Culture of easy swallowing society -III

- third part -

... continues from III. Amplification of visual perception

     This is the shortly and very simple explanation of how visual amplification works for the culture of “easy-swallowing”. Have in mind, I do not claim with that, there is no process of thinking or mindful reactions. I claim, that majority of people (mass consciousness) living in the patterns of Speed, Accumulation, visual connections, have this model as deep root for their thinking. What does it mean? What happens after?

Such model is very common to appear with “short term” memory and lower mind. That means – when we see an object (flower f.e.) we don’t need anymore to observe it further. So we do not stay with this object long, and continue to the next object of our attention. The same happens multiple times and every time. In this way our mind cant be activated to higher levels, but stays with lower connections to see-understand the existence of the objects, but not its value, meaning, use. This model happens due to most reasons I already pointed above – specially because of lack of time, and lack of need for tranquility, through which to be achieved deeper meaning. Here we stumble on a hole, a gap of depth and meaning. We cover this gap (as a trap) with accumulation of more and more “visual” traps, or pictures. That’s how we move on. The easy-swallowing culture cant stay longer on one object or observe it well. The more sad is –it doesn’t want to search for depth or meaning. The visual amplification is enough for the food of “lower mind” and stays with affection from eyes.

In this respect the importance of so called “picture”, “photos” and visual images on social media is big. The visual affect of pictures, videos and life reportages is what gives the real power of television (and make it also a propaganda, eyes illusion),  the words, description itself, is behind on the back side. Not opposite. The same happens with the social media and social applications. Think about Facebook, Twitter, google. There is a real predominance of the Visual (pictures, photos) and “text” words, descriptions, meanings are left just on the back as a “filling”. As the accent is put strongly on images (pictures) and visual appearance, people rarely make a “post” and share anything from surroundings without a picture. Even more – if you want to describe an idea, you use picture, above which there are stamped words of wisdom for example. A simple picture can do more than all “simple” words. Why is that so?

      The answer is quite simple, due to 1. attraction of attention, 2. lack of time for depth (analysis). In a virtual reality, as internet, pictures have the biggest power to affect senses and lower mind. These pictures are exact example of best part of easy-swallowing culture. They are just exactly what we called “accumulation” of objects, and react in the same way. The most important is not what is their deeper meaning”, but what is their surface. quantity before quality. What is important? Not what is shown – but the way it is shown to be more affective, more attractive, more bright. High colors, amazing techniques, photo –collages, and effects. This is the culture of best visual color and visual effects. They are in direct contact with the eyes of perceiver. That’s how for some generation (social groups) in lower spiritual levels –the most significant becomes “appearance”. How I see myself with eyes of “others” become equal to how I put myself as an “effective” smooth, bright image on the social media group. This will be my proud, and the image (photo of mobile) will create my importance. That’s how the internet culture is born, connecting all elements of the high speed society in one. One that leads to dissolving my Self – to the image of my “created Social Self”. This is a fake administration and fake reality. Importance of myself is locked in the person “social” profile, which is visual document of the identity and self. In this easy-swallowing circles, the profile (picture) and any additional photo of profile, as well as wall posts, become the presentation and exposure of Self to others. The ways we choose in Facebook, who will see our posts, is also a manipulation of sub consciousness; why? Think about that – we assume in sub conscious level – that all the people we like, allow and feel valuable to share our post (thoughts) will also feel the same, and they will see and appreciate our post (thoughts, share). Which is again falling into fake reality, simply because of the time-space speed on internet. This speed doesn’t allow any longer observation on a single post (visual image), but makes the brain “lazy” by constant stream of visual images and words. This is like a bombarding with visual information, which cant be processed by the brain cells, not even collected or linked, or stored carefully by the brain. This is so because of the speed, as the mind cant stay longer in the same object. Attention is floating and moving in seconds and minutes from one visual image, from one picture to another, information is merging in a vast ocean, where the mind don’t need any further processing. Moreover there is lack of meaning and depth on any visual image, lack of further explanation. You can perceive one very good post of wisdom, or 2 or 3, but you cant perceive one hundred and store them in memory. In this way anything you see” with your eyes, will have effect of yo-yo, or a fast jumping ball, that wont have any left information in your mind. And here we speak about lower mind. The kaleidoscope of images, photos, sentences, short sharing, friends sharing of places and memorable views, have actually the opposite effect – they increase the lag of mind laziness, brain becomes out of motion, and out of need to create. If this “seeing” without analysis continues for long time (more than 1 hour), it may lead to tiredness, lack of concentration, anxiety, feeling of depression, dull mind.

    In culture of easy swallowing, the most important is not how I see myself, what I value in myself…but it becomes “how others see me through my social mainstream appearance and image”, what is my image in society or in friend circles. All has value in connection of others. That becomes a phenomena of amplification of visual image, removing all other mental values from individual. That leads to dull emotions, misunderstanding of others and Self. It leads to brake up in relations with yourself and others on many levels, to emotional imbalance and emphasize on “physical appearance”. Which also is linked to creating a fake reality and even more –a fake Self. There is no connection between this socially approved smooth image of Self, and my real Spiritual self. There is a gap – of time-space speed. The valuable is not the information given (if I make a simple post in social media, without to include image/ photo), but the attractive way in which it is presented (the amplification of picture). 

[ nina Lea-nura * ]

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