Mind Control

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Mind control is a bit of a misnomer because, dependent on certain individual traits, no one can truly be forced to do things that are against their will. Yet, mind control is used everywhere and all of us are susceptible to that mind control. People tend to imagine that this is merely a plot line for a movie like the “Manchurian Candidate.” That is truly fiction and as with all entertainment media productions it is connected, loosly, to reality and the reality is that mind control is used every single day to influence all of us into complying with something being pushed by those who are persuading for either a resource or a process. 

• Resource being some product or belief that results in some form of renumeration.
• Process being the influence and compliance to a politicians agenda that will result in election and re-election.

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“Mind control (also known as brainwashing, reeducation, brainsweeping, coercive persuasion, thought control, or thought reform) is a general term for a number of controversial theories proposing that an individual's thinking, behavior, emotions or decisions can, to a greater or lesser extent, be manipulated arbitrarily by outside sources.”

• Compliance Techniques 
• Influence Principles
• Persuasion
• Hypnotic Language/Words Patterns
• Monroe Sequence (Influence/Compliance)
• Coercive Persuasion: A non-violent method that uses mind control techniques to convince a person to abandon some of their basic beliefs and adopt the beliefs of the indoctrinator.

First, let me replace mind control with a phrase or terminology that better suits how it truly works, “Persuasive Compliance.” Being persuasive means, “good at persuading someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation.” Compliance is about, “the action or fact of complying with a wish or command. Often in the form of suggestions similar to the art of hypnosis.” 

It is the action of masterful persuaders using influence and compliance techniques, words and word patterns, phrases, to influence others into some change often from the master persuaders agenda, i.e., most often in the form of a resource or a process. 

In the last couple of years, circa 2017 & 2018, the public has been exposed to more persuasion and compliance efforts that are being exposed consciously than ever before. Most people believe that such master persuasion is limited to the ad concept that advertises products and services for sale and in reality the experts tell us that this form or persuasive compliance permeates the very fabric of society and its perceptions and beliefs so much so that almost every facet of life is tied to some form of media…mostly of the entertainment variety. 

This also permeates the very fabric of the martial arts and karate industries and communities regardless of its end value and objective, i.e., sport or self-defense or combative (military use), etc. 

In martial disciplines regardless of system or style the most useful and beneficial form of persuasive compliance and influence is the one where we, the individual, begin to exert mind control over ourselves and that involves self-assessment and change of how we think internally and express words and word patterns toward the external world of our reality. 

Once we actually, voluntarily and consciously achieve mind control of ourselves and allow that to influence change in our way of thinking and talking and acting we can begin to achieve success in such things as avoidance through deescalation through communications with others. A thorough study of our minds, our communications skills to include especially active listening, and our actions and deeds will contribute a huge success rate in avoidance and deescalation leaving escape and evasion along with physical defense and protection skills as a last resort. 

Professionals who work with violence dynamics as a part of their discipline already know and tell those listening that such skills are paramount to achieve success in protection and service to society toward enforcement of beliefs and laws while achieving social skills that promote lessor need for aggression and violence regardless of level of acceptable social behaviors. 

Leaning about persuasion and compliance as it lives and breathes in our species across all boundaries and borders goes a long way in recognizing it and training and practicing to resist it and redirect it to a more socially acceptable way. 

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https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mind_control