THE BATTLE FOR YOUR MIND, by Dick Sutphen Persuasion & Brainwashing Techniques Being Used On The Public

Today SUMMARY OF CONTENTS The Birth of Conversion/Brainwashing in Christian Revivalism in !"#$ The Pavlovian e%&lanation of the three brain &hases$ Born'again &reachers()te&'by')te&* how they conduct a revival and the e%&ected &hysiological results$ The +voice roll+ technique used by &reachers* lawyers and hy&notists$ ,ew trance'inducing churches$ The - ste&s to conversion$ The decognition &rocess$ Thought'sto&&ing techniques$ The +sell it by .ealot+ technique$ True believers and mass movements$ Persuasion techniques( +/es set*+ +0mbedded Commands*+ +)hoc1 and Confusion*+ and the +0nters&ersal Technique$+)ubliminals$ 2ibrato and 345 waves$ 0nducing trance with vibrational sound$3ven &rofessional observers will be +&ossessed+ at charismatic gatherings$ The +only ho&e+ technique to attend and not be converted$ ,on'detectable ,euro&hone &rogramming through the s1in$ The medium for mass ta1e'over$ 06m 7ic1 )ut&hen and this ta&e is a studio'recorded* e%&anded version of a tal1 0 delivered at the 8orld Congress of Professional 9y&notists Convention in 4as 2egas* ,evada$ :lthough the ta&e carries a co&yright to &rotect it from unlawful du&lication for sale by other com&anies* in this case* 0 invite individuals to ma1e co&ies and give them to friends or anyone in a &osition to communicate this information$ :lthough 06ve been interviewed about the sub;ect on many local and regional radio and T2 tal1 shows* large'scale mass communication a&&ears to be bloc1ed* since it could result in sus&icion or investigation of the very media &resenting it or the s&onsors that su&&ort the media$ )ome government agencies do not want this information generally 1nown$ ,or do the Born':gain Christian movement* cults* and many human'&otential trainings$ 3verything 0 will relate only e%&oses the surface of the &roblem$ 0 don6t 1now how the misuse of these techniques can be sto&&ed$ 0 don6t thin1 it is &ossible to legislate against that which often cannot be detected< and if those who legislate are using these techniques* there is little ho&e of affecting laws to govern usage$ 0 do 1now that the first ste& to initiate change is to generate interest$ 0n this case* that will &robably only result from an underground effort$ 0n tal1ing about this sub;ect* 0 am tal1ing about my own business$ 0 1now it* and 0 1now how effective it can be$ 0 &roduce hy&nosis and subliminal ta&es and* in some of my seminars* 0 use conversion tactics to assist &artici&ants to become inde&endent and self'sufficient$ But* anytime 0 use these techniques* 0 &oint out that 0 am using them* and those attending have a choice to &artici&ate or not$ They also 1now what the desired result of &artici&ation will be$ )o* to begin* 0 want to state the most basic of all facts about brainwashing( 0, T93 3,T0R3 90)TOR/ O5 =:,* ,O O,3 9:) 323R B33, BR:0,8:)937 :,7

R3:40>37* OR B3403237* T9:T 93 9:7 B33, BR:0,8:)937$ Those who have been brainwashed will usually &assionately defend their mani&ulators* claiming they have sim&ly been +shown the light+ $ $ $ or have been transformed in miraculous ways$ The Birth ! C n"er#i n CO,23R)0O, is a +nice+ word for BR:0,8:)90,? $ $ $ and any study of brainwashing has to begin with a study of Christian revivalism in eighteenth century :merica$ :&&arently* @onathan 3dwards accidentally discovered the techniques during a religious crusade in !"# in ,ortham&ton* =assachusetts$By inducing guilt and acute a&&rehension and by increasing the tension* the +sinners+ attending his revival meetings would brea1 down and com&letely submit$ Technically* what 3dwards was doing was creating conditions that wi&e the brain slate clean so that the mind acce&ts new &rogramming$ The &roblem was that the new in&ut was negative$ 9e would tell them* +/ou6re a sinnerA /ou6re destined for hellA+ :s a result* one &erson committed suicide and another attem&ted suicide$:nd the neighbors of the suicidal converts related that they* too* were affected so dee&ly that* although they had found +eternal salvation*+ they were obsessed with a diabolical tem&tation to end their own lives$ Once a &reacher* cult leader* mani&ulator or authority figure creates the brain &hase to wi&e the brain'slate clean* his sub;ects are wide o&en$ ,ew in&ut* in the form of suggestion* can be substituted for their &revious ideas$Because 3dwards didn6t turn his message &ositive until the end of the revival*many acce&ted the negative suggestions and acted* or desired to act* u&on them$ Charles @$ 5inney was another Christian revivalist who used the same techniques four years later in mass religious conversions in ,ew /or1$ The techniques are still being used today by Christian revivalists* cults*human'&otential trainings* some business rallies* and the United )tates :rmed )ervices $ $ $ to name ;ust a few$ 4et me &oint out here that 0 don6t thin1 most revivalist &reachers reali.e or 1now they are using brainwashing techniques$ 3dwards sim&ly stumbled u&on a technique that really wor1ed* and others co&ied it and have continued to co&y it for over two hundred years$ :nd the more so&histicated our 1nowledge and technology become* the more effective the conversion$ 0 feel strongly that this is one of the ma;or reasons for the increasing rise in Christian fundamentalism* es&ecially the televised variety* while most of the orthodo% religions are declining$ The Three Br$in %h$#e# The Christians may have been the first to successfully formulate brainwashing* but we have to loo1 to Pavlov* the Russian scientist* for a technical e%&lanation$ 0n the early BCCs* his wor1 with animals o&ened the door to further investigations with humans$ :fter the revolution in Russia*4enin was quic1 to see the &otential of a&&lying Pavlov6s research to his own ends$

