If you've been reading my blog regularly, you understand I am a "conspiracy theorist". Yes, some of my ideas can be a little out there, but believe it or not I don't just make statements without having done the research to back it up. Understand occasionally I do slip up and reveal what I believe without going into great detail about why I believe it--mainly because people get bored with the details and won't listen anyway. The thing is, it is important to reveal your beliefs even when you think no one is listening. You may just end up converting someone in the process!
I have the friend I met while working my part-time retail job. This particular friend was studying to be a nurse. Needless to say, when she heard my alternative health philosophy she would roll her eyes. Of course I was a quack. I was spouting off ideas that went against many of the things she was learning. What she didn't know is that health is probably my most heavily researched area. Not only is it a strong area of interest for me, but it was also my introduction to the truth of conspiracy theories.
One day at work, I happened to quote a fact about serotonin, the neurotransmitter. (Ironically, this is one of the facts that got me started on my conspiracy journey.) I mentioned that something like 80 percent of all the serotonin in your body is produced in the digestive tract. Considering serotonin is something associated with the brain and the central nervous system, this truly does not sound accurate. The digestive tract is definitely not something usually associated with neurotransmitters. I'm pretty sure my friend heard me say this and made up her mind then and there to research it herself so she could prove me wrong. Only thing is, I am not wrong.
The next day, she came back to work and said, "Cindy, I researched what you said about serotonin, and you were right! Only, your statistic was slightly off. It's really 85 percent of serotonin is produced in the digestive tract! Why are they not teaching this to me in nursing school?"
I looked her in the eye and asked her, "If people understood they could cure themselves with the food they ate, would they want to take all those high priced drugs they are prescribed that often have terrible side effects?"
It was funny. After this incident, she began to listen to me a little more when I talked about health. She understood I was doing the research to back up my claims.
That is the way when you want to convert the masses. If you give them a full lecture about why you believe what you do, they will tune you out after a few minutes. Continue to say what you believe, brief and to the point. Allow them to ask questions according to their own interests. At some point, you will say something that will hold their attention and make them dig more deeply.
It only takes one fact to make someone understand that much of what they have been taught to be true is a lie. Be patient but persistent. At the point where their hearts convict them, they will become converts. We cannot force the process. That is the job of the heart. Trust and allow the heart to do what it does best--connect us together as one.
~CSE
I have the friend I met while working my part-time retail job. This particular friend was studying to be a nurse. Needless to say, when she heard my alternative health philosophy she would roll her eyes. Of course I was a quack. I was spouting off ideas that went against many of the things she was learning. What she didn't know is that health is probably my most heavily researched area. Not only is it a strong area of interest for me, but it was also my introduction to the truth of conspiracy theories.
One day at work, I happened to quote a fact about serotonin, the neurotransmitter. (Ironically, this is one of the facts that got me started on my conspiracy journey.) I mentioned that something like 80 percent of all the serotonin in your body is produced in the digestive tract. Considering serotonin is something associated with the brain and the central nervous system, this truly does not sound accurate. The digestive tract is definitely not something usually associated with neurotransmitters. I'm pretty sure my friend heard me say this and made up her mind then and there to research it herself so she could prove me wrong. Only thing is, I am not wrong.
The next day, she came back to work and said, "Cindy, I researched what you said about serotonin, and you were right! Only, your statistic was slightly off. It's really 85 percent of serotonin is produced in the digestive tract! Why are they not teaching this to me in nursing school?"
I looked her in the eye and asked her, "If people understood they could cure themselves with the food they ate, would they want to take all those high priced drugs they are prescribed that often have terrible side effects?"
It was funny. After this incident, she began to listen to me a little more when I talked about health. She understood I was doing the research to back up my claims.
That is the way when you want to convert the masses. If you give them a full lecture about why you believe what you do, they will tune you out after a few minutes. Continue to say what you believe, brief and to the point. Allow them to ask questions according to their own interests. At some point, you will say something that will hold their attention and make them dig more deeply.
It only takes one fact to make someone understand that much of what they have been taught to be true is a lie. Be patient but persistent. At the point where their hearts convict them, they will become converts. We cannot force the process. That is the job of the heart. Trust and allow the heart to do what it does best--connect us together as one.
~CSE
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