves, hang on to your gonads,
they're
coming off. ( note: bad ones I call "aliens", good ones I call
"Extraterrestrials". )
Just what I'll reveal is self-standing, and requires no prescribed
processing. Once you read it, you'll see it, and feel what is real.
I tried to offer my knowledge to just about anyone, and the mindset was
just
plain wrong.
We'll correct things right pronto.
Notice the Royal We.
The game is over, and I have no choice but to expose all.
Right away the applicability of my devices will be self-evident, but
not to
the lettermen elite.
I don't want to play anymore, nor be a guinea pig.
I also will not let "Them" play anymore.
The rest of the people won't be forced to play anymore.
Let the bigshot step right up, folks, and watch me kick him where the
sun
don't shine.
Then you do the same, and start living.
Hans Russell
Ranamacar
Jetrock
>Whoa! Someone needs to have their dosages checked again.
yeah, either that or they ran out of tinfoil to line the inside of their
hat...
--
--Rev. Jetrock, founder of UBERKUNST, Freelance Digital Appliance Healer
http://emrl.com/~jetrock for UBERKUNST and MONSTER ATTACK information!
Hans Russell
Mind - Mass Mind Control
Techniques In America
By Dick Sutphen
1-20-2000
Persuasion and Brainwashing
Techniques Being Used On The Public Today
Reformatted for WWW display and distribution
by Dynamic Living Media Summary Of Contents
Introduction
The Birth of Conversion: Brainwashing in Christian
Revivalism in 1735. The Three Brain Phases: The
Pavlovian Explanation
How Revivalist Preachers Work
The "Voice Roll" Technique The Build-up Process.:
Inducing Altered States Assured Continuation: Fleecing the
Flock Bonding by Fear and Suggestion Testimony:
Creating Community Spirit Miracles The Grey Area of
Legitimacy A Game in Which the Rules Keep Changing
Six Conversion Techniques
Isolation Intimidation, Deprivation and Indoctrination. The
"Sell It By Zealot" Technique. Wearing Down Resistance
Increasing Tension Introducing Uncertainty About Identity
Jargon Lack of Humor: No Release, No Resistance
Not Always a Bad Thing
Cults: A Captive Course in Stockholm Syndrome The
Only Hope of Immunity The US Marines as a
Brainwashing Cult
Steps in the Decognition Process
Alertness reduction Programmed Confusion Thought
Stopping
Thought-Stopping Techniques
Marching Meditation Chanting
True believers and mass movements.
Persuasion techniques: "Yes Set" Embedded Commands
The Power of NLP Interspersal Technique Practical
Examples Shock and Confusion
Subliminal Programming
Does Subliminal Programming Work? Mass Misuse of
Subliminal Programming Vibrato Extra-low Frequency
Vibrations (ELFs) The Neurophone Technological Tools
for Mass Manipulation In Closing...
Introduction
I'm Dick Sutphen and this tape is a studio-recorded,
expanded version of a talk I delivered at the World
Congress of Professional Hypnotists Convention in Las
Vegas, Nevada. Although the tape carries a copyright to
protect it from unlawful duplication for sale by other
companies, in this case, I invite individuals to make copies
and give them to friends or anyone in a position to
communicate this information.
Although I've been interviewed about the subject on many
local and regional radio and TV talk shows, large-scale
mass communication appears to be blocked, since it could
result in suspicion or investigation of the very media
presenting it or the sponsors that support the media. Some
government agencies do not want this information
generally known. Nor do the Born-Again Christian
movement, cults, and many human-potential trainings.
Everything I will relate only exposes the surface of the
problem. I don't know how the misuse of these techniques
can be stopped. I don't think it is possible to legislate
against that which often cannot be detected; and if those
who legislate are using these techniques, there is little hope
of affecting laws to govern usage. I do know that the first
step to initiate change is to generate interest. In this case,
that will probably only result from an underground effort.
In talking about this subject, I am talking about my own
business. I know it, and I know how effective it can be. I
produce hypnosis and subliminal tapes and, in some of my
seminars, I use conversion tactics to assist participants to
become independent and self-sufficient. But, anytime I
use these techniques, I point out that I am using them, and
those attending have a choice to participate or not. They
also know what the desired result of participation will be.
So, to begin, I want to state the most basic of all facts
about brainwashing: In the entire history of man, no one
has ever been brainwashed and realized, or believed, that
he had been brainwashed. Those who have been
brainwashed will usually passionately defend their
manipulators, claiming they have simply been "shown the
light" ...or have been transformed in miraculous ways.
The Birth of Conversion: Brainwashing in Christian
Revivalism in 1735.
Conversion is a "nice" word for brainwashing...and any
study of brainwashing has to begin with a study of
Christian revivalism in eighteenth century America.
Apparently, Jonathan Edwards accidentally discovered the
techniques during a religious crusade in 1735 in
Northampton, Massachusetts. By inducing guilt and acute
apprehension and by increasing the tension, the "sinners"
attending his revival meetings would break down and
completely submit. Technically, what Edwards was doing
was creating conditions that wipe the brain slate clean so
that the mind accepts new programming. The problem
was that the new input was negative. He would tell them,
"You're a sinner! You're destined for hell!"
