The Gate: The Ultimate Mind Virus
What would you say if I told you that the most powerful thing separating you from true reality is that your mind has been deliberately hacked?
Sound strange?
I am referring to the primary mind virus, what I call The Gate.
What is a mind virus, you ask? I came up with the following:
Mind virus: thought-forms deliberately introduced into the subconscious for the express purpose of altering an individual's conscious thoughts, perceptions, emotions, actions, and reactions.
A mind virus serves to control the host. The ultimate and most powerful of these is The Gate, which erects a fortified barrier preventing the afflicted individual (i.e., most of us) from realizing his or her true capabilities. The Gate acts as a censor between the subconscious and the conscious mind, and it is activated whenever the conscious mind is presented with information which stands to broaden the individual's conception of what is possible on the physical plane. It is called The Gate because it acts like an overly 'roided-up bouncer, violently swinging its weight around in order to prevent certain and specific truths from ever becoming part of the individual's conscious awareness.
As raw information passes from the senses to the conscious mind and on to the subconscious, the activation of The Gate causes the individual to outright REJECT any information which provides evidence of a truth contrary to the dictates (the "marching orders") of The Gate's program. Even if the incoming information is confirmed at the sensory level.
The Gate is the essential fortress within which ALL belief systems reside. Its power rests in its interaction with the other resident belief systems, each of which is a mind virus in its own right. The Gate provides the protective environment for all of them to remain comfortably entrenched within the subconscious.
Have you been infected with The Gate?
The first question to ask yourself is this: "How do I know what I know?"
I would be willing to bet that if you take anything that pops into your head as a test case, chances are you have either (a) assumed the knowledge a priori, or (b) had the information passed along to you without any sensory or logical confirmation of your own.
The further away you are, in terms of sensory experience, from being able to confirm what you know, the higher the likelihood that The Gate has had a hand in imbuing, tempering, or introducing that "knowledge" to your consciousness. A perfect example is written or recorded history. Events which took place in the past, and which you did not personally witness, can be so easily manipulated into your consciousness that you stand at a tremendous disadvantage, and you are likely well removed from the truth. For that matter, even events that you personally witness can be tempered by The Gate. Such is the power of this virus.
If you want to see a simple, analogous example of this in action, look up the famous selective-attention experiment by Simons and Chabris. The instructions are simple: watch a short video of people passing a basketball and count the passes. Most people count correctly. Most people also completely fail to see the person in a gorilla suit who walks through the middle of the frame, stops, beats their chest, and walks off. Their eyes received the information. Their conscious mind never did.
Watch the selective attention test
That is The Gate, operating on a scale of seconds, over a matter that carries no consequence. Now consider it operating over a lifetime, over everything that matters.
Once you realize the power The Gate holds over your mind, the easier it becomes to deprogram from the belief systems which have held you in bondage. Begin to question the basis for all of your assumed and presumed knowledge. Question the veracity of everything you currently "believe" but for which you lack first-hand sensory experience. It is so easy to manipulate conscious awareness that it is no wonder most of us are entranced.
There is much work to be done to clear your mind of The Gate. There is even more work to do to remove the false and unverifiable belief systems which have been residing in your consciousness as mind viruses. In coming entries I hope to provide some examples of how to identify some popular mind viruses, and how to begin weakening the power these thought-forms have over you.
May you find and keep the truth, life, and light.
~ Ron