Anne L Cohen

Mind Control

                Today I would like to speak to you about mind control.

                We all realize that we are influenced by commercials. 

But most of us do not realize how deeply we are influenced.

                For example, take the fragrance manufacturers of perfume, cologne, after shave lotion, and so on.  They have us in their grip with their commercials.  When I go shopping in the department stores and a lady working there comes up to me with cologne for me to sample, I say, “No thank you.”  What I really feel like saying is, “No thank you; I like my natural smell the best.”

                What kind of garbage is this!?  The fragrance manufacturers have us believing that their products smell better than we do.  As a result, we go out a buy their products.  They make the money and we lose it!

                The commercials even dig into our feelings about motherhood and childrearing.  Take the issue of bottle feeding versus breast feeding.  The baby bottle and formula manufacturers have many of us believing that bottle feeding is the most natural and healthy way to feed a baby.

                But let’s look into this issue a little more closely.

                How can a bottle with formula in it take the place of Mommy?  Mommy’s breast is soft and warm and cuddly.  The child can lean against it and feel and hear Mommy’s heart beat.  The child can rub his or her small hand against Mommy’s soft skin.  What does a bottle have to offer?

                The TV stations have advertisements for bottles and formulas.  But they don’t give equal time to breastfeeding organizations.  Is that fair advertising?

                These are just two examples of how our minds are constantly being manipulated.  We borrow other people’s ideas and we think they are our own.  We must go inside ourselves and examine our thoughts and feelings.  Are our decisions ours or are they someone else’s?  True freedom begins with freedom of thought.