As a result, one person committed suicide and another
attempted suicide. And the neighbors of the suicidal
converts related that they, too, were affected so deeply
that, although they had found "eternal salvation," they
were obsessed with a diabolical temptation to end their
own lives.
Once a preacher, cult leader, manipulator or authority
figure creates the brain phase to wipe the brain-slate clean,
his subjects are wide open. New input, in the form of
suggestion, can be substituted for their previous ideas.
Because Edwards didn't turn his message positive until the
end of the revival, many accepted the negative suggestions
and acted, or desired to act, upon them.
Charles J. Finney was another Christian revivalist who
used the same techniques four years later in mass religious
conversions in New York. The techniques are still being
used today by Christian revivalists, cults, human-potential
trainings, some business rallies, and the United States
Armed services...to name just a few.
Let me point out here that I don't think most revivalist
preachers realize or know they are using brainwashing
techniques. Edwards simply stumbled upon a technique
that really worked, and others copied it and have
continued to copy it for over two hundred years. And the
more sophisticated our knowledge and technology
become, the more effective the conversion. I feel strongly
that this is one of the major reasons for the increasing rise
in Christian fundamentalism, especially the televised
variety, while most of the orthodox religions are declining.
The Three Brain Phases: The Pavlovian Explanation
The Christians may have been the first to successfully
formulate brainwashing, but we have to look to Pavlov,
the Russian scientist, for a technical explanation. In the
early 1900s, his work with animals opened the door to
further investigations with humans. After the revolution in
Russia, Lenin was quick to see the potential of applying
Pavlov's research to his own ends.
Three distinct and progressive states of transmarginal
inhibition were identified by Pavlov. The first is the
equivalent phase, in which the brain gives the same
response to both strong and weak stimuli. The second is
the paradoxical phase, in which the brain responds more
actively to weak stimuli than to strong. And the third is the
ultra-paradoxical phase, in which conditioned responses
and behavior patterns turn from positive to negative or
from negative to positive.
With the progression through each phase, the degree of
conversion becomes more effective and complete. The
way to achieve conversion are many and varied, but the
usual first step in religious or political brainwashing is to
work on the emotions of an individual or group until they
reach an abnormal level of anger, fear, exitement, or
nervous tension.
The progressive result of this mental condition is to impair
judgement and increase suggestibility. The more this
condition can be maintained or intensified, the more it
compounds. Once catharsis, or the first brain phase, is
reached, the complete mental takeover becomes easier.
Existing mental programming can be replaced with new
patterns of thinking and behavior.
Other often-used physiological weapons to modify normal
brain functions are fasting, radical or high sugar diets,
physical discomforts, regulation of breathing, mantra
chanting in meditation, the disclosure of awesome
mysteries, special lighting and sound effects, programmed
response to incense, or intoxicating drugs.
The same results can be obtained in contemporary
psychiatric treatment by electric shock treatments and
even by purposely lowering a person's blood sugar level
with insulin injections.
Before I talk about exactly how some of the techniques
are applied, I want to point out that hypnosis and
conversion tactics are two distinctly different things--and
that conversion techniques are far more powerful.
However, the two are often mixed...with powerful results.
How Revivalist Preachers Work
If you'd like to see a revivalist preacher at work, there are
probably several in your city. Go to the church or tent
early and sit in the rear, about three-quarters of the way
back. Most likely repetitive music will be played while the
people come in for the service. A repetitive beat, ideally
ranging from 45 to 72 beats per minute (a rhythm close to
the beat of the human heart), is very hypnotic and can
generate an eyes-open altered state of consciousness in a
very high percentage of people. And, once you are in an
alpha state, you are at least 25 times as suggestible as you
would be in full beta consciousness. The music is probably
the same for every service, or incorporates the same beat,
and many of the people will go into an altered state almost
immediately upon entering the sanctuary. Subconsciously,
they recall their state of mind from previous services and
respond according to the post-hypnotic programming.
Watch the people waiting for the service to begin. Many
will exhibit external signs of trance--body relaxation and
slightly dilated eyes. Often, they begin swaying back and
forth with their hands in the air while sitting in their chairs.
Next, the assistant pastor will probably come out. He
usually speaks with a pretty good "voice roll."
The "Voice Roll" Technique
A "voice roll" is a patterned, paced style used by
hypnotists when inducing a trance. It is also used by many
lawyers, several of whom are highly trained hypnotists,
when they desire to entrench a point firmly in the minds of
the jurors. A voice roll can sound as if the speaker were
talking to the beat of a metronome or it may sound as
though he were emphasizing every word in a monotonous,
patterned style. The words will usually be delivered at the
rate of 45 to 60 beats per minute, maximizing the hypnotic
effect.
The Build-up Process: Inducing Altered States
Now the assistant pastor begins the "build-up" process. He
induces an altered state of consciousness and/or begins to
generate the excitement and the expectations of the
audience. Next, a group of young women in "sweet and
pure" chiffon dresses might come out to sing a song.
