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Tag Archives: social engineering
TWEAKING REALITY BY GASLIGHT
Tweaking Reality By Gaslight We are constantly being tweaked – change slightly – in order to comply with being made more correct, effective or suitable. But for whom, and for what purpose? We are tweaked to ignore that which is … Continue reading
HUMAN CONDITIONING
Human Conditioning Conditioning is the process of training or accustoming people (or animals) to behave in a certain way, or to accept certain circumstances, which is social conditioning. Who would do this? Those who like things the way they are, and fear being exposed. This conditioning is extremely … Continue reading
STILL THINK YOU ARE THINKING FOR YOURSELF?!
Still Think You Are Thinking For Yourself?! The Nudge Unit; causing people to change their behaviours. The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) – also known unofficially as the “Nudge Unit” – is a social purpose organisation that generates and applies behavioural insights, officially to … Continue reading
THOUGHT IS RECYCLED DATA
Thought Is Recycled Data We show off our data … … and it shows. And then, there is Data Smog: an overwhelming excess of information. We might think that the more information we have the more we will know – … Continue reading
BRANDING RECOGNITION IS SOCIAL ENGINEERING
Brand Recognition Is Social Engineering It’s all about conveying ideas that stick in the brain without us noticing, causing us to live in a perpetual state of confused anxiety. We are either exposed to crisis after crisis or lulled into … Continue reading
NEVER TRUST A BUDDHA
Never Trust A Buddha 😀 Gautama Buddha said, “Don’t trust me; test the teaching for yourself.” That is the most advanced teaching on truth. We will never actually know anything unless we experience it, as whatever we think we know … Continue reading
SOCIAL ENGINEERING
Social Engineering It is for this reason that we need to be aware Social engineering: centralised planning in an attempt to manage social change and regulate the future development and behaviour of a society. Also the use of deception to manipulate individuals into divulging confidential or personal information that may be used for fraudulent purposes. Writing … Continue reading
THE WORLD IS A SETUP TO UPSET
The World Is A Setup To Upset Of course, you will have noticed how violent films and video games are. Of course, you will have noticed that, in daily life, violence and aggression are on the increase. Of course, you … Continue reading
SMASHING THE LOTUS PROGRAMME
Smashing The Lotus Programme Our motivation for liberation has to be more powerful than the dream state in which we live. On the path to realising our true nature – enlightenment – there are two aspects. One is understanding our … Continue reading
MEDITATION AND ITS EXPRESSION
Meditation And Its Expression When we just rest, we relax. When relaxed, the mind clears. This clarity makes it easier to be aware of awareness. When aware of awareness, clarity sees nothing but awareness. That is pure, empty awareness: it’s … Continue reading
THE MIDDLE WAY OF THE MIDDLE WAY
The Middle Way Of The Middle Way We have to discover what the Buddha discovered. The Buddha discovered pure awareness: “Not too tight and not too loose.” Not too rigid and not too easygoing. Not too supercilious (Old Age) and … Continue reading
LONELINESS
Loneliness. This may be looked at in two ways: the first is from a relative point of view and the second, from an absolute point of view. From an absolute point of view, we are unique individuals who rub shoulders … Continue reading
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HUMAN HISTORY
All human history is suffering. Throughout human history there has been Selfish actions of Hatred, Fear, Pride, Jealousy, Desire and Ignorance causing suffering to self and others. These actions may be conscious or unconsciously, the purpose of which is control … Continue reading
