We have talked about getting rid of our television service for a few months now, but we never really had that push to do so, until this happened. I was sick to my stomach. My eyes were finally opened to the mind control we were under. But good news, our minds are free now! In fact, Zachary and I enjoy our non-tv life 100000000000x better than we ever did when we had it. Uhh the amount of time we wasted was unreal.
You may ask, "well what do you do now instead of watch television?" And I'm glad you asked that! We do everything!! We read books, spend more time with our son, clean, organize, play cards, play games, spend time face to face, we talk with each other, take the dogs out more, and work on things that need our attention.
The best part about it? We broke free. Our minds are free from any type of control the media had on us. Our moods are free from the shows we watched. We felt a chain lifted off of us the first night we didn't sit on the couch for 5 hours wasting away in front of a black screen.
Did you know that 90% of the media is controlled by six corporations?! SIX!! Here's a picture for ya...
http://www.dcclothesline.com/2014/10/23/owns-media-6-monolithic-corporations-control-almost-everything-watch-hear-read/
Do you think this is just a coincidence? No, these companies know what they are doing and they are doing a great job at it. Do you ever really pay attention to the things you watch?
Let's start with commercials. Have you ever caught yourself saying you've seen something before, but you're not sure from where? My money would bet it's from a commercial. What about this...have you ever gone out and bought something purely because you've seen it on a commercial? I have several times. As Seen On TV products used to be my weakness. Or maybe you're saying, "Cursty, I have never bought anything just because I saw it on a commercial, I don't give in that easily." Okay good point. But why then do we have commercials for toilet paper? Something that everyone buys and uses. Well, because if they put their brand out there enough you will begin to recognize it.
Charmin verses Quilted Northern. I'm a Charmin type of girl, but I'm trying to convince my husband into family cloth. Some time last year Zachary and I made a trip to Sam's Club for some items, toilet paper being one of them. For some reason they were out of Charmin and panic started to set in. How pathetic was I?? Take a guess at which brand I went with instead. You guessed it, Quilted Northern. I could have chosen from Angel Soft, Cottonelle, White Cloud, or even Scott, but I didn't. Those brands don't appeal to me. Who are they and where did they come from? Charmin is owned by Proctor and Gamble. Quilted Northern is owned by Georgia-Pacific, which is owned by the Koch brothers of Koch Industries. Angel soft is also owned by G-P, but since Quilted Northern is in a huge race up against Charmin and those cute bears, there isn't a need to advertise it as much. That corporation will push Quilted Northern a lot more than their other toilet paper brands because it's such a big name. Follow the money. If you think commercials don't have any control over you, ask yourself why it costs $5 million for a 30 second slit during the Super Bowl.
Commercials are useless garbage. I've never heard/bought/seen one thing from a commercial that really mattered that much. Ever. Seriously, the lint lizard and pocket hose have never performed a miracle in this household.
Now on to television shows. I can name about two good shows that are worth watching. Umm. Well. Ehh. Okay, I can't even name two. Television shows are created to entertain. Entertaining is perfectly fine if it can be done in a good manner, which most shows can't these days. I used to be addicted to housewife shows. Do you know what it did to me? It made me want nice things. I wanted jewelry and expensive clothes. Those clothes and necklaces never made me happy. Those shows also made me want friends I could fight with. I know I sound really pathetic and stupid right now, but I'm just being real with you. I don't have friends to fight with, what's wrong with me?? I wished for a lifestyle we could never afford and one we would never fit in with or be happy with. All because I watched rich housewives every Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. I watched every season of every city. Addicted.
I also used to love reality shows. The Challenge and Teen Mom, whoa we are talking about some shows! I would even watch Teen Mom episodes two or three times each because I was so wrapped up in them. I have even caught myself thinking about the possibility that I had gotten pregnant in high school. Would I finish school? Who would I live with? What kind of mother would I be? I was so stuck in "reality" that I couldn't see my own real life. I bet you're thinking I was a real loser when I watched television...and I was.
Television shows rarely do anything good for you. Not even "harmless" shows like Andy Griffith, which programs you to think all cops are good. Kid shows aren't good anymore. All the violence, lying, not listening to parents, hitting...I don't want my son watching any so called children's programming on television these days. I've used to turn on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for him until I saw a few episodes I didn't agree with and a few commercials that should never have been allowed on the Disney Channel. Now if he watches anything, it's a Spanish or sign language tape. You may be getting a little upset right now at what I'm saying, but I'm here to speak truth, to share truth, and to open eyes and minds. I was a slave to it for so long and now I have a fire under me to share my story and open other minds to what's really going on.
The news...this is the most dangerous thing about television. The news that we see today is nothing like what is really going on behind the scenes. Almost every story is scripted and specifically designed to put fear into your life. That's where this country wants us, living in fear. People in fear are much easier to control than people who are awake. When we fear things, we constantly worry. What do we do when the news station tells us a big storm is coming and we need to prepare? I don't know how other states do it, but North Carolinians go absolutely crazy!! We stop what we are doing, run to the nearest store, and stock up on milk, bread, and eggs. What on earth are we going to do with milk, bread, and eggs when the power goes out?!? We grab those things because that's what we are conditioned to get. That's what we are told we need. And half the time that we do go buy those things, we don't end up needing them. That huge storm hits us for all of three hours. Why were even worrying in the first place? Because the news told us to.
When we worry, we doubt God.