Gospel songs are great for building excitement and
involvement. In the middle of the song, one of the girls
might be "smitten by the spirit" and fall down or react as if
possessed by the Holy Spirit. This very effectively
increases the intensity in the room. At this point, hypnosis
and conversion tactics are being mixed. And the result is
the audience's attention span is now totally focused upon
the communication while the environment becomes more
exciting or tense.
Assured Continuation: Fleecing the Flock
Right about this time, when an eyes-open mass-induced
alpha mental state has been achieved, they will usually
pass the collection plate or basket. In the background, a
45-beat-per-minute voice roll from the assistant preacher
might exhort, "Give to God...Give to God...Give to
God...." And the audience does give. God may not get the
money, but his already-wealthy representative will.
Bonding by Fear and Suggestion
Next, the fire-and-brimstone preacher will come out. He
induces fear and increases the tension by talking about
"the devil," "going to hell," or the forthcoming
Armegeddon.
In the last such rally I attended, the preacher talked about
the blood that would soon be running out of every faucet
in the land. He was also obsessed with a "bloody axe of
God," which everyone had seen hanging above the pulpit
the previous week. I have no doubt that everyone saw
it--the power of suggestion given to hundreds of people in
hypnosis assures that at least 10 to 25 percent would see
whatever he suggested they see.
Testimony: Creating Community Spirit
In most revivalist gatherings, "testifying" or "witnessing"
usually follows the fear-based sermon. People from the
audience come up on stage and relate their stories. "I was
crippled and now I can walk!" "I had arthritis and now it's
gone!" It is a psychological manipulation that works. After
listening to numerous case histories of miraculous healings,
the average guy in the audience with a minor problem is
sure he can be healed. The room is charged with fear,
guilt, intense excitement, and expectations.
Miracles
Now those who want to be healed are frequently lined up
around the edge of the room, or they are told to come
down to the front. The preacher might touch them on the
head firmly and scream, "Be healed!" This releases the
psychic energy and, for many, catharsis results. Catharsis
is a purging of repressed emotions. Individuals might cry,
fall down or even go into spasms. And if catharsis is
effected, they stand a chance of being healed. In catharsis
(one of the three brain phases mentioned earlier), the
brain-slate is temporarily wiped clean and the new
suggestion is accepted.
For some, the healing may be permanent. For many, it will
last four days to a week, which is, incidentally, how long a
hypnotic suggestion given to a somnambulistic subject will
usually last. Even if the healing doesn't last, if they come
back every week, the power of suggestion may continually
override the problem...or sometimes, sadly, it can mask a
physical problem which could prove to be very detrimental
to the individual in the long run.
The Grey Area of Legitimacy
I'm not saying that legitimate healings do not take place.
They do. Maybe the individual was ready to let go of the
negativity that caused the problem in the first place;
maybe it was the work of God. Yet I contend that it can
be explained with existing knowledge of brain/mind
function.
A Game in Which the Rules Keep Changing
The techniques and staging will vary from church to
church. Many use "speaking in tongues" to generate
catharsis in some while the spectacle creates intense
excitement in the observers.
The use of hypnotic techniques by religions is
sophisticated, and professionals are assuring that they
become even more effective. A man in Los Angeles is
designing, building, and reworking a lot of churches
around the country. He tells ministers what they need and
how to use it. This man's track record indicates that the
congregation and the monetary income will double if the
minister follows his instructions. He admits that about 80
percent of his efforts are in the sound system and lighting.
Powerful sound and the proper use of lighting are of
primary importance in inducing an altered state of
consciousnes--I've been using them for years in my own
seminars. However, my participants are fully aware of the
process and what they can expect as a result of their
participation.
Six Conversion Techniques
Cults and human-potential organizations are always
looking for new converts. To attain them, they must also
create a brain-phase. And they often need to do it within a
short space of time--a weekend, or maybe even a day.
The following are the six primary techniques used to
generate the conversion.
Isolation Intimidation, Deprivation and Indoctrination
The meeting or training takes place in an area where
participants are cut off from the outside world. This may
be any place: a private home, a remote or rural setting, or
even a hotel ballroom where the participants are allowed
only limited bathroom usage. In human-potential trainings,
the controllers will give a lengthy talk about the
importance of "keeping agreements" in life. The
participants are told that if they don't keep agreements,
their life will never work. It's a good idea to keep
agreements, but the controllers are subverting a positive
human value for selfish purposes. The participants vow to
themselves and their trainer that they will keep their
agreements. Anyone who does not will be intimidated into
agreement or forced to leave. The next step is to agree to
complete training, thus assuring a high percentage of
conversions for the organizations.
They will usually have to agree not to take drugs, smoke,
and sometimes not to eat...or they are given such short
meal breaks that it creates tension. The real reason for the
agreements is to alter internal chemistry, which generates
anxiety and hopefully causes at least a slight malfunction
of the nervous system, which in turn increases the
conversion potential.
The "Sell It By Zealot" Technique.
