A hive mind follows the herd. This mind prescribes to the directives given to it. These directives are given in various ways. This is known today as programming, a term I did not hear of until recent years. Here are some of the methods used:
• News headlines that are repeated over and over again.
• Prominent corporate and institutional logos that are originated in cryptic messages.
• Educational materials in schools that are presented and dictated to children as fact with no right or opportunity to debate.
• Shame, ridicule, and banishment directed at individuals, groups, and ideas that dare to be different or something not disseminated by the mainstream sources. This method is very prominent in today’s social media.
• Church doctrine that imparts fear of punishment to their membership demanding they must believe the doctrine preached no matter what evidence questions the doctrine.
• History, as has been presented, is based on honest research and record keeping and is fact.
• The earth was created 6,000 years ago.
This is a mindset that stifles creativity and original out-of-the-box thinking. I know that my life has been heavily impacted by these directives over the greater part of my life. Ever since I was a child, I always had independent thoughts that craved expression. However, the fear factor was ever present and stopped me in most instances to act on those ideas. In fact, I believed for many years there was something wrong with me.
How dare I disagree with these overall premises:
1) Wealth and money are the most important elements of a successful life.
2) I am shy and introverted and cannot overcome.
3) Beautiful very attractive people are the only ones who will be accepted into the success realm.
4) War has always been and is necessary.
5) Fierce competition is the only respected way of doing business.
6) Cooperative efforts will fail.
7) There is either heaven or hell, no other choices.
8) I am not as good or important as other people.
Those are just some of the precepts that were imparted to me over the years in various ways. Today I can plainly see the hive mind projection that was imparted to me and shadowed my life. I never abandoned my independent thoughts, but for the most part, those thoughts were kept hidden under the proverbial bushel basket. I just didn’t talk much. Life was easier that way. For the record, this is not meant to impart blame, as I am accountable for my own life. For anyone who is interested, I will begin posting some of the events and information with links that opened my eyes and my brain to see that I was hoodwinked.