Chapter 27
I WASH BRAINS
Please be warned: Your brain is currently being washed.
Whenever I start dating a girl, my influence begins to affect her life. When you’re dealing with someone who lives the way I do, it’s bound to have a noticeable effect. That’s when she starts hearing things like: “Girl, what’s wrong with you? Has he brainwashed you?”
At first, when I heard statements like this, it kind of upset me. The term “brainwashing” is usually linked to negative situations. Charles Manson “brainwashed” his followers into committing murder. Jim Jones brainwashed his followers to take their own lives in a mass suicide. Dick Cheney (through George Bush) brainwashed his followers into believing there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
So when the term “brainwashing” was used to describe association with me, it ruffled my panties. (You will now send me your panties, because I have brainwashed you to do so.) However, when I thought about it, I realized they were right.
I do wash brains.
When someone chooses to be a part of my life-experience, they’re going to be subjected to my ideas about life. Those ideas were covered in my book Follow the White Rabbit. They’re also being discussed in this book—and on my website www.BrandonMerhout.com . However, in all cases, my intention is to help others become better versions of themselves. In essence, I take their dirty thought-life and give it a good washing. Destructive habits are also examined during the “brainwashing process.” Self-defeating thoughts are transformed into more positive thoughts. Deceptive patterns are slowly broken, as new, more accountable ways-of-being emerge.
As this person re-enters “the Matrix,” they run into old “dirt-brains.” When their “dirt-brained” friends notice a change, they’re caught off guard. Some of the new habits they notice might include:
1.) Speaking truthfully in difficult situations.
2.) Holding themselves accountable for poor decision-making.
3.) No interest in the pursuit of destructive habits, environments or friendships.
4.) Loss of interest in gossip or drama.
These ideas seem completely alien to “dirt-brains.” They’re used to this type of poison clouding their better reasoning; being absorbed in destructive energy is what feels normal. As soon as you introduce an idea that runs counter to their diseased way-of-thinking, one has most definitely been “brainwashed.” And this isn’t far from the truth.