The “Brainwashing Quiz”: Are You Brainwashed by Society?
Michael Alvin
Author Bio
Michael Alvin lives in a very small town in Oregon. His mission is to help people with their spiritual development. He writes both fiction and non-fiction. He is happily married and, together with his wife, he raises and shows AKC chihuahua dogs.
Michael studied under a Master spiritual teacher from the Tibetan tradition for ten years. He has also studied both Yoga and meditation.
Description
Surprisingly, the very first step in spiritual development is to find out how you’ve been brainwashed by your society. It’s a conservative estimate that well over 90% of people have been brainwashed, to some extent. This is a problem because the “persona” that society creates in you covers over your true self. Therefore, it is important to be able to know the difference between your persona and your real individuality. The “brainwashing quiz” is designed to help you determine if and how you’ve been brainwashed, so that you may rediscover your real self. Every adult should take this quiz. It may change your life!
The author is not alone in his belief that most people have been brainwashed by society. This is the major viewpoint of many “existential” philosophers and therapists. They assert that one must become aware of their brainwashing before they can become a true or “authentic” self. One cannot be “free” or even begin their spiritual development until they clear away the debris that has been implanted in their mind by society.
Since this brainwashing has taken place over many, many, years, it is not unusual for a person to insist that how they presently think and feel is definitely them. This is often simply because they are so habituated to their personality. The key to seeing through this illusion is realizing that the person usually has a multitude of poorly hidden issues that result in his general unhappiness. Such a person leads a frustrating and unfulfilled life.
The brainwashing quiz is composed of questions with multiple choice answers. Whatever answer is chosen will indicate the probability that brainwashing has or has not occurred. It is only by giving serious and honest answers that one will be enabled to see through the illusions created by society. This is the beginning of again finding his real self.
We have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. However, the pursuit of these can only be successful if it is based upon knowledge of one’s real self instead of what society has convinced us that we are. If we stop identifying with the personality, “persona”, or mask that our society has given us to wear, we will be able to help our true individuality, a part of our spirit, to again grow in strength. Taking the brainwashing quiz is the first step! What do you have to lose?
Book excerpt
“You may have heard the theory that most of us have been “brainwashed” by our respective societies. This is not the obvious brainwashing that takes place in a POW camp after one is captured by the enemy during wartime. This kind of brainwashing is much more subtle.”
“Yet, a lot of us dismiss the idea with the same laugh that we dismiss a “conspiracy” theory that we’ve just heard. We don’t understand how such a thing as “brainwashing” could have ever taken place. We don’t realize that this has taken place over years, beginning with our earliest education, when we were young, impressionable, and vulnerable to its influence. Nor are we aware of the many surprising ways that it has continued throughout our adult years.”
“The most obvious brainwashing technique is training people to be “normal”. Society is successful because it requires conformity from all of its members. When this is done during our younger years, it actually creates a personality that isn’t us, which covers over our “real” self. It’s the source of much of our unhappiness, although we don’t know it. We are unable to express our true selves.”
“The recent discovery of the ‘human genome’ (our individual genetic code) surprised even the scientists. They didn’t realize how much of an individual each of us was meant to be. An almost infinite number of genetic combinations take place out of those nearly three billion genes that a human being carries.”
“The practical result of this is that every one of us is born as a unique individual. We were meant to express our differences. Human beings were not meant to be conformists!”
“Due to their unique genetics, many of our children were meant to be musicians, artists, poets, philosophers, dancers, and spiritual leaders. This is difficult news for a society that’s obsessed with training children to be scientists and mathematicians. But, it has been even tougher on our children.”
“The following quiz is a good indicator of whether you may be a victim of brainwashing by your society. Wouldn’t you like to know? What do you have to lose?”
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