Three distinct and &rogressive states of transmarginal inhibition were identified by Pavlov$ The first is the 3DU02:43,T &hase* in which the brain gives the same res&onse to both strong and wea1 stimuli$ The second is the P:R:7OE0C:4 &hase* in which the brain res&onds more actively to wea1 stimuli than to strong$ :nd the third is the U4TR:'P:R:7OE0C:4 &hase* in which conditioned res&onses and behavior &atterns turn from &ositive to negative or from negative to &ositive$ 8ith the &rogression through each &hase* the degree of conversion becomes more effective and com&lete$ The way to achieve conversion are many and varied* but the usual first ste& in religious or &olitical brainwashing is to wor1 on the emotions of an individual or grou& until they reach an abnormal level of anger* fear* e%citement* or nervous tension$ The &rogressive result of this mental condition is to im&air ;udgment and increase suggestibility$ The more this condition can be maintained or intensified* the more it com&ounds$ Once catharsis* or the first brain &hase* is reached* the com&lete mental ta1eover becomes easier$ 3%isting mental &rogramming can be re&laced with new &atterns of thin1ing and behavior$ Other often'used &hysiological wea&ons to modify normal brain functions are fasting* radical or high sugar diets* &hysical discomforts* regulation of breathing* mantra chanting in meditation* the disclosure of awesome mysteries* s&ecial lighting and sound effects* &rogrammed res&onse to incense* or into%icating drugs$ The same results can be obtained in contem&orary &sychiatric treatment by electric shoc1 treatments and even by &ur&osely lowering a &erson6s blood sugar level with insulin in;ections$ Before 0 tal1 about e%actly how some of the techniques are a&&lied* 0 want to &oint out that hy&nosis and conversion tactics are two distinctly different things''and that conversion techniques are far more &owerful$ 9owever* the two are often mi%ed $ $ $ with &owerful results$ H & Re"i"$'i#t %re$cher# ( rk 0f you6d li1e to see a revivalist &reacher at wor1* there are &robably several in your city$ ?o to the church or tent early and sit in the rear* about three'quarters of the way bac1$ =ost li1ely re&etitive music will be &layed while the &eo&le come in for the service$ : re&etitive beat* ideally ranging from F# to !G beats &er minute Ha rhythm close to the beat of the human heartI* is very hy&notic and can generate an eyes'o&en altered state of consciousness in a very high &ercentage of &eo&le$ :nd* once you are in an al&ha state* you are at least G# times as suggestible as you would be in full beta consciousness$ The music is &robably the same for every service* or incor&orates the same beat* and many of the &eo&le will go into an altered state almost immediately u&on entering the sanctuary$ )ubconsciously* they recall their state of mind from &revious services and res&ond according to the &ost'hy&notic &rogramming$

8atch the &eo&le waiting for the service to begin$ =any will e%hibit e%ternal signs of trance''body rela%ation and slightly dilated eyes$ Often* they begin swaying bac1 and forth with their hands in the air while sitting in their chairs$ ,e%t* the assistant &astor will &robably come out$ 9e usually s&ea1s with a &retty good +voice roll$+ ) ice R '' Techni*ue : +voice roll+ is a &atterned* &aced style used by hy&notists when inducing a trance$ 0t is also used by many lawyers* several of whom are highly trained hy&notists* when they desire to entrench a &oint firmly in the minds of the ;urors$ : voice roll can sound as if the s&ea1er were tal1ing to the beat of a metronome or it may sound as though he were em&hasi.ing every word in a monotonous* &atterned style$ The words will usually be delivered at the rate of F# to -C beats &er minute* ma%imi.ing the hy&notic effect$ ,ow the assistant &astor begins the +build'u&+ &rocess$ 9e induces an altered state of consciousness and/or begins to generate the e%citement and the e%&ectations of the audience$ ,e%t* a grou& of young women in +sweet and &ure+ chiffon dresses might come out to sing a song$ ?os&el songs are great for building e%citement and 0,2O423=3,T$ 0n the middle of the song* one of the girls might be +smitten by the s&irit+ and fall down or react as if &ossessed by the 9oly )&irit$ This very effectively increases the intensity in the room$ :t this &oint* hy&nosis and conversion tactics are being mi%ed$ :nd the result is the audience6s attention s&an is now totally focused u&on the communication while the environment becomes more e%citing or tense$ Right about this time* when an eyes'o&en mass'induced al&ha mental state has been achieved* they will usually &ass the collection &late or bas1et$ 0n the bac1ground* a F#'beat'&er'minute voice roll from the assistant &reacher might e%hort* +?ive to ?od $ $ $ ?ive to ?od $ $ $ ?ive to ?od $ $ $+ :nd the audience does give$ ?od may not get the money* but his already wealthy re&resentative will$ ,e%t* the fire'and'brimstone &reacher will come out$ 9e induces fear and increases the tension by tal1ing about +the devil*+ +going to hell*+ or the forthcoming :rmageddon$ 0n the last such rally 0 attended* the &reacher tal1ed about the blood that would soon be running out of every faucet in the land$ 9e was also obsessed with a +bloody a%e of ?od*+ which everyone had seen hanging above the &ul&it the &revious wee1$ 0 have no doubt that everyone saw it''the &ower of suggestion given to hundreds of &eo&le in hy&nosis assures that at least C to G# &ercent would see whatever he suggested they see$ 0n most revivalist gatherings* +testifying+ or +witnessing+ usually follows the fear' based sermon$ Peo&le from the audience come u& on stage and relate their stories$ +0 was cri&&led and now 0 can wal1A+ +0 had arthritis and now it6s goneA+ 0t is a &sychological mani&ulation that wor1s$ :fter listening to numerous case histories of miraculous healings* the average guy in the audience with a minor &roblem is sure he

