My answer:
Well, these things have their positives and negatives. Certainly there is a collective unconscious which we access particularly in deep sleep, and this influences us toward "group think," but as well it supports us energetically. Also the cultural conditioning we receive through all our everyday society and media - on the positive side it is our resource for education and civilization. And there is psychic influence, both positive and negative, supportive and manipulative, unconsciously or consciously sent, from individuals.

The influences that are not intentionally directed of course cannot be wrong or immoral. However, to intentionally manipulate or influence another against their will or subconsciously is an infringement of their rights, by natural law, and those doing so will suffer, by their self-imposed karma. They know inside that it's immoral, in other words - that it's not unconditional love.

This situation is an important reason for each of us to become more conscious, to know ourselves truly and to live consciously, not subconsciously. Mind control then ceases to have effect on us, and of course we would not impose it on others, for a person who knows him/herself is at one with their accepting and loving true nature.

The site mentioned seems to be unavailable now. To understand more about mind control and its abuse in our societies, I recommend reading through the Mind Control Forum Archive. A lot of the information on this site is shocking, but worthwhile to know, so we can be more aware of this aspect of our inter-activity, but certainly not to practice in an overt manner.

I recently watched the film 'Minority Report' starring Tom Cruise. He was part of a Big Brother policing organization that used psychics to predict murders before they happen, so they could be prevented. When he discovered that he, himself, was going to murder someone, the killer of his child, he nevertheless found himself doing all the actions leading up to the killing. At the last second, by an effort of will he managed to become conscious in the moment and not pull the trigger. Be conscious in the moment and you retain your freedom of choice; follow all the patterns of your conditioning and you are subject to predestination.

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