These scenes are not superficially sitting in my mind. In fact, they are quite deeply rooted in my subconscious. I know this to be true because these scenes don’t appear right away. It’s not like I think about these things all day long and they most definitely don’t come to my mind immediately. These meditative states I get in are deep states. They’re after I spent a good 15-20 mins meditating. These scenes appear right before I completely zone out. These scenes changed my eating and sleeping habits.
This realization scared me a little. Not because they’re scary scenes but because it really hit me how deeply buried our programming is. What we watch, what we consume daily is ALWAYS being registered at the back of your mind. You may or may not think that this is a big deal but it is. It is because we are glued to all types of screens.
From TikTok to Instagram to Facebook to twitter, millions of photos/videos are being uploaded daily of everything & anything. Our brain is like a sponge & we are very easily influenceable.
We are easily influenceable because for the 45 mins or so of me watching Lorelai & Luke break up and get back together again for the millionth time my senses are stimulated. My eyes are on the screen, my ears are tuned into what they are saying, my taste buds are stimulated because I’m eating my cookie, and I’m emotionally involved in their relationship. I’ve seen their relationship blossom and fall apart & I’m connected to these characters. I’m transported. I would think that’s why most of us watch tv. To be transported to another world. To relax our minds a little. To unwind. To not have to think about anything work or life related. To escape.
& I really see how this can be a big issue for us if we are over consuming media. Because if a tv show like GG can end up in my subconscious mind, I wonder what else is in there. I wonder what else was passively passed on to me without my awareness, without my consent? It is scary to think about because this means we are not thinking for ourselves anymore & if you were to observe your thoughts for 10 mins in silence, without distractions, you would know that to be true. You would know that the voices you hear in your mind are not really yours. You would realise that some of the stories you tell yourself are not based on actual experiences but your own interpretation of what is real and what is not. If we are all programmed by what we’ve consumed and are consuming, we would have lost all our originality.