The
entertainment industry is no doubt one industry that finds its way to every
human being every day. Before the day runs out, a person looks at the
television, listens to the radio or makes use of a smartphone, computer or
looks at a banner while driving or walking through a part of the street.
Let us
examine the effects of the movie industry on human beings especially young
people and children because they are the ones that really know how to watch
movies.
You
will eventually become what you spend most of your time with
Every
day, one way or the other we consciously or unconsciously take in what the
entertainment industry sends out. The truth is that at the end, you will only
be able to bring out what you deposited into yourself. Everything you say and
do, everything that you send out is what you have inside you. A person
ultimately becomes made of what they have passed through.
What you
take in will always come through the five senses. That is why Jesus said that a
good tree cannot bring out evil fruit (Luke 6:14, Matthew 7:18). By their
fruits, you shall know them. So as a person who cares about who you are. You
care about your reputation so you care about what you send out.
Since you
care about what you send out, you should really care about what you take in. So
the next time someone asks the question “who are you?” you might want to say I
am what I have taken in through the five senses and people know me by the ones
I have let out in my own way.
When it comes
to entertainment, you will only take in using your eyes and your ears, the most
important being the eye because it takes in the pictures and the actions. The
eye is important because whatever a man thinks will be seen (in the mind) and
every picture you conjure will be based on the ones you have already seen.
What
do you see?
Anytime you
look, you see one of two or three things. (1) You will see exactly what is
there. (2) You will see what you think you should see. At times people look at
a thing after they had thought of what they should see when they look. You know
how the brain works; this can take place within a second. So it is possible
that when they look, they are not seeing what is really there but what they
want to see.
What you see
or how you see a thing could also depend on what you’ve known. What you’ve
known (or your state of mind) will also determine how you react to what you
see. For instance, if you know that a fight or wrestling is being acted, you
will react to it in a way different from the next person who actually thinks
that what he is seeing is actually a real expression of anger form both
parties.
The
subconscious mind
Talking
about what you take in; do you know that some of the things you take in go to
the subconscious mind? These three points will help you understand what the
subconscious mind is:
1. The
subconscious mind stores your life experiences, memories, and beliefs
2. The
subconscious will store thoughts that have been thought a lot of times or
repeatedly
3. The subconscious
mind controls your involuntary actions and your emotions.
How
does the subconscious mind work?
You might
want to know how things get into the subconscious mind and also, how you
release these things that find their way into the subconscious mind. From point
1 and 2 above, you will see that the subconscious mind is filled with
experiences, beliefs and repeated thoughts.
Making use
of something we experience regularly will really help us understand how these
things happen. Everyone is involved in some activity or the other. These
activities include sports, singing, dancing, and some other group or personal
thing not mentioned.
Sometimes
you stay with a relative or a friend so much that at some point you behave or
act the same way they do.
Have you
ever found yourself speaking or laughing like your pastor or a famous
personality you love listening to? Maybe you found yourself laughing like your
pastor or your close friend and after doing that you pause for a bit and then
say to yourself “I was really saying that like my pastor.”
Do you
realize that you did that when you did not even plan to do it. It was an
involuntary action that was triggered by your subconscious mind. You have
listened to this person, you’ve been exposed to his actions so many times that
your subconscious mind stores them and since they control your involuntary
actions, you act them out without being able to stop it before it happens.
The truth is
you cannot tell for sure to what extent how what the subconscious mind stores
affects your behavior and judgement. It really goes beyond involuntary actions:
These things are really part of you, they become who you are.
Sometimes
when we watch an interesting movie, we become so captivated that we become
oblivious or unaware of what is happening physically around us because we have
gotten to the point where we really believe we are seeing some real life
images. When it gets to this stage some things go straight to the subconscious
and because the conscious mind is not there to filter or block the bad ones,
everything will just become stored and the person you are will be changing when
you are not even aware of it.
So
what exactly do we see in the movies we watch and what do they want us to see?
Over 99
percent of the movies Christians watch are acted by those who have little or
absolutely no regard for the things of God.
Although it
is true that some of the actors and actresses are not aware of what they send
out, it does not really matter here.
1. Revenge: This might not be
affecting you but it’s probably affecting your children or your younger
relatives. When we were young, we loved these “bad guy” versus “good guy”
movies or stories. In these movies, at first, the ‘bad guy(s)’ beats up the
‘good guy’ but at the end, the ‘good guy’ goes for revenge. The ‘good guy’
beats up and in most cases kills the ‘bad guy(s)’ as pay back for what they did
to him. Children love and respect the protagonists.
