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Mind Programming: From Persuasion and Brainwashing, to Self-Help and Practical Metaphysics

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Taylor takes us inside a world that most of us never knew existed - the world of subliminal advertising, sales manipulation and everyday brainwashing. He exposes the mental manipulation behind it all, dissects how it works and helps you understand what you can do to protect yourself from it. Mind Programming not only exposes external influences but also teaches you how to use the same mental capacity for good. Taylor provides an assortment of tools and methods to help you take back control of your mind and reprogram it to achieve your goals and realize your dreams. This is a fabulous book and I highly recommend it!

Even though I consider myself to be quite aware of what is going on in the world, this book boldly shatters illusions about how extensive the mind control in our society has become. Eldon Taylor gives specific and documented examples of the deliberate and aggressive ploys to control our behavior and our minds. Are you really free? Only if you can take back control your mind. Thank heavens, Dr. Taylor shows us how in one of the most important books I have ever read..

When you want the real "meat and potatoes" behind the billion dollar plus effort to own our very souls, then you must have this book! When you wish to truly discover just how much of your thinking is the result of direct programming, then you will also need this book. If you have been duped into believing that there is no one out there striving to own your every thought, no such thing as a technology that can implant ideas, cause emotions and motivate your every action--then you absolutely need this book! And when that is all done and you have learned just how big a business it is to own your thoughts, your decisions, your feelings and the like, then you will want to know how to reprogram all of that nonsense and that is where the second half of this book comes in--thus, once again you need this book!

My review of the book: "Mind Programming" by Eldon Taylor.

The positive:

There are some good points made about persuasive techniques. The book also has a CD, I happen to believe in the effectiveness of subliminal methods and this CD is a genuine subliminal. And if you don't believe in such technology it is at least a good relaxation CD because of the fine soothing music.


The negative:

The book is on final analysis , a sales pitch for this guy's products. He continually refers to his other books, CDs and his web site. Much of his book, in fact 30% of it, is merely supporting arguments for his subliminal CD technology which he sells at $90 AUD EACH!

As said above he mentions various persuasive techiques, however much of it is not original and the discussion of these techniques are too brief and thin. There are far better books on these methods and principles, which are deeper and richer in their discussion. I also suspect he uses the same techniques that he describes to sell his book for example: the social proof technique, where you employ numerous others to support your product to give it credibility and persuade others to purchase it. Additionally I have a strong suspicion about the favorable reviews for his book at Amazon.

I also suspect some of his references such as the : advertising training manual, is a fabrication, created to sell his message. The book also has a lot of loony references such as HARRP mind control technology and the Illuminati .For example: he mentions Edgar Cayce, who espoused that eating meat conveys negative emotions to the human and that abstaining from meat consumption leads to an increase in psychic abilities.

What rubbish.

Final summation: a book by a greed head, which is not much more that an advertisement for his overpriced CDs and his books. It has only one good point compared to it's competition, it's CD.

Addition:


The: " THE TOP SECRET ADVERTISING TRAINING MANUAL" is a fake, in my opinion. First of all Taylor states that this is from a: "VERY PRESTIGIOUS ADVERTISING COMPANY". Why does Taylor not name it, because it is probably a fraud.

The reasoning why I think this is the case, the language used is way over the top as mentioned above in another review. I came to this opinion as well, but I did not bother to mention it in my initial review. However, there are other reasons I suspect that this is a fabrication, very logical reasons.

Brand loyalty and customer goodwill are essential and critical factors for the success of a company and it's products. Now the techniques of this training course would have been exposed long ago to the media by students and SMART CONSUMERS, upset and disgusted by the methods employed. This would have revealed this company and the companies associated with it. This would kill this advertising agency.



Why?, because most consumers would be repulsed by the means used, this would destroy customer goodwill for the client companies' products and there would be considerable loss in sales. Thus to maintain this goodwill , which takes years and years of hard work to build, other companies would drop this agency like a stone, because of fear of guilt by association even if they did not employ such methods.