can be healed$ The room is charged with fear* guilt* intense e%citement* and e%&ectations$ ,ow those who want to be healed are frequently lined u& around the edge of the room* or they are told to come down to the front$ The &reacher might touch them on the head firmly and scream* +Be healedA+ This releases the &sychic energy and* for many* catharsis results$ Catharsis is a &urging of re&ressed emotions$ 0ndividuals might cry* fall down or even go into s&asms$ :nd if catharsis is effected* they stand a chance of being healed$ 0n catharsis Hone of the three brain &hases mentioned earlierI* the brain'slate is tem&orarily wi&ed clean and the new suggestion is acce&ted$ 5or some* the healing may be &ermanent$ 5or many* it will last four days to a wee1* which is* incidentally* how long a hy&notic suggestion given to a somnambulistic sub;ect will usually last$ 3ven if the healing doesn6t last* if they come bac1 every wee1* the &ower of suggestion may continually override the &roblem $ $ $ or sometimes* sadly* it can mas1 a &hysical &roblem which could &rove to be very detrimental to the individual in the long run$ 06m not saying that legitimate healings do not ta1e &lace$ They do$ =aybe the individual was ready to let go of the negativity that caused the &roblem in the first &lace< maybe it was the wor1 of ?od$ /et 0 contend that it can be e%&lained with e%isting 1nowledge of brain/mind function$ The techniques and staging will vary from church to church$ =any use +s&ea1ing in tongues+ to generate catharsis in some while the s&ectacle creates intense e%citement in the observers$ The use of hy&notic techniques by religions is so&histicated* and &rofessionals are assuring that they become even more effective$ : man in 4os :ngeles is designing* building* and rewor1ing a lot of churches around the country$ 9e tells ministers what they need and how to use it$ This man6s trac1 record indicates that the congregation and the monetary income will double if the minister follows his instructions$ 9e admits that about JC &ercent of his efforts are in the sound system and lighting$ Powerful sound and the &ro&er use of lighting are of &rimary im&ortance in inducing an altered state of consciousness''06ve been using them for years in my own seminars$ 9owever* my &artici&ants are fully aware of the &rocess and what they can e%&ect as a result of their &artici&ation$ Si+ C n"er#i n Techni*ue# Cults and human'&otential organi.ations are always loo1ing for new converts$ To attain them* they must also create a brain'&hase$ :nd they often need to do it within a short s&ace of time''a wee1end* or maybe even a day$ The following are the si% &rimary techniques used to generate the conversion$ The meeting or training ta1es &lace in an area where &artici&ants are cut off from the outside world$ This may be any &lace( a &rivate home* a remote or rural setting* or even a hotel ballroom where the &artici&ants are allowed only limited bathroom usage$

0n human'&otential trainings* the controllers will give a lengthy tal1 about the im&ortance of +1ee&ing agreements+ in life$ The &artici&ants are told that if they don6t 1ee& agreements* their life will never wor1$ 0t6s a good idea to 1ee& agreements* but the controllers are subverting a &ositive human value for selfish &ur&oses$ The &artici&ants vow to themselves and their trainer that they will 1ee& their agreements$ :nyone who does not will be intimidated into agreement or forced to leave$ The ne%t ste& is to agree to com&lete training* thus assuring a high &ercentage of conversions for the organi.ations$ They will U)U:44/ have to agree not to ta1e drugs* smo1e* and sometimes not to eat $ $ $ or they are given such short meal brea1s that it creates tension$ The real reason for the agreements is to alter internal chemistry* which generates an%iety and ho&efully causes at least a slight malfunction of the nervous system* which in turn increases the conversion &otential$ Before the gathering is com&lete* the agreements will be used to ensure that the new converts go out and find new &artici&ants$ They are intimidated into agreeing to do so before they leave$ )ince the im&ortance of 1ee&ing agreements is so high on their &riority list* the converts will twist the arms of everyone they 1now* attem&ting to tal1 them into attending a free introductory session offered at a future date by the organi.ation$ The new converts are .ealots$ 0n fact* the inside term for merchandising the largest and most successful human'&otential training is* +sell it by .ealotA+ :t least a million &eo&le are graduates and a good &ercentage have been left with a mental activation button that assures their future loyalty and assistance if the guru figure or organi.ation calls$ Thin1 about the &otential &olitical im&lications of hundreds of thousands of .ealots &rogrammed to cam&aign for their guru$ Be wary of an organi.ation of this ty&e that offers follow'u& sessions after the seminar$ 5ollow'u& sessions might be wee1ly meetings or ine%&ensive seminars given on a regular basis which the organi.ation will attem&t to tal1 you into ta1ing''or any regularly scheduled event used to maintain control$ :s the early Christian revivalists found* long'term control is de&endent u&on a good follow'u& system$ :lright$ ,ow* let6s loo1 at the second ti&'off that indicates conversion tactics are being used$ : schedule is maintained that causes &hysical and mental fatigue$ This is &rimarily accom&lished by long hours in which the &artici&ants are given no o&&ortunity for rela%ation or reflection$ The third ti&'off( techniques used to increase the tension in the room or environment$ ,umber four( Uncertainty$ 0 could s&end hours relating various techniques to increase tension and generate uncertainty$ Basically* the &artici&ants are concerned about being +&ut on the s&ot+ or encountered by the trainers* guilt feelings are &layed u&on* &artici&ants are tem&ted to verbally relate their innermost secrets to the other &artici&ants or forced to ta1e &art in activities that em&hasi.e removing their mas1s$ One of the most successful human'&otential seminars forces the &artici&ants to stand on a stage in front of the entire audience while being verbally attac1ed by the trainers$ : &ublic o&inion &oll* conducted a few years ago* showed that the number one most'

