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[cyber-soul-smartz]

Mastering the Wilderness: Navigating Media Manipulation and Propaganda

Navigating the wilderness of media manipulation and propaganda has been a challenging journey. It often leaves on feeling overwhelmed and anxious, but also determined to seek truth and clarity. Let's rise above the noise together. #MediaLiteracy #Critical

[marlperdu-blog]

A RARE STATE

Why does this kind of ecstatic love seem to be such a rare state?

There’s a battle going on that is invisible unless you look very carefully. It’s a silent war to win our hearts and minds. It’s a war of ideas, of ideologies, of information, mis-information, truths and half-truths: It is a battle about power and control.  What are the instruments of this control? Any unbalanced and un-holistic sources of information; education, propaganda, public relations, advertising, media, data, ideas etc. In the west and many parts of the world we are raised within a system that surrounds us, engulfs us, swamps us with facts, figures, information, advertising and much more to such an extent it is difficult to draw out what is true and what is truly valuable. 

Don’t just take my word for it DISCOVER YOURSELF! Why not have a look at a few of the links/articles below and see if you can pick-out from your own experiences how some of the techniques described have and are still being used! Examples are everywhere yet almost invisible and therefore insidious. Here are some examples; there are many more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideologyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_techniqueshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_newshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_manipulationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth_politicshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(political_science)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_manipulation

Yet, above all of this, the battle is really with our own human nature; the part of our human nature that collectively causes so many problems in our world, around the world: The part that causes us the biggest headaches, the most suffering, the one that causes pain to those around us, close to us, most loved by us. I’m sure many of us understand this. This blog reveals the tools and knowledge I’ve discovered that help me manage my darker-side..and they are, I believe, universally applicable.

Don’t take my word for it,DISCOVER YOURSELF!  If you have a look at the link/article below, see if you can pick-out some familiar examples.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_manipulation

Equally most of us have seen another side to our nature that feels for others suffering, that helps people when they really need helping, gives money to people in need, that wonders what life is really all about, wonders if there is something better; a side of us that feels love towards other people, feels a need to belong, to share, to listen, to love, to create, to be humble. But for very many this side of us seems to be drowning.

Isn’t life about discovering life, love, learning the true nature of ourselves, about deeper realities and our place within them, about discovering adventure, joy and giving?  This is where the real adventure begins and like all true adventures it’s can be a bumpy roller-coaster of a ride; but one I wouldn’t have missed for anything!