A BIGGER SLICE OF CHOCOLATE CAKE

Conditioning is great for the mind, so is habit, but both are potentially regarded with a similar negative feeling as the word manipulation. All three can be for used for selfish reasons, however, there are two faces to a coin.

We are subjected to these influences relentlessly by people and organisations from the moment we come defencelessly into this world, so is it any wonder we only really know them with a negative feel of external control.

But reframe the thought, take control and master them for your own purpose, you'll be amazed at how your life changes when you command the flow into, and out of your mind. How much of 'your' time is spent in 'your' day with you being conditioned by others wants and needs...adverts, tv, newspapers, magazines, relatives, friends, employers ...information from every quarter telling you must behave 'this way' to conform into a happy society (mmm), and buy our product(s) to make you feel better about conforming into something you know in your heart fits like the wrong pair of shoes I was on about in my previous post.

Go into a supermarket and tell me how much of what you buy, is not influenced by the conditioning you receive from advertising to believe in certain products, and your perception of those products is 'they do what they say on the tin' because supermarkets and governments wouldn't allow them to be sold to you if they weren't ok?? ...Now there's some real conditioning going on. 'What you are is what you eat', so why do you think there are so many people with allergies, intolerance's, cancers these days, but remember what's the ultimate goal of conditioning in a consumer led society .. To get you to be a consumer, it doesn't really matter what gets sold, so long as it makes money, and your habit increases.

Habits... smoking, chewing, scratching your bottom, the mind loves habit, just like you hear a tune you can't get of your head, the brain loves repetition. As good consumers our behaviour is conditioned to be habitual. I eat M&Ms all the time, it's a consumer habit that takes money out of my pocket and puts it in someone else's..although I really do like M&M's so there's absolutely nothing wrong with this is there? Habits formed by conditioning the mind in a certain direction, to want, need and desire a behavioural repetition, is really very powerful in all aspects of our lives, the consumer world exists on forming habitual behaviour.

Manipulation...don't you just love it, but not when it's done at your detriment; conditioning and habit are manipulations to consumer & social conformity, which unfortunately is not necessarily to your or my benefit from a creative, freedom of the mind point of view.

So whats the alternative.. Well it's to take charge of your own conditioning. Feed your mind with thoughts that benefit you. Develop habits that create the life you deserve, use all the power that has controlled your life so far to control yourself. Manipulate your own mind, your own life or someone will surely be manipulating you for their own ends just as I am doing here.

I'm seeking to condition you, manipulate you towards whatever you want, and if you take up the reins for yourself, start lifestyle building thought habits you'll have the success you deserve in getting what you want. But remember, you need to give to get and that means manipulating other people to manipulate themselves towards the lifestyle of their dreams as well. It's a cycle of energy, life is not just about what you can get out of it, it's what you can trade to get what you want. You can sell time for a salary, expertise for a fee, and you can also create a great lifestyle for yourself by helping others to create their own too. It's a great deal more rewarding helping people in the same direction you are going towards a great lifestyle, than always doing it on your own.

If you trade, motivation, enthusiasm, freedom of thought, creativity, even a little love.. then that's what will be returned to you. If you trade good intentions, that will be what you receive, but trade good actions and you will start to be on the right page. What you think is undoubtedly the food of the mind, and you are ..what you eat... Just count up how many calorie thoughts are being fed to you for your benefit, or someone else's. It's an easy equation.

It's an exiting world, so get your hands on a huge slice of the metaphorical chocolate cake, gorge your mind and create an expansive imagination too big for a waistline, food for thought has never tasted so good.