I've been thinking... why let say porn companies, tobacco companies, alcohol companies what is their edge at?
I'd imagine a tobacco company spends a whole lot of $$$ on psychologists and trying to get in peoples minds. How they think, what makes them tick, etc.
But on the other hand. People who consume. Such as us here. Porn addicts. Or smokers, etc. How much time did we spent on psychology? How much time do we spend trying to figure what makes us tick?
I am finding out. That I don't need to spend 10.000 hours on psychology. But there is a MASSIVE difference now spending at least 100 hours studying psychology than before of 0 hours.
0 hours vs 100 hours -> MASSIVE, drastic change
100 hours -> 10,000 hours -> not as a big of a difference than 100 -> 10,000.
The difference is a bit like owning no telescope vs owning a cheap ass 200$ telescope or owning 200,000$ telescope.
Also social media companies. We are dealing with self-enslavement trough psychology. Nobody is making us spend time on social media. Nobody is making us open porn sites. We do this trough self-enslavement.
This companies have invested so much in understanding psychology if they were doing astronomy, they'd have a 200,000$ telescope and a few people observing and cataloging stuff,
most people I'd say if their understanding of psychology would be compared to astronomy, they'd own no telescope and have no idea what is out there.
but what I am seeing on the forum with people who are having success, is practically everyone who I consider to be genuinely successful with the reboot is dealing with emotional trauma issues trough some modality which practically always has psychological understanding. In this regards and I consider myself one of people who is having success, the last run of 106 days wasn't luck. I attribute it my psychology work and my multi-dimensional work. Now if my understanding of psychology would be compared to astronomy, I'd be owning maybe a 2,000$ telescope with having some understanding of the night sky and knowing what is out there.
A bit long winded to say,
the companies who make addicting products understand psychology quite well. This is self-enslavement trough psychology. The good news is that we don't need to spend 10,000 hours studying psychology. Just something like 100 hours makes a huge difference. We can level the playing field.
Self-enslavement trough psychology can be fixed with liberation trough self-psychology work. Beat them at their own game. This has always been about controlling the mind. Stuff like cigarettes, porn, alcohol, this is all about domination of the mind.
Our mind is the battleground. We can win with peaceful means, like Ghandi. This is the best option. But we need to understand what makes us tick. Hack our own brains. It wouldn't really be hacking. Just understanding some basic concepts and practicing stuff like mindfulness etc.
Urge surfing WORKS! It really does. But it takes a little practice. As does understanding our mind.
Much love
EW