Before the gathering is complete, the agreements will be
used to ensure that the new converts go out and find new
participants. They are intimidated into agreeing to do so
before they leave. Since the importance of keeping
agreements is so high on their priority list, the converts will
twist the arms of everyone they know, attempting to talk
them into attending a free introductory session offered at a
future date by the organization. The new converts are
zealots. In fact, the inside term for merchandising the
largest and most successful human-potential training is,
"sell it by zealot!"
At least a million people are graduates and a good
percentage have been left with a mental activation button
that assures their future loyalty and assistance if the guru
figure or organization calls. Think about the potential
political implications of hundreds of thousands of zealots
programmed to campaign for their guru.
Be wary of an organization of this type that offers
follow-up sessions after the seminar. Follow-up sessions
might be weekly meetings or inexpensive seminars given
on a regular basis which the organization will attempt to
talk you into taking--or any regularly scheduled event used
to maintain control. As the early Christian revivalists
found, long-term control is dependent upon a good
follow-up system.
Wearing Down Resistance
Alright. Now, let's look at the second tip-off that indicates
conversion tactics are being used. A schedule is
maintained that causes physical and mental fatigue. This is
primarily accomplished by long hours in which the
participants are given no opportunity for relaxation or
reflection.
Increasing Tension
The third tip-off: techniques used to increase the tension in
the room or environment.
Introducing Uncertainty About Identity
Number four: Uncertainty. I could spend hours relating
various techniques to increase tension and generate
uncertainty. Basically, the participants are concerned
about being "put on the spot" or encountered by the
trainers, guilt feelings are played upon, participants are
tempted to verbally relate their innermost secrets to the
other participants or forced to take part in activities that
emphasize removing their masks. One of the most
successful human-potential seminars forces the
participants to stand on a stage in front of the entire
audience while being verbally attacked by the trainers. A
public opinion poll, conducted a few years ago, showed
that the number one most-fearful situation an individual
could encounter is to speak to an audience. It ranked
above window washing outside the 85th floor of an office
building.
So you can imagine the fear and tension this situation
generates within the participants. Many faint, but most
cope with the stress by mentally going away. They literally
go into an alpha state, which automatically makes them
many times as suggestible as they normally are. And
another loop of the downward spiral into conversion is
successfully effected.
Jargon
The fifth clue that conversion tactics are being used is the
introduction of jargon--new terms that have meaning only
to the "insiders" who participate. Vicious language is also
frequently used, purposely, to make participants
uncomfortable.
Lack of Humor: No Release, No Resistance
The final tip-off is that there is no humor in the
communications...at least until the participants are
converted. Then, merry-making and humor are highly
desirable as symbols of the new joy the participants have
supposedly "found."
Not Always a Bad Thing
I'm not saying that good does not result from participation
in such gatherings. It can and does. But I contend it is
important for people to know what has happened and to
be aware that continual involvement may not be in their
best interest.
Over the years, I've conducted professional seminars to
teach people to be hypnotists, trainers, and counselors.
I've had many of those who conduct trainings and rallies
come to me and say, "I'm here because I know that what
I'm doing works, but I don't know why." After showing
them how and why, many have gotten out of the business
or have decided to approach it differently or in a much
more loving and supportive manner.
Many of these trainers have become personal friends, and
it scares us all to have experienced the power of one
person with a microphone and a room full of people. Add
a little charisma and you can count on a high percentage of
conversions. The sad truth is that a high percentage of
people want to give away their power--they are true
"believers"!
Cults: A Captive Course in Stockholm Syndrome
Cult gatherings or human-potential trainings are an ideal
environment to observe first-hand what is technically
called the "Stockholm Syndrome." This is a situation in
which those who are intimidated, controlled, or made to
suffer, begin to love, admire, and even sometimes sexually
desire their controllers or captors.
But let me inject a word of warning here: If you think you
can attend such gatherings and not be affected, you are
probably wrong. A perfect example is the case of a
woman who went to Haiti on a Guggenheim Fellowship to
study Haitian Voodoo. In her report, she related how the
music eventually induced uncontrollable bodily movement
and an altered state of consciousness. Although she
understood the process and thought herself above it, when
she began to feel herself become vulnerable to the music,
she attempted to fight it and turned away. Anger or
resistance almost always assures conversion. A few
moments later she was possessed by the music and began
dancing in a trance around the Voodoo meeting house. A
brain phase had been induced by the music and
excitement, and she awoke feeling reborn.
The Only Hope of Immunity
The only hope of attending such gatherings without being
affected is to be a Buddha and allow no positive or
negative emotions to surface. Few people are capable of
such detachment.
The US Marines as a Brainwashing Cult
Before I go on, let's go back to the six tip-offs to
conversion. I want to mention the United States
Government and military boot camp. The Marine Corps
talks about breaking men down before "rebuilding" them
as new men--as marines! Well, that is exactly what they
do, the same way a cult breaks its people down and
rebuilds them as happy flower sellers on your local street
corner. Every one of the six conversion techniques are
used in boot camp. Considering the needs of the military,
I'm not making a judgement as to whether that is good or
bad. IT IS A fact that the men are effectively
brainwashed. Those who won't submit must be discharged
or spend much of their time in the brig.