I stopped watching the news a few months ago. There was too much negativity, too much lying, and I honestly couldn't handle the amount of force they were pushing the flu vaccine with. So I just stopped watching it all together. I deleted my news apps on my phone as well.
There are too many stories to count about how news channels and/or anchors get caught in lies. Those are just what people have brought to light, it doesn't include every story we are being lied to about. Look at Brian Williams right now (I know part of this story because I checked my AOL mail a few nights ago). Every big media corporation is funded by the same group of people who all share the same agenda. It all links back to the dollar and power. Fox news, CNN, MSNBC, local news...it's all the same. They rarely share the full true story, they don't show unbiased opinions or studies and they never give you real experiences and testimonies from honest people.
The media has an agenda. It's a very dangerous agenda. It makes you fear, worry, and doubt. It makes you believe everything you are being told. It makes you believe we live under a good government that only has your best interest in mind. It will make you agree with what they say, what they do, and how it's done. It will make you scared of and target the wrong groups of people and wrong things. The media is conditioning you for something big.
I don't want to cause any hurt feelings and I'm not here to rip apart your television set. This is something I feel very strongly for, I'm very passionate about it, and it's my job to share the truth. My mind was stuck in the "Fox news is the only news" mindset for my entire life, until a few months ago when I woke up and snapped out of it. And I'm not dissing the news, please don't get me wrong. I'm sure someone somewhere shares the whole truth about a story at some point. I believe we should generally know what is happening in our world. We need to know stories that may affect our rights. We need to have a sense of what is going on. But we should also be very cautious and not let the "big" stories blind us from the real stories. When there is a big story going on, please research what is really happening.
Think about the Ebola story. It was on every news channel, 24 hours a day, for months. And then all of a sudden it disappeared. It's a distraction. Ebola is a serious disease and shouldn't be handled lightly, read The Hot Zone, great book. But if it were ever a real threat to us, why weren't serious measures taken? We are told about how we need to close down our borders and restrict air travel, but did that happen? No. We were told to stay inside and keep our kids home from school. Remember that? Did you happen to notice when Ebola disappeared from the news? A few days before Black Friday. Why did it go away like that? Consumerism, capitalism...it's all the same agenda. What you didn't hear on the news while Ebola was hot and heavy, was the severe drought California was under. What else didn't we hear? The letters and tapes from people in West Africa saying the story wasn't real and that the United States brought something to those countries so that we could take their resources, wasn't shown on the news. Those were probably just all made up to keep the conspiracy theorists talking, right? Or maybe they were just some dumb kids who wanted to cause some trouble? Read the book I mentioned above and learn about Ebola for yourself. Maybe then you'll see it's impossible to keep a disease like that so contained and orderly and then wipe it away so fast. I still wonder why we sent so many troops to "help with Ebola."
My point is, we shouldn't believe everything just because they said it on the news. We shouldn't allow the media to condition us to hate other races, fight against hurting mothers, or support wars that are made out of greed and power. If the media convinced you that Michael Brown was some thug kid who was looking for trouble, turn off the news. If they convinced you to attack non-vaccinating families and believe we should be put in prison for medical neglect, turn off the news. If the media has you so wrapped up that they convinced you to get a flu shot even after the CDC stated the shot wasn't effective, please turn off the news. We need to research for our own knowledge. Research, research, research. I cannot stress this enough! Dig deep and make your own conclusions about things. Look at articles, read different books, visit our history, ask questions and get the answers that satisfy you. Don't take someone's word out of convenience, especially not a multi-million dollar paid word. Do your research.
In light of all this, I am proposing a challenge to you. I am calling it the Wake Up Challenge. I directly challenge you to unplug for one week. Please, just give me seven days! Turn off your television set. If you have to unhook the cable cord, cut it, cancel your service like I did, or even take extreme measures like turning off your power, you do what you need to do to resist the temptation to turn it on. Leave your TV off for one full week. No movies, no news, none of your must have favorite shows, nothing. Delete any news apps you have on your phone. Don't leave them up there to check the weather or whatever, just delete them to resist the temptation. Don't call around and see what's going on. Turn off your radio or your Pandora. Completely unplug from every outlet you receive media from for just seven days. After the week is up you can decide what you want to do from there.
It took Zachary and I one night to realize what we were doing was the only way to escape the mind control that media had us under. It may take you one night or it may take one week. It may never even affect you, but at least you could say you gave it a try. Unplug for seven days and see the miracle it will do for your family. Play games together, spend time reading, go to the park, pick up trash on the side of the road, volunteer at a soup kitchen, go to church, visit family and friends. You will have so much time to do things that matter. You will not be depressed with fear. You will not worry about tomorrow.
Seven days. That's all I am asking for. Turn it all off, unplug, and spend time with your family and on things that truly matter to you. As I said before, after the seven days you can decide what is best for your family. You may want to cancel your service, limit TV time, set parental controls, or just go back to how you lived before. That choice is completely up to you.
So there's the challenge. Seven days with no media influence. If you do accept this, please let me know how your week was. I want to hear stories. I want to see family lives transform and minds become open. Please leave a comment below, write to me on Instagram, or send me an email (zcboober@gmail.com) if you plan on taking this challenge, if you have any questions, and if you need any encouragement along the way. Also, let me know about the successes and failures (if any) that you faced during this challenge. Since I can't ask you to something and not do the same, I will also be taking part in this. I don't have television, listen to the radio, or watch any news in any form, but I do love a good movie at night sometimes so I will be cutting that off for the next week and participating with you.
Good luck, you've got this!!!
Cursty
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