fearful situation an individual could encounter is to s&ea1 to an audience$ 0t ran1ed above window washing outside the J#th floor of an office building$ )o you can imagine the fear and tension this situation generates within the &artici&ants$ =any faint* but most co&e with the stress by mentally going away$ They literally go into an al&ha state* which automatically ma1es them many times as suggestible as they normally are$ :nd another loo& of the downward s&iral into conversion is successfully effected$ The fifth clue that conversion tactics are being used is the introduction of ;argon''new terms that have meaning only to the +insiders+ who &artici&ate$ 2icious language is also frequently used* &ur&osely* to ma1e &artici&ants uncomfortable$ The final ti&'off is that there is no humor in the communications $ $ $ at least until the &artici&ants are converted$ Then* merry'ma1ing and humor are highly desirable as symbols of the new ;oy the &artici&ants have su&&osedly +found$+ 06m not saying that good does not result from &artici&ation in such gatherings$ 0t can and does$ But 0 contend it is im&ortant for &eo&le to 1now what has ha&&ened and to be aware that continual involvement may not be in their best interest$ Over the years* 06ve conducted &rofessional seminars to teach &eo&le to be hy&notists* trainers* and counselors$ 06ve had many of those who conduct trainings and rallies come to me and say* +06m here because 0 1now that what 06m doing wor1s* but 0 don6t 1now why$+ :fter showing them how and why* many have gotten out of the business or have decided to a&&roach it differently or in a much more loving and su&&ortive manner$ =any of these trainers have become &ersonal friends* and it scares us all to have e%&erienced the &ower of one &erson with a micro&hone and a room full of &eo&le$ :dd a little charisma and you can count on a high &ercentage of conversions$ The sad truth is that a high &ercentage of &eo&le want to give away their &ower''they are true +believers+A Cult gatherings or human'&otential trainings are an ideal environment to observe first' hand what is technically called the +)toc1holm )yndrome$+ This is a situation in which those who are intimidated* controlled* or made to suffer* begin to love* admire* and even sometimes se%ually desire their controllers or ca&tors$ But let me in;ect a word of warning here( 0f you thin1 you can attend such gatherings and not be affected* you are &robably wrong$ : &erfect e%am&le is the case of a woman who went to 9aiti on a ?uggenheim 5ellowshi& to study 9aitian 2oodoo$ 0n her re&ort* she related how the music eventually induced uncontrollable bodily movement and an altered state of consciousness$ :lthough she understood the &rocess and thought herself above it* when she began to feel herself become vulnerable to the music* she attem&ted to fight it and turned away$ :nger or resistance almost always assures conversion$ : few moments later she was &ossessed by the music and began dancing in a trance around the 2oodoo meeting house$ : brain &hase had been induced by the music and e%citement* and she awo1e feeling reborn$ The only ho&e of

attending such gatherings without being affected is to be a Buddha and allow no &ositive or negative emotions to surface$ 5ew &eo&le are ca&able of such detachment$ Before 0 go on* let6s go bac1 to the si% ti&'offs to conversion$ 0 want to mention the United )tates ?overnment and military boot cam&$ The =arine Cor&s tal1s about brea1ing men down before +rebuilding+ them as new men''as marinesA 8ell* that is e%actly what they do* the same way a cult brea1s its &eo&le down and rebuilds them as ha&&y flower sellers on your local street corner$ 3very one of the si% conversion techniques are used in boot cam&$ Considering the needs of the military* 06m not ma1ing a ;udgment as to whether that is good or bad$ 0T 0) : 5:CT that the men are effectively brainwashed$ Those who won6t submit must be discharged or s&end much of their time in the brig$ Dec ,niti n %r ce## Once the initial conversion is effected* cults* armed services* and similar grou&s cannot have cynicism among their members$ =embers must res&ond to commands and do as they are told* otherwise they are dangerous to the organi.ational control$ This is normally accom&lished as a three'ste& 7ecognition Process$ )te& One is :43RT,3)) R37UCT0O,( The controllers cause the nervous system to malfunction* ma1ing it difficult to distinguish between fantasy and reality$ This can be accom&lished in several ways$ POOR 703T is one< watch out for Brownies and Koolaid$ The sugar throws the nervous system off$ =ore subtle is the +)P0R0TU:4 703T+ used by many cults$ They eat only vegetables and fruits< without the grounding of grains* nuts* seeds* dairy &roducts* fish or meat* an individual becomes mentally +s&acey$+ 0,:73DU:T3 )433P is another &rimary way to reduce alertness* es&ecially when combined with long hours of wor1 or intense &hysical activity$ :lso* being bombarded with intense and unique e%&eriences achieves the same result$ )te& Two is PRO?R:==37 CO,5U)0O,( /ou are mentally assaulted while your alertness is being reduced as in )te& One$ This is accom&lished with a deluge of new information* lectures* discussion grou&s* encounters or one'to'one &rocessing* which usually amounts to the controller bombarding the individual with questions$ 7uring this &hase of decognition* reality and illusion often merge and &erverted logic is li1ely to be acce&ted$ )te& Three is T9OU?9T )TOPP0,?( Techniques are used to cause the mind to go +flat$+ These are altered'state'of'consciousness techniques that initially induce calmness by giving the mind something sim&le to deal with and focusing awareness$ 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 e%ce&t that which the controllers direct$ The ta1eover is then com&lete$ 0t is im&ortant to be aware that when members or &artici&ants are instructed to use +thought'sto&&ing+ techniques* they are told that they will benefit by so doing( they will become +better soldiers+ or +find enlightenment$+