Steps in the Decognition Process
Once the initial conversion is effected, cults, armed
services, and similar groups cannot have cynicism among
their members. Members must respond to commands and
do as they are told, otherwise they are dangerous to the
organizational control. This is normally accomplished as a
three-step Decognition Process.
Alertness reduction
Step One is alertness reduction: The controllers cause the
nervous system to malfunction, making it difficult to
distinguish between fantasy and reality. This can be
accomplished in several ways. poor diet is one; watch out
for Brownies and Koolaid. The sugar throws the nervous
system off. More subtle is the "spiritual diet" used by
many cults. They eat only vegetables and fruits; without
the grounding of grains, nuts, seeds, dairy products, fish or
meat, an individual becomes mentally "spacey."
Inadequate sleep is another primary way to reduce
alertness, especially when combined with long hours of
work or intense physical activity. Also, being bombarded
with intense and unique experiences achieves the same
result.
Programmed Confusion
Step Two is programmed confusion: You are mentally
assaulted while your alertness is being reduced as in Step
One. This is accomplished with a deluge of new
information, lectures, discussion groups, encounters or
one-to-one processing, which usually amounts to the
controller bombarding the individual with questions.
During this phase of decognition, reality and illusion often
merge and perverted logic is likely to be accepted.
Thought Stopping
Step Three is thought stopping: Techniques are used to
cause the mind to go "flat." These are
altered-state-of-consciousness techniques that initially
induce calmness by giving the mind something simple to
deal with and focusing awareness. The continued use
brings on a feeling of elation and eventually hallucination.
The result is the reduction of thought and eventually, if
used long enough, the cessation of all thought and
withdrawal from everyone and everything except that
which the controllers direct. The takeover is then
complete. It is important to be aware that when members
or participants are instructed to use "thought-stopping"
techniques, they are told that they will benefit by so doing:
they will become "better soldiers" or "find enlightenment."
Thought-Stopping Techniques
Marching
There are three primary techniques used for thought
stopping. The first is marching: the thump, thump, thump
beat literally generates self-hypnosis and thus great
susceptibility to suggestion.
Meditation
The second thought stopping technique is meditation. If
you spend an hour to an hour and a half a day in
meditation, after a few weeks, there is a great probability
that you will not return to full beta consciousness. You
will remain in a fixed state of alpha for as long as you
continue to meditate. I'm not saying this is bad--if you do
it yourself. It may be very beneficial. But it is a fact that
you are causing your mind to go flat. I've worked with
meditators on an EEG machine and the results are
conclusive: the more you meditate, the flatter your mind
becomes until, eventually and especially if used to excess
or in combination with decognition, all thought ceases.
Some spiritual groups see this as nirvana--which is bullshit.
It is simply a predictable physiological result. And if
heaven on earth is non-thinking and non-involvement, I
really question why we are here.
Chanting
The third thought-stopping technique is chanting, and
often chanting in meditation. "Speaking in tongues" could
also be included in this category.
All three-stopping techniques produce an altered state of
consciousness. This may be very good if you are
controlling the process, for you also control the input. I
personally use at least one self-hypnosis programming
session every day and I know how beneficial it is for me.
But you need to know if you use these techniques to the
degree of remaining continually in alpha that, although
you'll be very mellow, you'll also be more suggestible.
True Believers and Mass Movements
Before ending this section on conversion, I want to talk
about the people who are most susceptible to it and about
Mass Movements. I am convinced that at least a third of
the population is what Eric Hoffer calls "true believers."
They are joiners and followers...people who want to give
away their power. They look for answers, meaning, and
enlightenment outside themselves.
Hoffer, who wrote "The True Believer", a classic on mass
movements, says, "true believers are not intent on
bolstering and advancing a cherished self, but are those
craving to be rid of unwanted self. They are followers, not
because of a desire for self-advancement, but because it
can satisfy their passion for self-renunciation!" Hoffer also
says that true believers "are eternally incomplete and
eternally insecure"!
I know this from my own experience. In my years of
communicating concepts and conducting trainings, I have
run into them again and again. All I can do is attempt to
show them that the only thing to seek is the True Self
within. Their personal answers are to be found there and
there alone. I communicate that the basics of spirituality
are self-responsibility and self-actualization. But most of
the true believers just tell me that I'm not spiritual and go
looking for someone who will give them the dogma and
structure they desire.
Never underestimate the potential danger of these people.
They can easily be molded into fanatics who will gladly
work and die for their holy cause. It is a substitute for
their lost faith in themselves and offers them as a
substitute for individual hope. The Moral Majority is made
up of true believers. All cults are composed of true
believers. You'll find them in politics, churches,
businesses, and social cause groups. They are the fanatics
in these organizations.
Mass Movements will usually have a charismatic leader.
The followers want to convert others to their way of living
or impose a new way of life--if necessary, by legislating
laws forcing others to their view, as evidenced by the
activities of the Moral Majority. This means enforcement
by guns or punishment, for that is the bottomline in law
enforcement.
