The Fine Line Between Persuasion and Manipulation
Posted by Paul Greblick,
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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I am strong advocate for people’s freedom – most notably, their
inner freedom, and their inner strength. And I’m willing to show everyone to
whatever extent they would like exactly how their inner systems work for their
OWN benefit.
But until everyone knows how their own systems work, and
could thus be used against them, I’m afraid that most people could be on the
receiving end of some terrible, terrible things that in our culture are
currently being passed off as ok.
The Exposure of Subliminal Advertising.
Dr. Wison Bryan Key is a researcher and college professor
who wrote several now out-of-print books dealing with the pervasiveness of
subliminal advertising as used by the media and marketing in the 70’s and 80’s.
He noted that when he was teaching college classes on how
subliminal advertising works and it’s discreet (or sometimes not-so-discreet)
use, his students fell into one of two general categories.
One was those students who wished to learn how subliminal
advertising works to increase their own understanding of how their own
subconscious works, and how to protect themselves and others from this type of
manipulation.
The other type of student that he noticed attended his
classes had no interest in serving the needs of others, but only to how to use
this material to persuade and manipulate people for their own personal agendas
– manipulation, greed, control, etc.
NLP – Superhero? Or Supervillain?
When NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) arrived on the scene,
it was heralded as the next great victory in the evolution of the understanding
of the human psyche. One that could be used for great therapeutic value.
But the Tony Robbins' of the world and other “advocates” of
these techniques have advocated and publicized their use, not only counter to
healing, but what could only be summed up as full-frontal manipulation.
There have been countless seminars, workshops, even books
that describe how to use NLP to force the decision for the sale, to force someone
to “see it your way”, and even the most disgusting one, of forcing their will
or manipulation to entice intimate encounters or even full-fledged
relationships where the other party wouldn’t even consider the person
otherwise.
NLP is good for therapeutic reasons, bad for sales, and
worse for trying to get someone in an intimate encounter or relationship that’s
not totally right for them. And it’s NOT totally right for them if you have to
use ANY sort of persuasion tool or manipulation device to get them to agree to
it, like it or not, bad as that may sting the egos of some of the people
advocating this sort of thing.
I have never been more disgusted to be a member of this
human race to see the level and depth of ANY sort of manipulation of someone
else’s thoughts, feelings, or inner state to justify a person’s own hidden
agenda which doesn’t even account the other person’s care or well-being.
Those who are doing this will rationalize to the cows come
home, but it doesn’t matter, and you won’t change my mind on it, because what’s
happening IS what’s happening, no matter how you want to justify it to
yourself.
Just remember, if you’re not using tools such as NLP to
benefit the other person COMPLETELY with no cost or sacrifice to them, you’re
engaging in serious manipulation, and this is not something that “those
upstairs” are going to put up with any longer.
Those who know me and my background with helping people
connect to their Angels know I’m here to help people defend themselves from
this very thing - to help people understand the depth of how their systems
work, and the depth of how they can be used, manipulated, and abused by others.
AND TO STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING, by educating people so they can naturally defend themselves.
And if you’re one of those who is currently engaging in any
sort of NLP or other tools FOR PUSHING YOUR WAY ON OTHERS or to get your own agenda met where the person wouldn't agree to it WITHOUT having to be "NLP'Dd, this is nothing short of manipulation of the person's mind, the person's body, the person's inner being, and even the person's soul.
And it’s going to be a really sad day for you when those who
have been on the receiving end of your ruse and disguise wake up to what
they’ve been going through, through no fault of their own but their own lack of
ability to defend themselves.
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