There are three &rimary techniques used for thought sto&&ing$ The first is =:RC90,?( the thum&* thum&* thum& beat literally generates self'hy&nosis and thus great susce&tibility to suggestion$ The second thought sto&&ing technique is =370T:T0O,$ 0f you s&end an hour to an hour and a half a day in meditation* after a few wee1s* there is a great &robability that you will not return to full beta consciousness$ /ou will remain in a fi%ed state of al&ha for as long as you continue to meditate$ 06m not saying this is bad''if you do it yourself$ 0t may be very beneficial$ But it is a fact that you are causing your mind to go flat$ 06ve wor1ed with meditators on an 33? machine and the results are conclusive( the more you meditate* the flatter your mind becomes until* eventually and es&ecially if used to e%cess or in combination with decognition* all thought ceases$ )ome s&iritual grou&s see this as nirvana''which is bullshit$ 0t is sim&ly a &redictable &hysiological result$ :nd if heaven on earth is non'thin1ing and non' involvement* 0 really question why we are here$ The third thought'sto&&ing technique is C9:,T0,?* and often chanting in meditation$ +)&ea1ing in tongues+ could also be included in this category$ :ll three'sto&&ing techniques &roduce an altered state of consciousness$ This may be very good if /OU are controlling the &rocess* for you also control the in&ut$ 0 &ersonally use at least one self'hy&nosis &rogramming session every day and 0 1now how beneficial it is for me$ But you need to 1now if you use these techniques to the degree of remaining continually in al&ha that* although you6ll be very mellow* you6ll also be more suggestible$ True Be'ie"er# - M$## M "e.ent# Before ending this section on conversion* 0 want to tal1 about the &eo&le who are most susce&tible to it and about =ass =ovements$ 0 am convinced that at least a third of the &o&ulation is what 3ric 9offer calls +true believers$+ They are ;oiners and followers $ $ $ &eo&le who want to give away their &ower$ They loo1 for answers* meaning* and enlightenment outside themselves$ 9offer* who wrote T93 TRU3 B340323R* 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 &assion for self'renunciationA+ 9offer also says that true believers +are eternally incom&lete and eternally insecure+A 0 1now this from my own e%&erience$ 0n my years of communicating conce&ts and conducting trainings* 0 have run into them again and again$ :ll 0 can do is attem&t to show them that the only thing to see1 is the True )elf within$ Their &ersonal answers are to be found there and there alone$ 0 communicate that the basics of s&irituality are self'res&onsibility and self'actuali.ation$ But most of the true believers ;ust tell me that 06m not s&iritual and go loo1ing for someone who will give them the dogma and structure they desire$

,ever underestimate the &otential danger of these &eo&le$ They can easily be molded into fanatics who will gladly wor1 and die for their holy cause$ 0t is a substitute for their lost faith in themselves and offers them as a substitute for individual ho&e$ The =oral =a;ority is made u& of true believers$ :ll cults are com&osed of true believers$ /ou6ll find them in &olitics* churches* businesses* and social cause grou&s$ They are the fanatics in these organi.ations$ =ass =ovements will usually have a charismatic leader$ The followers want to convert others to their way of living or im&ose a new way of life''if necessary* by legislating laws forcing others to their view* as evidenced by the activities of the =oral =a;ority$ This means enforcement by guns or &unishment* for that is the bottom line in law enforcement$ : common hatred* enemy* or devil is essential to the success of a mass movement$ The Born':gain Christians have )atan himself* but that isn6t enough''they6ve added the occult* the ,ew :ge thin1ers and* lately* all those who o&&ose their integration of church and &olitics* as evidenced in their &olitical reelection cam&aigns against those who o&&ose their views$ 0n revolutions* the devil is usually the ruling &ower or aristocracy$ )ome human'&otential movements are far too clever to as1 their graduates to ;oin anything* thus labeling themselves as a cult''but* if you loo1 closely* you6ll find that their devil is anyone and everyone who hasn6t ta1en their training$ There are mass movements without devils but they seldom attain ma;or status$ The True Believers are mentally unbalanced or insecure &eo&le* or those without ho&e or friends$ Peo&le don6t loo1 for allies when they love* but they do when they hate or become obsessed with a cause$ :nd those who desire a new life and a new order feel the old ways must be eliminated before the new order can be built$ %er#u$#i n Techni*ue# Persuasion isn6t technically brainwashing but it is the mani&ulation of the human mind by another individual* without the mani&ulated &arty being aware what caused his o&inion shift$ 0 only have time to very basically introduce you to a few of the thousands of techniques in use today* but the basis of &ersuasion is always to access your R0?9T BR:0,$ The left half of your brain is analytical and rational$ The right side is creative and imaginative$ That is overly sim&lified but it ma1es my &oint$ )o* the idea is to distract the left brain and 1ee& it busy$ 0deally* the &ersuader generates an eyes'o&en altered state of consciousness* causing you to shift from beta awareness into al&ha< this can be measured on an 33? machine$ 5irst* let me give you an e%am&le of distracting the left brain$ Politicians use these &owerful techniques all the time< lawyers use many variations which* 06ve been told* they call +tightening the noose$+ :ssume for a moment that you are watching a &olitician give a s&eech$ 5irst* he might generate what is called a +/3) )3T$+ These are statements that will cause listeners to agree< they might even un1nowingly nod their heads in agreement$ ,e%t come the TRU0)=)$ These are usually facts that could be debated but* once the &olitician has

