Learning to meditate is empowering.
Aiming to free one's mind at will.
We master our inner realm.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 2nd place 2026
Mind theft occurred
It was a kind of stealing
Geneivat da’at
Hebrew for deception
Capturing it for the abuser’s empty self
Placing it in its own circle of Hell
Ripping apart the fabric of life
It created one mind between two persons
A terrifying harm was done
Cruel and brutal surgical control
Then Looking out from poverty
We saw nothing that belonged to us
Where all promise once existed
There was now just an empty husk
….
Obedience is a spell.
But some bloodlines
carry thunder in their sleep.
They will call it rebellion.
But it is remembering -
the heartbeat beneath the ruin,
the fire before the name,
before the world was trained
to forget its own divinity.
Before the myths bent truth into control -
there were those
who shaped stars with their breath
and did not ask permission.
Control your mind
Choose to have power within
Respect your own kind.
My mind my soul
Wants to lose control
But I can't let go...
The need to keep control...
thoughts and energy
the only thing that tries to hinder me
Blessing me at the same time...
With thing's only I can see
Things that I envision for me
I ground, to be
The All, that I know I can be through
The All which is in everything
Including me
Fight every battle always in your mind
That's the best way you will soon find
If you feel like killing, hurting someone
From mind his thoughts you should shun
If you're suffering from bodily, mental pain
Have control over mind, don't allow it to reign
Mind is our biggest enemy when left unrestrained
With negativity it'll keep you chained, pained, drained
Enjoy life through senses, keep your mind thoughts free
Totally concentrated in present, you'll experience glee
What we don't think about doesn't exist
Without thoughts nothing can persist
Mind control is the key to mindfulness, meditation
Thought free mind for long guarantees salvation
Practice this without delay
Forever happy you will stay
Mind is our biggest enemy when left unrestrained
But becomes our best friend when restrained
I can't help but wonder, what am I supposed to wonder about?
Society has put certain rules into play, that I can seem to wrap my mind around.
To think a certain way, to speak a certain way.
And to do this with no question about why we are being controlled every single day.
So, what does the world want me to do now?
How am I supposed to wonder, if I don't know how?
When does the mind control end?
When will the people of this world get too unhinged?
Everyone needs help, but they are unaware that their thoughts are not individual.
Because society makes the mind control seem normal.
All people think the same. Fighting back is useless.
For how are we supposed to fight back if we are clueless?
Thus, the people need to know,
To beat evil, we need to grow.
Unite our minds, together we flourish.
To take down our commanders, means our minds will perish.
This is why the world has to resort to violence...
To bring our minds back to silence.
THEY CONTROL WHAT YOU HEAR.
THEY CONTROL WHAT YOU SEE.
THEIR CONTROL OVER YOU.
MEANS YOU'RE NOT REALLY FREE.
THEY CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS
THEY CONTROL WHAT YOU SAY.
THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER YOU
THROUGH OUT YOUR WHOLE DAY.
THEY FORM YOUR OPINION
WITH THEIR POINT OF VIEW.
ALTERED AND DOCTORED
AND TELL YOU IT'S TRUE.
THEY KNOW YOUR WORKING
NO TIME TO DIG IN.
THIS IS HOW
THE MINIPULATORS BEGIN.
EXSPOSE THE TRUTH
YOU EXSPOSE THE LIES
YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE
WITH YOUR OWN EYES.
AROUND THE WORLD
THERE ARE PLENTY OF CLUES.
OF WHAT THE MEDIA
WANT TO DO UNTO YOU.
CONTROL OVER OTHERS
MAKES THE OTHERS A SLAVE.
DESTROYING HUMANITY
WITH WAVE AFTER WAVE.
THE OTHERS ARE FOOLS
WITH THEIR HANDS OUT.
NOTHING IS FREE.
YET THE OTHERS HAVE DOUBTS.
HOW TRUE HOW SAD
POPULATION CONTROL.
THERE'S A WAR GOING ON
AND THE FOOLISH DON'T KNOW.
I'LL EXSPOSE THE QUESTION.
WHAT IS ELITIST CONTROL?
CONSUMPTION OF MAN
INCLUDING THEIR SOUL?