A common hatred, enemy, or devil is essential to the
success of a mass movement. The Born-Again Christians
have Satan himself, but that isn't enough--they've added
the occult, the New Age thinkers and, lately, all those who
oppose their integration of church and politics, as
evidenced in their political reelection campaigns against
those who oppose their views. In revolutions, the devil is
usually the ruling power or aristocracy. Some
human-potential movements are far too clever to ask their
graduates to join anything, thus labeling themselves as a
cult--but, if you look closely, you'll find that their devil is
anyone and everyone who hasn't taken their training.
There are mass movements without devils but they
seldom attain major status. The True Believers are
mentally unbalanced or insecure people, or those without
hope or friends. People don't look for allies when they
love, but they do when they hate or become obsessed with
a cause. And those who desire a new life and a new order
feel the old ways must be eliminated before the new order
can be built.
Persuasion Techniques
Persuasion isn't technically brainwashing but it is the
manipulation of the human mind by another individual,
without the manipulated party being aware what caused
his opinion shift. I only have time to very basically
introduce you to a few of the thousands of techniques in
use today, but the basis of persuasion is always to access
your right brain. The left half of your brain is analytical
and rational. The right side is creative and imaginative.
That is overly simplified but it makes my point. So, the
idea is to distract the left brain and keep it busy. Ideally,
the persuader generates an eyes-open altered state of
consciousness, causing you to shift from beta awareness
into alpha; this can be measured on an EEG machine.
"Yes Set"
First, let me give you an example of distracting the left
brain. Politicians use these powerful techniques all the
time; lawyers use many variations which, I've been told,
they call "tightening the noose."
Assume for a moment that you are watching a politician
give a speech. First, he might generate what is called a
"yes set." These are statements that will cause listeners to
agree; they might even unknowingly nod their heads in
agreement. Next come the truisms. These are usually facts
that could be debated but, once the politician has his
audience agreeing, the odds are in the politician's favor
that the audience won't stop to think for themselves, thus
continuing to agree. Last comes the suggestion. This is
what the politician wants you to do and, since you have
been agreeing all along, you could be persuaded to accept
the suggestion. Now, if you'll listen closely to my political
speech, you'll find that the first three are the "yes set," the
next three are truisms and the last is the suggestion.
"Ladies and gentlemen: are you angry about high food
prices? Are you tired of astronomical gas prices? Are you
sick of out-of-control inflation? Well, you know the Other
Party allowed 18 percent inflation last year; you know
crime has increased 50 percent nationwide in the last 12
months, and you know your paycheck hardly covers your
expenses any more. Well, the answer to resolving these
problems is to elect me, John Jones, to the U.S. Senate."
Embedded Commands
And I think you've heard all that before. But you might
also watch for what are called embedded commands. As
an example: On key words, the speaker would make a
gesture with his left hand, which research has shown is
more apt to access your right brain. Today's
media-oriented politicians and spellbinders are often
carefully trained by a whole new breed of specialist who
are using every trick in the book--both old and new--to
manipulate you into accepting their candidate.
The Power of NLP
The concepts and techniques of Neuro-Linguistics are so
heavily protected that I found out the hard way that to
even talk about them publicly or in print results in
threatened legal action. Yet Neuro-Linguistic training is
readily available to anyone willing to devote the time and
pay the price. It is some of the most subtle and powerful
manipulation I have yet been exposed to. A good friend
who recently attended a two-week seminar on
Neuro-Linguistics found that many of those she talked to
during the breaks were government people.
Interspersal Technique
Another technique that I'm just learning about is
unbelievably slippery; it is called an interspersal technique
and the idea is to say one thing with words but plant a
subconscious impression of something else in the minds of
the listeners and/or watchers.
Practical Examples
Let me give you an example: Assume you are watching a
television commentator make the following statement:
Senator Johnson is assisting local authorities to clear up
the stupid mistakes of companies contributing to the
nuclear waste problems." It sounds like a statement of
fact, but, if the speaker emphasizes the right word, and
especially if he makes the proper hand gestures on the key
words, you could be left with the subconscious impression
that Senator Johnson is stupid. That was the subliminal
goal of the statement and the speaker cannot be called to
account for anything.
Persuasion techniques are also frequently used on a much
smaller scale with just as much effectiveness. The
insurance salesman knows his pitch is likely to be much
more effective if he can get you to visualize something in
your mind. This is right-brain communication. For
instance, he might pause in his conversation, look slowly
around your livingroom and say, "Can you just imagine
this beautiful home burning to the ground?" Of course you
can! It is one of your unconscious fears and, when he
forces you to visualize it, you are more likely to be
manipulated into signing his insurance policy.
Shock and Confusion
The Hare Krishnas, operating in every airport, use what I
call shock and confusion techniques to distract the left
brain and communicate directly with the right brain. While
waiting for a plane, I once watched one operate for over
an hour. He had a technique of almost jumping in front of
someone. Initially, his voice was loud then dropped as he
made his pitch to take a book and contribute money to the
cause. Usually, when people are shocked, they
immediately withdraw. In this case they were shocked by
the strange appearance, sudden materialization and loud
voice of the Hare Krishna devotee. In other words, the
people went into an alpha state for security because they
didn't want to confront the reality before them.