his audience agreeing* the odds are in the &olitician6s favor that the audience won6t sto& to thin1 for themselves* thus continuing to agree$ 4ast comes the )U??3)T0O,$ This is what the &olitician wants you to do and* since you have been agreeing all along* you could be &ersuaded to acce&t the suggestion$ ,ow* if you6ll listen closely to my &olitical s&eech* you6ll find that the first three are the +yes set*+ the ne%t three are truisms and the last is the suggestion$ +4adies and gentlemen( are you angry about high food &ricesL :re you tired of astronomical gas &ricesL :re you sic1 of out'of'control inflationL 8ell* you 1now the Other Party allowed J &ercent inflation last year< you 1now crime has increased #C &ercent nationwide in the last G months* and you 1now your &aychec1 hardly covers your e%&enses any more$ 8ell* the answer to resolving these &roblems is to elect me* @ohn @ones* to the U$)$ )enate$+ :nd 0 thin1 you6ve heard all that before$ But you might also watch for what are called 0mbedded Commands$ :s an e%am&le( On 1ey words* the s&ea1er would ma1e a gesture with his left hand* which research has shown is more a&t to access your right brain$ Today6s media'oriented &oliticians and s&ellbinders are often carefully trained by a whole new breed of s&ecialist who are using every tric1 in the boo1''both old and new''to mani&ulate you into acce&ting their candidate$ The conce&ts and techniques of ,euro'4inguistics are so heavily &rotected that 0 found out the hard way that to even tal1 about them &ublicly or in &rint results in threatened legal action$ /et ,euro'4inguistic training is readily available to anyone willing to devote the time and &ay the &rice$ 0t is some of the most subtle and &owerful mani&ulation 0 have yet been e%&osed to$ : good friend who recently attended a two'wee1 seminar on ,euro'4inguistics found that many of those she tal1ed to during the brea1s were government &eo&le$ :nother technique that 06m ;ust learning about is unbelievably sli&&ery< it is called an 0,T3R)P3R):4 T3C9,0DU3 and the idea is to say one thing with words but &lant a subconscious im&ression of something else in the minds of the listeners and/or watchers$ 4et me give you an e%am&le( :ssume you are watching a television commentator ma1e the following statement( )3,:TOR @O9,)O, is assisting local authorities to clear u& the stu&id mista1es of com&anies contributing to the nuclear waste &roblems$+ 0t sounds li1e a statement of fact* but* if the s&ea1er em&hasi.es the right word* and es&ecially if he ma1es the &ro&er hand gestures on the 1ey words* you could be left with the subconscious im&ression that )enator @ohnson is stu&id$ That was the subliminal goal of the statement and the s&ea1er cannot be called to account for anything$ Persuasion techniques are also frequently used on a much smaller scale with ;ust as much effectiveness$ The insurance salesman 1nows his &itch is li1ely to be much more effective if he can get you to visuali.e something in your mind$ This is right' brain communication$ 5or instance* he might &ause in his conversation* loo1 slowly