Such methods as described in the manual would be seen as a loser by smart advertising executives, because they would backfire. And why employ them when traditional methods of advertising work just fine, just ask Coke and Mc Donald's.


For example, could you imagine the field day the media would have with a CEO who stated the following: "The true beauty of this is that the consumer pays to be "brain washed," while we corporate fat cats laugh all the way to the bank." Now would any SMART executive write such nonsense IN A TRAINING MANUAL, knowing of this possibility. Plus such a provocative statements would surely provoke some of the more honest and moralistic students?


And this a marked give away that Taylor probably wrote it. See Taylor in my opinion has no subtlety in his manipulative method. I suspect he overuses the 'SOCIAL PROOF TECHIQUE METHOD" here and at his site. Way too many testimonies given at his web site, for instance. There are FAR to many references to his other books in this one, excessively so. And the excessively convoluted nature of the psycho sexual subliminal messages as described in the manual and the OVER THE TOP comments contained in it, are a dead giveaway, in my opinion. I suspect Taylor was rubbing his hands while he was writing this manual, self-congratulating himself on how smart and DEVIOUS he is, and if this is the case he over did it, it is a very crude display of manipulation, poorly done.



Someone after my review wrote this: "It's a MUST have. If you're one who's searching for the TRUTH, this book is a great place to start. TELL A FRIEND"

I have a GREAT SUSPICION, that Taylor.... a man of questionable intregrity, is up to his old tricks.

BUYER BEWARE!

It's true - this book is, on one hand, hugely disturbing. On the other, however, Dr. Taylor brilliantly exposes the worst threat of our day, then offers a way through the maze. Once again, this leading luminary facilitates a deep understanding of a very complex subject and lifts his readers out of the fear model by offering realistic remedies for freedom from this otherwise bleak scenario. Five stars to you, Dr. Taylor!

Angelina Heart, award winning author of The Teaching of Little Crow, the journey of the soul. http://www.angelinaheart.com

I have read many books on conspiracy facts, but this one is the first that left me feeling very positive and hopeful. The first half of the book presents the dark side of how we are being manipulated. For example, sex and violence are used in most ads, hidden form the conscious mind. Taylor details how legislation was introduced to Congress to make it illegal, but advertising agencies and other special interest groups fought it, saying that it didn't work anyway and no one used it. (Then why did they spend so much money fighting the legislation that would outlaw it? Hello?)

But this is not just about subliminal advertisements with nude women in the ice cubes. Far more sinister, even our very thoughts have the potential to be manipulated directly (if they aren't already) by HAARP technology. Even the frequency band used by cell phones is the same one that affects thought transmission. And Taylor doesn't deal with conspiracy theories in this book, just the conspiracy facts. Furthermore, even the sexual and violent subliminals are ruining society because as people become desensitized, use of sex and violence must become more outrageous and perverse, leading to escalating violence in society.

The second half of the book tells you how to get free. There is much more to it than fast forwarding the commercials. Taylor provides all kinds of tips and tools found from many disciplines, including visualization, neurolinguistic programming, going vegetarian, spiritual practices, and technology. He also distinguishes between subliminal CDs that work and those that don't because, for example, the message is in the 2nd person ("You are successful") instead of the 1rst ("I am successful"). The book is full of interesting little facts, such as that smiling fools the mind into thinking everything is great, changing the brain chemistry.

The CD (a subliminal for serenity) that comes with this book is, by itself, worth the price of the book! I am used to buying subliminal tapes with lousy music, and the music on this one is something you can listen to over and over again and not get bored.

I applaud Eldon for providing the first half of the book. There are too many people who think that if they ignore the bad in this world, it somehow won't affect them. When I wrote my book on the healing power of a raw food diet, I included an appendix that exposed the drug companies. Some famous authors refused to promote my book because of that one section. They viewed it as too negative. But I included it in there because I knew some people needed to be deprogrammed from all the brainwashing of pharmaceutical advertisements. The paradigm needed to be broken, and sometimes you simply have to expose the "evil" in order for people to become conscious.

Don't be afraid to read the first half of the book. Knowledge is power. The second half will empower you even more. Humanity is awakening, and this is one of the books that is part of the shift.

