____ ____ --____ ____---- ----____ ____---- ----____ ____-- ---- ---- ---- T H E P E O P L E'S S P E L L B R E A K E R ____ ____ ____ __---- ----____ ____---- ----____ ____---- ----__ ---- ---- DATE OF PRINTING PRICE: __ CENTS THE NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE OF [your territory; example:] TEXAS * * * * * MORNING EDITION * * * * * EDITOR: John DiNardo PUBLISHER: [your name] (optional) Part 1, CORPORATE TELEVISION & PRESS: Programming the Robotic American ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *"AND WHAT SCARES ME THE MOST IS THAT THE MEDIUM FOR TAKEOVER * * IS ALREADY IN PLACE. THAT TELEVISION SET IN YOUR LIVINGROOM * * AND BEDROOM IS DOING MORE THAN JUST ENTERTAINING YOU!" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Article 3058 of alt.conspiracy: From: thant@horus.esd.sgi.com (Thant Tessman) Newsgroups: alt.pagan,alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Scientology: New-Age Religion or Greed-Infested Cult? THE BATTLE FOR YOUR MIND message-ID: <1991May15.214255.27544@odin.corp.sgi.com> Date: 15 May 91 21:42:55 GMT References: <1991May12.234631.30660@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) Organization: sgi Transcript of an audio tape: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BATTLE FOR YOUR MIND, by Dick Sutphen -- 22.2 KB Persuasion & Brainwashing Techniques Being Used On The Public Today SUMMARY OF CONTENTS I'm Dick Sutphen and this tape is a studio-recorded, expanded version of a talk I delivered at the World Congress of Professional Hypnotists Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although the tape carries a copyright to protect it from unlawful duplication for sale by other companies, in this case, I invite individuals to make copies and give them to friends or anyone in a position to communicate this information. Although I've been interviewed about the subject on many local and regional radio and TV talk shows, large-scale mass communication appears to be blocked, since it could result in suspicion or investigation of the very media presenting it or the sponsors that support the media. Some government agencies do not want this information generally known. Nor do the Born-Again Christian movement, cults, and many human-potential trainings. Everything I will relate only exposes the surface of the problem. I don't know how the misuse of these techniques can be stopped. I don't think it is possible to legislate against that which often cannot be detected; and if those who legislate are using these techniques, there is little hope of effecting laws to govern usage. I do know that the first step to initiate change is to generate interest. In this case, that will probably only result from an underground effort. In talking about this subject, I am talking about my own business. I know it, and I know how effective it can be. I produce hypnosis and subliminal tapes and, in some of my seminars, I use conversion tactics to assist participants to become independent and self- sufficient. But, anytime I use these techniques, I point out that I am using them, and those attending have a choice to participate or not. They also know what the desired result of participation will be. So, to begin, I want to state the most basic of all facts about brainwashing: * IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF MAN, NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN BRAINWASHED * * AND REALIZED, OR BELIEVED, THAT S/HE HAD BEEN BRAINWASHED. * Those who have been brainwashed will usually passionately defend their manipulators, claiming they have simply been "shown the light" . . . or have been transformed in miraculous ways. ...... Before I go on, let's go back to the six tip-offs to conversion. I want to mention the United States Government and military boot camp. The Marine Corps talks about breaking men down before "rebuilding" them as new men -- as Marines! Well, that is exactly what they do, the same way a cult breaks its people down and rebuilds them as happy flower sellers on your local street corner. Every one of the six conversion techniques are used in boot camp. [JD: If you are doubtful about this assertion, I can attest to its truthfulness. I was a Marine for four-and-a-half years, and I will NEVER forget the profound mind control that the drill instructors at Parris Island had practiced on me and my platoon members in 1961.] Considering the needs of the military, I'm not making a judgement as to whether that is good or bad. IT IS A FACT that the men are effectively brainwashed. Those who won't submit must be discharged or spend much of their time in the brig. DECOGNITION PROCESS Once the initial conversion is effected, cults, armed services, and similar groups cannot have cynicism among their members. Members must respond to commands and do as they are told, otherwise they are dangerous to the organizational control. This is normally accomplished as a three-step Decognition Process. Step One is ALERTNESS REDUCTION: The controllers cause the nervous system to malfunction, making it difficult to distinguish between fantasy and reality. This can be accomplished in several ways. POOR DIET is one; watch out for Brownies and Kool-Aid. The sugar throws the nervous system off. More subtle is the "SPIRITUAL DIET" used by many cults. They eat only vegetables and fruits. Without the grounding of grains, nuts, seeds, dairy products or fish or meat, an individual becomes mentally "spacey." INADEQUATE SLEEP is another primary way to reduce alertness, especially when combined with long hours of work or intense physical activity. Also, being bombarded with intense and unique experiences achieves the same result. Step Two is PROGRAMMED CONFUSION: You are mentally assaulted while your alertness is being reduced as in Step One. This is accomplished with a deluge of new information, lectures, discussion groups, encounters or one-to-one processing, which usually amounts to the controller bombarding the individual with questions. During this phase of decognition, reality and illusion often merge and perverted logic is likely to be accepted. (to be continued) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I urge you to repost the episodes of this series to other newsgroups and to other computer networks, as well as to bulletin boards (electronic and wooden) on campus and in your community. John DiNardo Reposted from an original post by Thant Tessman.