around your living room and say* +Can you ;ust imagine this beautiful home burning to the groundL+ Of course you canA 0t is one of your unconscious fears and* when he forces you to visuali.e it* you are more li1ely to be mani&ulated into signing his insurance &olicy$ The 9are Krishnas* o&erating in every air&ort* use what 0 call )9OCK :,7 CO,5U)0O, techniques to distract the left brain and communicate directly with the right brain$ 8hile waiting for a &lane* 0 once watched one o&erate for over an hour$ 9e had a technique of almost ;um&ing in front of someone$ 0nitially* his voice was loud then dro&&ed as he made his &itch to ta1e a boo1 and contribute money to the cause$ Usually* when &eo&le are shoc1ed* they immediately withdraw$ 0n this case they were shoc1ed by the strange a&&earance* sudden materiali.ation and loud voice of the 9are Krishna devotee$ 0n other words* the &eo&le went into an al&ha state for security because they didn6t want to confront the reality before them$ 0n al&ha* they were highly suggestible so they res&onded to the suggestion of ta1ing the boo1< the moment they too1 the boo1* they felt guilty and res&onded to the second suggestion( give money$ 8e are all conditioned that if someone gives us something* we have to give them something in return''in that case* it was money$ 8hile watching this hustler* 0 was close enough to notice that many of the &eo&le he sto&&ed e%hibited an outward sign of al&ha''their eyes were actually dilated$ Sub'i.in$' %r ,r$..in, )ubliminals are hidden suggestions that only your subconscious &erceives$ They can be audio* hidden behind music* or visual* airbrushed into a &icture* flashed on a screen so fast that you don6t consciously see them* or cleverly incor&orated into a &icture or design$ =ost audio subliminal re&rogramming ta&es offer verbal suggestions recorded at a low volume$ 0 question the efficacy of this technique''if subliminals are not &erce&tible* 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 im&ossible to detect without a &arametric equali.er$ But this technique is &atented and* when 0 wanted to develo& my own line of subliminal audiocassettes* negotiations with the &atent holder &roved to be unsatisfactory$ =y attorney obtained co&ies of the &atents which 0 gave to some talented 9ollywood sound engineers* as1ing them to create a new technique$ They found a way to &sycho'acoustically modify and synthesi.e the suggestions so that they are &ro;ected in the same chord and frequency as the music* thus giving them the effect of being &art of the music$ But we found that in using this technique* there is no way to reduce various frequencies to detect the subliminals$ 0n other words* although the suggestions are being heard by the subconscious mind* they cannot be monitored with even the most so&histicated equi&ment$ 0f we were able to come u& with this technique as easily as we did* 0 can only imagine how so&histicated the technology has become* with unlimited government or

advertising funding$ :nd 0 shudder to thin1 about the &ro&aganda and commercial mani&ulation that we are e%&osed to on a daily basis$ There is sim&ly no way to 1now what is behind the music you hear$ 0t may even be &ossible to hide a second voice behind the voice to which you are listening$ The series by 8ilson Bryan Key* Ph$7$* on subliminals in advertising and &olitical cam&aigns well documents the misuse in many areas* es&ecially &rinted advertising in news&a&ers* maga.ines* and &osters$ The big question about subliminals is( do they wor1L :nd 0 guarantee you they do$ ,ot only from the res&onse of those who have used my ta&es* but from the results of such &rograms as the subliminals behind the music in de&artment stores$ )u&&osedly* the only message is instructions to not steal( one 3ast Coast de&artment store chain re&orted a "! &ercent reduction in thefts in the first nine months of testing$ : BJF article in the technical newsletter* +Brain'=ind Bulletin*+ states that as much as BB &ercent of our cognitive activity may be +non'conscious*+ according to the director of the 4aboratory for Cognitive Psycho&hysiology at the University of 0llinois$ The lengthy re&ort ends with the statement* +these findings su&&ort the use of subliminal a&&roaches such as ta&ed suggestions for weight loss and the thera&eutic use of hy&nosis and ,euro'4inguistic Programming$+ M$## Mi#u#e 0 could relate many stories that su&&ort subliminal &rogramming* but 06d rather use my time to ma1e you aware of even more subtle uses of such &rogramming$ 0 have &ersonally e%&erienced sitting in a 4os :ngeles auditorium with over ten thousand &eo&le who were gathered to listen to a current charismatic figure$ Twenty minutes after entering the auditorium* 0 became aware that 0 was going in and out of an altered state$ Those accom&anying me e%&erienced the same thing$ )ince it is our business* we were aware of what was ha&&ening* but those around us were not$ By careful observation* what a&&eared to be s&ontaneous demonstrations were* in fact* artful mani&ulations$ The only way 0 could figure that the eyes'o&en trance had been induced was that a -' to !'cycle'&er'second vibration was being &i&ed into the room behind the air conditioner sound$ That &articular vibration generates al&ha* which would render the audience highly susce&tible$ Ten to G# &ercent of the &o&ulation is ca&able of a somnambulistic level of altered states of consciousness< for these &eo&le* the suggestions of the s&ea1er* if non'threatening* could &otentially be acce&ted as +commands$+ )ibr$t This leads to the mention of 20BR:TO$ 2ibrato is the tremulous effect im&arted in some vocal or instrumental music* and the cycle'&er'second range causes &eo&le to go into an altered state of consciousness$ :t one &eriod of 3nglish history* singers whose voices contained &ronounced vibrato were not allowed to &erform &ublicly because listeners would go into an altered state and have fantasies* often se%ual in nature$