IT'S REALLY QUITE HELLISH
YET THE FOOLS HAVE NO EYES.
CAN'T THINK FOR THEMSELVES
WITH A HEAD FULL OF LIES.
HELL ON EARTH OR
LIFE IN HELL.
WHATS GOING DOWN
DOES NOT BODE WELL.
12032020
The “Black Sorcerer,”
The “Dirty Trickster”
A man untouchable.
Doing everything regrettable.
Lacking the fundamental fear
Of every human being
Why are you here?
What is it, do you think you’re doing?
Sidney Gottlieb.
Poison expert
Drug lord
Who will you hurt?
On your never-ending chessboard.
LSD,
Ecstasy,
Psychology,
Scopolamine,
Morphine,
Brainwashing.
“What better weapon than the human brain?”
You’ll do it again, and again
“He will do our bidding against his will.”
All with a simple pill
Or maybe a needle
He’ll be our precious weasel
Mysterious deaths,
Assassination
Cover-ups.
“Where else could a red-blooded American boy
Lie
Kill
Cheat
Steal
Rape
And pillage
With the sanction
And blessing of the All-Highest.”
What if our whole world was scripted?
What if our captivity was disguised as freedom?
What if what we were taught
was taught to us for a reason?
But not the reason we thought?
Not at all what we had in mind
What if the reason was
To imprison our outlook and our sight?
What if the reason was
To imprison our minds?
What if the life we live was not meant to be?
What if the reason was to hold us captive?
Like a powerful beast tethered to a tree?
Like a mime in a box that we can’t see?
Who holds the knife?
Who holds our key?
To freedom and a happy prosperous life?
Is it us?
Or is it the flow of society?
5/1/2018
Kale Brereton
mind control....
superpower
mind control....
would use it
mind control....
would wash away all
negativity
mind control....
would wipe clean all
resentments
mind control....
would sweep away all
indifference
mind control....
this power
would make things
easier
mind control....
after i was done
i would then turn the power on myself
and go about cleansing my mind of all
the negative memories that still
exist within the subconscious
mind control....
She was a chill drink of water,
found him sublimely toxic
went down smooth and easy, a
bad boy finessing timely advances,
yet, her mama learned her good
about those types and sugar,
turned the tables on him
added brine to his own elixir
so the poison was sure to burn
Toxic State Contest - FJ Thomas
abstract endings pacified
pedestrian beginnings,
save yourself before
you're slap-happy,
choking on interloping bourgeois
mind-control subterfuge
under a darkly cast spell of
plebeian sugarcoated reality,
waxing tween whitewashed rainbow
hues and unicorn attitudes,
beyond uncompromising comeuppances
from behind unglued glossed over walls'
congealed mid exoneration's excuses
My love I’m going to control
Your thoughts today
You’ll think of me
And of what I say
And to yourself
You’ll smile within
Perhaps…just mayhaps
Suppress a grin
My words will leave
An indelible trace
On your heart
And within your mind
You’ll recall, replay
and savor my words
As if they were
vintage wine
They’re naught but simple words
Yet also simply seldom heard
Tho’ their powers are great
Beyond measure…
You’ll uncover them anew
All the day through
As if they were
buried treasure
They’re only phrases
Three words in length
Yet seem endowed
With superhuman strength
You’ll carry your head high
With a happy gleam in your eye
All because of a phrase or two
And here are just a few…
“You ‘re amazing”
“You’re beautiful!”
“You bewitch me!”
…And “I love you!”…
Everyone says the government will be the first to develop mind control, (or that they already have) but it seems as if a species of fire ant (Solenopsis geminate) has beaten them to it. Entomologist Anastasia McKay noticed that animals tended to avoid Solenopsis geminate nests; this made her wonder, what causes the animals to stay away? After studying the chemical releases of the ants she found that they continuously release small amounts of epinephrine and norepinephrine; the chemicals that create a fight or flight response often known as fear in most animals’ brains, including ours. When the animal’s brain registers the chemicals they will veer away from their path, causing them to completely avoid the fire ants’ nest. “This form of natural protection is ingenious and unheard of.” McKay says. So, the next time you feel an unnatural fear you know that either the government has finally developed mind control, or you have come across a Solenopsis geminate nest.
7/7/13
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