Comments on: Illusion of Choice http://www.electrolund.com/2004/08/illusion-of-choice I solder the body electric « Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:21:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: panicearly http://www.electrolund.com/2004/08/illusion-of-choice#comment-12348 panicearly Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:48:59 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2004/08/illusion-of-choice/#comment-12348 travel back to your childhood , your earliest memories, your earliest feelings and experiences. back when you were simple, laughing or crying, the basic things that you enjoyed, such as fun, warmth(family), excitment(discovery) than begin to understand how year after year as you developed an analytical mind, the influences that made you what you are today layer upon layer. the conditioning. once you realize what these were and still are, then you can begin to understand them, and discard them as necessary so that you can reach that child again, be that child again but with the wisdom of years. its a way to self brainwash the negative effects we have picked up over the years, so that you own more of yourself every day and understand all the influences in our noisy media saturated, illusion driven lives and navigate through the many traps that await. travel back to your childhood , your earliest memories, your earliest feelings and experiences. back when you were simple,
laughing or crying, the basic things that you enjoyed, such as fun, warmth(family), excitment(discovery)
than begin to understand
how year after year as you developed an analytical mind,
the influences that made you what you are today layer upon layer. the conditioning.
once you realize what these were and still are, then you can begin to understand them, and discard them as necessary so that you can reach that child again, be that child again but with the wisdom of years. its a way to self brainwash the negative effects we have picked up over the
years, so that you own more of yourself every day and
understand all the influences in our noisy media saturated,
illusion driven lives and navigate through the many traps that await.

]]> By: dacia http://www.electrolund.com/2004/08/illusion-of-choice#comment-791 dacia Sun, 22 Aug 2004 09:13:47 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2004/08/illusion-of-choice/#comment-791 I have actually been pondering this topic for quite some time, even having written several entries in my own blog about it. It is nice to see that you are pondering it as well, Rob. The problem is social conditioning...... after spending 6 years in the US, I can see the effects that Western culture has left imprinted on me. We are programmed to think that the only path to happiness is paved with wealth, beauty, sex and power when in fact there are a million more journeys that can be made to reach that destination. The populace seems so consumed with living the "picture perfect" life is seen on television and magazines...... that we create many different facets of ourselves to fit a million different situations.... which makes it almost impossible to see back to our original selves. Hopefully, I am on the path to learn how to shut out society's deafening screams and listen carefully to my own inner voice. I have actually been pondering this topic for quite some time, even having written several entries in my own blog about it. It is nice to see that you are pondering it as well, Rob.

The problem is social conditioning…… after spending 6 years in the US, I can see the effects that Western culture has left imprinted on me. We are programmed to think that the only path to happiness is paved with wealth, beauty, sex and power when in fact there are a million more journeys that can be made to reach that destination. The populace seems so consumed with living the “picture perfect” life is seen on television and magazines…… that we create many different facets of ourselves to fit a million different situations…. which makes it almost impossible to see back to our original selves.

Hopefully, I am on the path to learn how to shut out society’s deafening screams and listen carefully to my own inner voice.

]]> By: Rob http://www.electrolund.com/2004/08/illusion-of-choice#comment-790 Rob Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2004/08/illusion-of-choice/#comment-790 <a href="http://www.nologo.org/">No Logo</a> is a very interesting blog. Thanks! No Logo is a very interesting blog. Thanks!

]]> By: rrohde http://www.electrolund.com/2004/08/illusion-of-choice#comment-792 rrohde Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2004/08/illusion-of-choice/#comment-792 read Naomi Klein's No Logo? read Naomi Klein’s No Logo?

]]> By: Matt http://www.electrolund.com/2004/08/illusion-of-choice#comment-793 Matt Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2004/08/illusion-of-choice/#comment-793 You are right on. My latest favorite trend in advertising is ads that don't show the product. There's this one Honda commercial with this guy sitting on the beach...walking in the mountains...contemplating urban landscapes, and reflecting upon his life. He basically decides that he has reached nirvana, and that life--for a thinking man--is good. The last three seconds of the commercial is him driving off in his Honda. Ha! Maybe if I drive a honda everything will become clear to me, as well! You are right on. My latest favorite trend in advertising is ads that don’t show the product. There’s this one Honda commercial with this guy sitting on the beach…walking in the mountains…contemplating urban landscapes, and reflecting upon his life. He basically decides that he has reached nirvana, and that life–for a thinking man–is good. The last three seconds of the commercial is him driving off in his Honda. Ha! Maybe if I drive a honda everything will become clear to me, as well!

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