Peo&le who attend o&era or en;oy listening to singers li1e =ario 4an.a are familiar with this altered state induced by the &erformers$ ELF# ,ow* let6s carry this awareness a little farther$ There are also inaudible 345s He%tra' low frequency wavesI$ These are electromagnetic in nature$ One of the &rimary uses of 345s is to communicate with our submarines$ 7r$ :ndri;a Puharich* a highly res&ected researcher* in an attem&t to warn U$)$ officials about Russian use of 345s* set u& an e%&eriment$ 2olunteers were wired so their brain waves could be measured on an 33?$ They were sealed in a metal room that could not be &enetrated by a normal signal$ Puharich then beamed 345 waves at the volunteers$ 345s go right through the earth and* of course* right through metal walls$ Those inside couldn6t 1now if the signal was or was not being sent$ :nd Puharich watched the reactions on the technical equi&ment( "C &ercent of those inside the room were ta1en over by the 345 signal in si% to ten seconds$ 8hen 0 say +ta1en over*+ 0 mean that their behavior followed the changes antici&ated at very &recise frequencies$ 8aves below - cycles &er second caused the sub;ects to become very emotionally u&set* and even disru&ted bodily functions$ :t J$G cycles* they felt very high $ $ $ an elevated feeling* as though they had been in masterful meditation* learned over a &eriod of years$ 3leven to $" cycles induced waves of de&ressed agitation leading to riotous behavior$ The Neur ph ne 7r$ Patric1 5lanagan is a &ersonal friend of mine$ 0n the early B-Cs* as a teenager* Pat was listed as one of the to& scientists in the world by +4ife+ maga.ine$ :mong his many inventions was a device he called the ,euro&hone''an electronic instrument that can successfully &rogram suggestions directly through contact with the s1in$ 8hen he attem&ted to &atent the device* the government demanded that he &rove it wor1ed$ 8hen he did* the ,ational )ecurity :gency confiscated the neuro&hone$ 0t too1 Pat two years of legal battle to get his invention bac1$ 0n using the device* you don6t hear or see a thing< it is a&&lied to the s1in* which Pat claims is the source of s&ecial senses$ The s1in contains more sensors for heat* touch* &ain* vibration* and electrical fields than any other &art of the human anatomy$ 0n one of his recent tests* Pat conducted two identical seminars for a military audience''one seminar one night and one the ne%t night* because the si.e of the room was not large enough to accommodate all of them at one time$ 8hen the first grou& &roved to be very cool and unwilling to res&ond* Patric1 s&ent the ne%t day ma1ing a s&ecial ta&e to &lay at the second seminar$ The ta&e instructed the audience to be e%tremely warm and res&onsive and for their hands to become +tingly$+ The ta&e was &layed through the neuro&hone* which was connected to a wire he &laced along the ceiling of the room$ There were no s&ea1ers* 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 rece&tive* their hands tingled and they res&onded* according to &rogramming* in other ways that 0 cannot mention here$ The more we find out about how human beings wor1 through today6s highly advanced technological research* the more we learn to control human beings$ :nd what &robably scares me the most is that the medium for ta1eover is already in &laceA The television set in your living room and bedroom is doing a lot more than ;ust entertaining you$ Before 0 continue* let me &oint out something else about an altered state of consciousness$ 8hen you go into an altered state* you transfer into right brain* which results in the internal release of the body6s own o&iates( en1e&halins and Beta' endor&hins* chemically almost identical to o&ium$ 0n other words* it feels good $ $ $ and you want to come bac1 for more$ Recent tests by researcher 9erbert Krugman showed that* while viewers were watching T2* right'brain activity outnumbered left'brain activity by a ratio of two to one$ Put more sim&ly* the viewers were in an altered state $ $ $ in trance more often than not$ They were getting their Beta'endor&hin +fi%$+ To measure attention s&ans* &sycho&hysiologist Thomas =ulholland of the 2eterans 9os&ital in Bedford* =assachusetts* attached young viewers to an 33? machine that was wired to shut the T2 set off whenever the children6s brains &roduced a ma;ority of al&ha waves$ :lthough the children were told to concentrate* only a few could 1ee& the set on for more than "C secondsA =ost viewers are already hy&noti.ed$ To dee&en the trance is easy$ One sim&le way is to &lace a blan1* blac1 frame every "G frames in the film that is being &ro;ected$ This creates a F#'beat'&er'minute &ulsation &erceived only by the subconscious mind''the ideal &ace to generate dee& hy&nosis$ The commercials or suggestions &resented following this al&ha'inducing broadcast are much more li1ely to be acce&ted by the viewer$ The high &ercentage of the viewing audience that has somnambulistic'de&th ability could very well acce&t the suggestions as commands''as long as those commands did not as1 the viewer to do something contrary to his morals* religion* or self'&reservation$ The medium for ta1eover is here$ By the age of -* children have s&ent C*CCC to #*CCC hours watching television''that is more time than they s&end n schoolA 0n the average home* the T2 set is on for si% hours and FF minutes &er day''an increase of nine minutes from last year and three times the average rate of increase during the B!Cs$ 0t obviously isn6t getting better $ $ $ we are ra&idly moving into an al&ha'level world'' very &ossibly the Orwellian world of + BJF+''&lacid* glassy'eyed* and res&onding obediently to instructions$

: research &ro;ect by @acob @acoby* a Purdue University &sychologist* found that of G*!CC &eo&le tested* BC &ercent misunderstood even such sim&le viewing fare as commercials and +Barnaby @ones$+ Only minutes after watching* the ty&ical viewer missed G" to "- &ercent of the questions about what he or she had seen$ Of course they did''they were going in and out of tranceA 0f you go into a dee& trance* you must be instructed to remember''otherwise you automatically forget$ 0 have ;ust touched the ti& of the iceberg$ 8hen you start to combine subliminal messages behind the music* subliminal visuals &ro;ected on the screen* hy&notically &roduced visual effects* sustained musical beats at a trance'inducing &ace $ $ $ you have e%tremely effective brainwashing$ 3very hour that you s&end watching the T2 set you become more conditioned$ :nd* in case you thought there was a law against any of these things* guess again$ There isn6tA There are a lot of &owerful &eo&le who obviously &refer things e%actly the way they are$ =aybe they have &lans for youL