If knowledge is power, then this book is absolutely empowering. Mind control and subversive programming has been explained in the past by a handful of professionals, yet it has never been this carefully thought out with such level of clear understanding and comprehensive background. It is liberating on one side and preventive on the other, it make's you think and wonder about all the times and situations in which your real or true objectives might have been compromised by corporate America's ulterior motives. It makes you ponder whether or not your thoughts are your own, if you're leading your life or are you being led to live it to someone else's benefit. But ultimately Eldon Taylor offers an inspiring approach to redefining oneself, free from guilt, free from superimpossed garbage beliefs, inherited and self-sabotaging ideas. I think ultimately the book is about a deeper understanding of who we are as humans and how to live freely in peace with ourselves and everyone else.

The book is worth every minute of your time!

Mind Programming exposes the big money behind predisposing our every decision in a way that leads us to believe that we actually made the decision of our own independent accord. Better than that, the programming is so complete that to bring it out into the open triggers a new program--laugh at and ridicule anyone that might suggest such a thing.

When you see just how circular and complete the programming is and by nearly everyone with a stake in owning your decisions, you will be appalled. Billions of dollars and the best in high tech aids and these people, government agencies, big business, advertising agencies, the media empires and more all end up owning more of our minds than we do ourselves. Taylor not only makes this clear with irrefutable first hand evidence, but then he gives us many ways to retrain our minds and take back our thoughts.

This book must be read by every parent and thinking person. We must know how to protect our children from the media onslaught that is damaging values in our country and raising hostility and aggression. If our world is to be civil, we must take back control of our minds!

This is a five star book for sure!!!

Have you ever overindulged in an inexplicable craving? While your craving might have come entirely from your own desires, there is a chance it might have been planted by someone else.

Eldon Taylor describes in his book, MIND PROGRAMMING, how we are emotionally manipulated in various ways we are unaware of. A multi-billion dollar business of subliminal advertising is one aspect of this extraordinary situation we can no longer afford to ignore. Far from living as true masters of our own minds and lives, we often fall prey to a variety of mind control tactics which lead us to unwittingly make choices and do things which are not in our best interests.

MIND PROGRAMMING illustrates how easily hypnotized most of us can be, and provides readers with tools for recognizing ways we are vulnerable, as well as ways we can overcome these vulnerabilities and regain mastery of our minds. Taylor shares shocking real life examples of subliminal advertising campaigns, as well as a wealth of his own real-life experiences working in sales, advertising, psychology, physical security, lie detection, forensic hypnosis, intelligence and counter-intelligence.

Even though I had some prior knowledge of various compliance techniques, I was astonished to see how widespread and unregulated many of these techniques are today in the USA. I was also amazed by the compelling evidence to suggest that people become conditioned to seek ever-increasing amounts of shocking material to meet increasing needs for stimulation.

MIND PROGRAMMING builds a very convincing case that we can no longer afford to ignore subliminal messages, as much of the self-destructive impulses we currently experience represent the manifestation of subconscious beliefs we've unknowingly adopted. Rather than mindlessly continuing to live conflicted, dissatisfied lives, we can instead take a look at the subconscious mental messages we've accumulated, and make changes in them in order to profoundly improve our lives. MIND PROGRAMMING helps readers outsmart those who are secretly manipulating us with numerous metaphysical techniques, and a delightfully powerful full-length Serenity subliminal CD in this book.

I give MIND PROGRAMMING my very highest recommendation, as it simultaneously describes and resolves the root causes behind many of the biggest problems we're facing on Earth at this time.

Ever thought of how you are being programmed? In part one of Mind Programming, Eldon Taylor exposes the dark side of brainwashing and the psychological techniques used by others to control our thoughts and behaviors. I was shocked to discover the lengths to which some people will go to exploit our minds for their personal gain.

In part two of the book, Eldon provides empowering tools and exercises to take back control of our minds. Part two is a must read that everyone can benefit from.

This is a 5 star book! Fascinating to read and hard to put down!