In alpha, they were highly suggestible so they responded
to the suggestion of taking the book; the moment they
took the book, they felt guilty and responded to the
second suggestion: give money. We are all conditioned
that if someone gives us something, we have to give them
something in return--in that case, it was money. While
watching this hustler, I was close enough to notice that
many of the people he stopped exhibited an outward sign
of alpha--their eyes were actually dilated.
Subliminal Programming
Subliminals are hidden suggestions that only your
subconscious perceives. They can be audio, hidden behind
music, or visual, airbrushed into a picture, flashed on a
screen so fast that you don't consciously see them, or
cleverly incorporated into a picture or design.
Most audio subliminal reprogramming tapes offer verbal
suggestions recorded at a low volume. I question the
efficacy of this technique--if subliminals are not
perceptible, they cannot be effective, and subliminals
recorded below the audible threshold are therefore useless.
The oldest audio subliminal technique uses a voice that
follows the volume of the music so subliminals are
impossible to detect without a parametric equalizer. But
this technique is patented and, when I wanted to develop
my own line of subliminal audiocassettes, negotiations
with the patent holder proved to be unsatisfactory.
My attorney obtained copies of the patents which I gave
to some talented Hollywood sound engineers, asking them
to create a new technique. They found a way to
psycho-acoustically modify and synthesize the suggestions
so that they are projected in the same chord and
frequency as the music, thus giving them the effect of
being part of the music. But we found that in using this
technique, there is no way to reduce various frequencies
to detect the subliminals. In other words, although the
suggestions are being heard by the subconscious mind,
they cannot be monitored with even the most sophisticated
equipment.
If we were able to come up with this technique as easily as
we did, I can only imagine how sophisticated the
technology has become, with unlimited government or
advertising funding. And I shudder to think about the
propaganda and commercial manipulation that we are
exposed to on a daily basis. There is simply no way to
know what is behind the music you hear. It may even be
possible to hide a second voice behind the voice to which
you are listening.
The series by Wilson Bryan Key, Ph.D., on subliminals in
advertising and political campaigns well documents the
misuse in many areas, especially printed advertising in
newspapers, magazines, and posters.
The big question about subliminals is: do they work? And
I guarantee you they do. Not only from the response of
those who have used my tapes, but from the results of
such programs as the subliminals behind the music in
department stores. Supposedly, the only message is
instructions to not steal: one East Coast department store
chain reported a 37 percent reduction in thefts in the first
nine months of testing.
A 1984 article in the technical newsletter, "Brain-Mind
Bulletin," states that as much as 99 percent of our
cognitive activity may be "non-conscious," according to
the director of the Laboratory for Cognitive
Psychophysiology at the University of Illinois. The lengthy
report ends with the statement, "these findings support the
use of subliminal approaches such as taped suggestions for
weight loss and the therapeutic use of hypnosis and
Neuro-Linguistic Programming."
Mass Misuse of Subliminal Programming
I could relate many stories that support subliminal
programming, but I'd rather use my time to make you
aware of even more subtle uses of such programming.
I have personally experienced sitting in a Los Angeles
auditorium with over ten thousand people who were
gathered to listen to a current charismatic figure. Twenty
minutes after entering the auditorium, I became aware that
I was going in and out of an altered state. Those
accompanying me experienced the same thing. Since it is
our business, we were aware of what was happening, but
those around us were not. By careful observation, what
appeared to be spontaneous demonstrations were, in fact,
artful manipulations. The only way I could figure that the
eyes-open trance had been induced was that a 6- to
7-cycle-per-second vibration was being piped into the
room behind the air conditioner sound. That particular
vibration generates alpha, which would render the
audience highly susceptible. Ten to 25 percent of the
population is capable of a somnambulistic level of altered
states of consciousness; for these people, the suggestions
of the speaker, if non-threatening, could potentially be
accepted as "commands."
Vibrato
This leads to the mention of vibrato. Vibrato is the
tremulous effect imparted in some vocal or instrumental
music, and the cyle-per-second range causes people to go
into an altered state of consciousness. At one period of
English history, singers whose voices contained
pronounced vibrato were not allowed to perform publicly
because listeners would go into an altered state and have
fantasies, often sexual in nature.
People who attend opera or enjoy listening to singers like
Mario Lanza are familiar with this altered state induced by
the performers.
Extra-low Frequency Vibrations (ELFs)
Now, let's carry this awareness a little farther. There are
also inaudible ELFs (extra-low frequency waves). These
are electromagnetic in nature. One of the primary uses of
ELFs is to communicate with our submarines. Dr. Andrija
Puharich, a highly respected researcher, in an attempt to
warn U.S. officials about Russian use of ELFs, set up an
experiment. Volunteers were wired so their brain waves
could be measured on an EEG. They were sealed in a
metal room that could not be penetrated by a normal
signal.
Puharich then beamed ELF waves at the volunteers. ELFs
go right through the earth and, of course, right through
metal walls. Those inside couldn't know if the signal was
or was not being sent. And Puharich watched the reactions
on the technical equipment: 30 percent of those inside the
room were taken over by the ELF signal in six to ten
seconds.
