Mental Food

Well known psychology.

Invitation to self-align

Greg Reese
Feb 10, 2026

The concept of “mental food” is simple: just as the food we eat shapes our body, the information and stimuli we consume with our senses shapes our psyche, our emotions, and our overall well-being. There is an ancient proverb: “The body becomes what the foods are; as the spirit becomes what the thoughts are.” Buddha taught that feeding the mind with greed, hatred, and delusion strengthens those things, and that practicing mindfulness allows us to guard the “gates of the senses” and curate a more pure experience. Epictetus taught that the mind should be guarded like a fortress against external events to maintain inner peace and freedom. According to Rosicrucian philosophy, pure thoughts build finer vehicles.

In James Allen’s As a Man Thinketh, the mind is compared to a garden that must be cultivated. By treating thoughts as seeds, individuals choose to plant positive, constructive ideas or allow weeds of negative thought to grow. This shapes the individual’s character and determines their outcomes in life.

Social media

Studies show that habitual scrolling on social media causes desensitization, reduced focus, dopamine addiction, compulsion, anxiety, and depression. Exposure to political media, regardless of political affiliation, increases feelings of despair, hopelessness, and paranoia. And this psychology is very well known: when people are kept in this voluntary state of hysteria, they are easily herded in any direction the shepherd desires.

Techniques called microtargeting and hyper-nudging are used against social media consumers to foster conflicts and reactive behaviors, and to create echo chambers that temper worldviews. This manipulates the emotions of all social media consumers on a subconscious level, keeping them from asking deeper questions. State-sponsored social media manipulation is officially being used in over sixty countries to condition the minds of the masses. Propaganda is very popular with governments because everyone is easily influenced by it.

Subconscious mind

G.I. Gurdjieff calls these sensory and psychological inputs from the external world “impressions” and taught that impressions are the highest and most important food, requiring conscious awareness to be properly assimilated. And warned that without a well-practiced sense of self-awareness, the acquired personality—what some call the ego—will mismanage impressions, causing people to be hypnotized and poisoned by them.

Conscious mind

To override this, one must interpose consciousness the moment the impression is received. As an impression arrives, pause and observe it objectively, and observe how your thoughts, emotions, and body react to it. Use reflection to properly address the impression, and if needed, redirect it to the intellectual center for analysis.

For many, this requires consistent effort, but restricting yourself from violent media and feeding yourself more positive stimuli has the benefits of reduced ego-driven reactions, less stress, more peace, and spiritual evolution. Studies on media deprivation and mental health show that even taking a break for one or two weeks significantly reduces anxiety, depression, loneliness, and insomnia. Studies have shown that listening to non-lyrical classical music reduces stress and depression while enhancing cognition and emotional processing. It improves sleep quality, memory, and mobility in older adults.

Video

5 mins https://gregreese.substack.com/p/mental-food

Gatekeeper

To strengthen gatekeeping your own mind, watch Jason Christoff’s new documentary ‘Planet Mind Control’. Discover how repetitive content is weaponized against unaware humans and how to end the spells they cast. https://www.ourgreaterdestiny.ca/p/planet-mind-control-film-replay-is

Resources

Ancient wisdom and new scientific models of understanding are available to effectively navigate uncertainty and move through shifting times with most ease. To begin, show up and press play. https://www.ourgreaterdestiny.ca/p/human-operating-system-here-is-the

Addendum

Word Magic: The Powers & Occult Definitions Of Words

This extensive source explores "word magic" and how language, particularly English, is believed to be used by "Dark Forces" to control and enslave humanity. It asserts occult meanings hidden within common words reveal a system designed to strip individuals of their natural rights, treat them as legal fictions or corporate entities through mechanisms like the birth certificate, and utilize their life force energy as "batteries" within an "artificial matrix." The text delves into the perceived manipulative nature of legal and religious systems, suggesting traditional holidays and institutions are designed as magic rituals to maintain this control and harvest human energy. Ultimately, the source advocates for spiritual awakening, understanding one's natural rights under "Natural Law," and withdrawing consent from these perceived deceptive systems as the path to freedom.

With thanks, link to PDF file and audio at https://theofficialurban.substack.com/p/word-magic

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