Instead of allowing society to manipulate your mind, take control of what you are exposed to:
- Media
- media is easy to avoid: only watch the programs or DVD's you feel will be healthy for your mind and emotions.
- be ruthlessly selective.
- do not watch the news. Recognise that the news is a commodity, a product. It is sold to you. And like any commodity it is tailored to suit the market.
- stop reading news, gossip and anything that makes you feel emotionally unsound (envious, frustrated, depressed, anxious, fearful, helpless, angry etc).
- Advertising
- be cautious with advertising.
- think carefully about what you want to do or buy.
- advertising is a very clever field of business and it will manipulate people any which way it can.
- Switch-off the toys
- video games, mobile phones, the web all serve to foster unease and unrest.
- put your phone on silent or better yet switch it off when you return home.
- switch your contract to pay-as-you-go: it will allow you to control spending and be more frugal.
- avoid gimmicks: a phone is a telecommunication device not a multimedia centre.
- Consumerism
- avoid debt.
- avoid the lure of consumerism: there is more life than buying goods.
- do not shop unless you have a specific agenda in mind.
- think long-term: but things that last and avoid fashion.
- every penny you spend needlessly is cutting into your earnings.
- invest rather than squander.
- Diet
- eat healthy food, avoid sugar.
- feel your mind become calmer and more aware.
- Read
- read books that expand your consciousness, that challenge your preconceptions.
- encourage your mind to grow in new directions.
- make time to read every day.
