Exploiting Feelings

Feelings: the emotional side of someone’s character; the tendency to respond to an idea or belief,
especially a vague or irrational one.

Emotions are a direct result of clinging to thoughts around the feeling of a self – an imaginary being
in a ‘magic cloak’ pretending to be more than we are. It is this that causes us suffering, always responding through fight, flight and freeze, or hope, fear and ignorance.

Manipulative minds understand the psychological weakness of people governed by their emotions which affects their behaviour; this has been known for thousands of years. What happened in the past creates precedents, establishing guidelines for the future. That’s how evil maintains control.

People are encouraged to identity with their feelings, which are irrational; they are the reason why we are easily upset, being made anxious and fearful. By this confusion and deception, we’re won over to lack tolerance for those who don’t believe what we believe. It’s why relationships go sour.

The promotion of hurt feelings is used as an excuse to control people’s thoughts, with the claim that not believing in someone else’s beliefs (which is acceptance without proof) is a hate crime or heresy, thereby maintaining mass confusion, guilt, fear and conflict.

There are agents or influencers who provoke and exacerbate this situation. These wind-up merchants know our vulnerabilities and enjoy provoking to get a reaction, thus gaining control.

In truth, we are pure consciousness, and none of the above. Through just being aware in meditation, we learn to recognise what makes us tick. If we don’t do this, others will continue to wind us up.

Unwinding is done by breath control.
It makes us feel lighter.
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