When I say "taken over," I mean that their behavior
followed the changes anticipated at very precise
frequencies. Waves below 6 cycles per second caused the
subjects to become very emotionally upset, and even
disrupted bodily functions. At 8.2 cycles, they felt very
high...an elevated feeling, as though they had been in
masterful meditation, learned over a period of years.
Eleven to 11.3 cycles induced waves of depressed
agitation leading to riotous behavior.
The Neurophone
Dr. Patrick Flanagan is a personal friend of mine. In the
early 1960s, as a teenager, Pat was listed as one of the top
scientists in the world by "Life" magazine. Among his
many inventions was a device he called the
Neurophone--an electronic instrument that can
successfully programm suggestions directly through
contact with the skin. When he attempted to patent the
device, the government demanded that he prove it
worked. When he did, the National Security Agency
confiscated the neurophone. It took Pat two years of legal
battle to get his invention back.
In using the device, you don't hear or see a thing; it is
applied to the skin, which Pat claims is the source of
special senses. The skin contains more sensors for heat,
touch, pain, vibration, and electrical fields than any other
part of the human anatomy.
In one of his recent tests, Pat conducted two identical
seminars for a military audience--one seminar one night
and one the next night, because the size of the room was
not large enough to accommodate all of them at one time.
When the first group proved to be very cool and unwilling
to respond, Patrick spent the next day making a special
tape to play at the second seminar. The tape instructed the
audience to be extremely warm and responsive and for
their hands to become "tingly." The tape was played
through the neurophone, which was connected to a wire
he placed along the ceiling of the room. There were no
speakers, so no sound could be heard, yet the message
was successfully transmitted from that wire directly into
the brains of the audience. They were warm and
receptive, their hands tingled and they responded,
according to programming, in other ways that I cannot
mention here.
Technological Tools for Mass Manipulation
The more we find out about how human beings work
through today's highly advanced technological research,
the more we learn to control human beings. And what
probably scares me the most is that the medium for
takeover is already in place. The television set in your
livingroom and bedroom is doing a lot more than just
entertaining you.
Before I continue, let me point out something else about
an altered state of consciousness. When you go into an
altered state, you transfer into right brain, which results in
the internal release of the body's own opiates: enkephalins
and Beta-endorphins, chemically almost identical to
opium. In other words, it feels good...and you want to
come back for more.
Recent tests by researcher Herbert Krugman showed that,
while viewers were watching TV, right-brain activity
outnumbered left-brain activity by a ratio of two to one.
Put more simply, the viewers were in an altered state...in
trance more often than not. They were getting their
Beta-endorphin "fix."
To measure attention spans, psychophysiologist Thomas
Mulholland of the Veterans Hospital in Bedford,
Massachusetts, attached young viewers to an EEG
machine that was wired to shut the TV set off whenever
the children's brains produced a majority of alpha waves.
Although the children were told to concentrate, only a few
could keep the set on for more than 30 seconds!
Most viewers are already hypnotized. To deepen the
trance is easy. One simple way is to place a blank, black
frame every 32 frames in the film that is being projected.
This creates a 45-beat-per-minute pulsation perceived only
by the subconscious mind--the ideal pace to generate deep
hypnosis.
The commercials or suggestions presented following this
alpha-inducing broadcast are much more likely to be
accepted by the viewer. The high percentage of the
viewing audience that has somnambulistic-depth ability
could very well accept the suggestions as commands--as
long as those commands did not ask the viewer to do
something contrary to his morals, religion, or
self-preservation.
The medium for takeover is here. By the age of 16,
children have spent 10,000 to 15,000 hours watching
television--that is more time than they spend n school! In
the average home, the TV set is on for six hours and 44
minutes per day--an increase of nine minutes from last
year and three times the average rate of increase during
the 1970s.
It obviously isn't getting better...we are rapidly moving
into an alpha-level world--very possibly the Orwellian
world of "1984"--placid, glassy-eyed, and responding
obediently to instructions.
A research project by Jacob Jacoby, a Purdue University
psychologist, found that of 2,700 people tested, 90 percent
misunderstood even such simple viewing fare as
commercials and "Barnaby Jones." Only minutes after
watching, the typical viewer missed 23 to 36 percent of
the questions about what he or she had seen. Of course
they did--they were going in and out of trance! If you go
into a deep trance, you must be instructed to
remember--otherwise you automatically forget.
In Closing...
I have just touched the tip of the iceberg. When you start
to combine subliminal messages behind the music,
subliminal visuals projected on the screen, hypnotically
produced visual effects, sustained musical beats at a
trance-inducing pace . . . you have extremely effective
brainwashing. Every hour that you spend watching the TV
set you become more conditioned. And, in case you
thought there was a law against any of these things, guess
again. There isn't! There are a lot of powerful people who
obviously prefer things exactly the way they are. Maybe
they have plans for...?
(c) Dick Sutphen
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Hans Russell
You wanna pay for meds, I'll be more than happy to adjust any way you
like.
Regards,
Hans