These movies present him/her
as a ‘good guy’ of hero and so they kids want to be like him. They fantasize
and think of these things happening to them. I tell you what; there is no
strong kid who won’t love revenge or bully. The things they watch have become
part of them because they don’t have the ability to consciously filter the bad
part of what they are watching. They think about these things over and over
again since they have fewer things to worry about at their age and these things
really affect their judgement.
The next time you watch a
movie, watch out for this message of revenge they will be sending to your mind.
Just tell yourself “that is wrong, that is not the way it should be done.”
Remember the bible really condemns revenge. See Romans 12 : 17 and Matthew 6 :
43 – 48.
2. Love: Today, children believe in
love. A word they don’t even understand. It is a word that most grownups don’t
understand. Children these days believe that they can fall in love (and start
intimate relationships) at 12, 13, or even make love at a younger age. Although
these things are not entirely caused by movies, they really gain power through
movies.
Today young people believe
that they have to fall in love with that intelligent person in school.
Movies have twisted the meaning of love. A lot of people lust in the name of
love. These things have become part of them; the things they see have gotten
into their subconscious mind. These actions they see have become part of their
subconscious which controls their emotions.
Today a lot of youths become
love sick because they think that they must fall in love with that intelligent,
handsome or rich person they are working with not minding what this
relationship will do to their goals or how it will affect them in the
long run. It is not wrong to love but when you find yourself crying for
someone who is helping or helped you fornicate, someone who could take away
your virginity; when you find yourself crying for a person simply because he is
not around you or has talked to someone else and ignored you that day then
something is really wrong with the way you take things.
If you love someone (when you
are not supposed to marry), you should only be happy God has created such a
person and you will always want to see the person happy. It should not make you
leave the important things you should do to think about someone or waste
precious time you should use to create a good future for yourself on some
temporary and lustful relationship.
3. Swearing and Joking with God’s
name: Today we see swearing frequently in movies. If you do not know what
God says about swearing, you will accept it and join them in swearing because
you respect and love them and you love what they do as well. In Matthew 5:34-37
Jesus Christ warns us against swearing.
You may hear someone exclaim
“Jesus Christ” in a movie or use the name in some other situation. These people
don’t know how to recognise God in life. They are just there to help you use
the name of God the way you are not supposed to. If Jehovah is not used anyhow,
don’t you think the name Jesus should also be accorded the necessary respect?
4. Fornication: Movies will always
tell you to fall in love and fornicate or have sex when you are not yet
married. This is also wrong but most youth buy it and sometimes it can be
really difficult to let them know that what they are doing is wrong. They have
watched this over and over again to the point that it seems right to do these
things.
They did not have the
consciousness to resist such beliefs when they started watching these movies.
If you know youths very well, you will know that they are very likely to do
whatever they think is okay irrespective of what anybody else thinks. They even
do the wrongs things they enjoy; how much more the things they think is right.
5. Stealing: You might not
notice this but this is what we see in 21st century movies. Today
the so-called heroes steal and do all sorts of things whether good or evil.
Please do not be ignorant of the devices of the devil. It is not wrong to watch
movies but if you do not have the consciousness to resist or filter these bad
actions, they will get into you, (your subconscious mind) and you will start
acting them without knowing. A word is enough for the wise.
6. Relationships: Young people no
longer know how to ask God for a life partner. They don’t know how to behave in
order to get and keep a good partner. They trust in indecent dressing to get a
person and playing “games” to keep him/her.
They have formed this belief
out of the things they see mostly in movies. Instead of trusting each other,
they want to suspect and tempt the other person. This is not the way it should
go. These things cannot get anyone a good relationship. They only bring
disappointments. One should always try to change the bad things about the other
person and behave well so that the other person will not have to look elsewhere
for the necessary comfort and love.
The
entertainment industry is one good industry though but we must guard against
the bad way of doing things they send out. Pride, lying, disrespect and a lot
of other things happen in movies. When watching movies, it is advisable to put
on a ‘mind filter’ so you don’t end up receiving evil into your life. You
should also be careful when choosing movies to watch. Sometimes you can tell
from the cover or title that a movie contains scenes of sex or full of bad
actions and images.
Parents
should find time to watch movies with their children so that they can point out
the wrong things and give the kids appropriate advice. If they are not
corrected at a tender age, it can be very difficult to alter the belief of a
grownup, especially a teenager.
Hi, my name is Ekemini Robert. Author at Luke7v35.blogspot.com. I'm here to share rewarding quotes and wise sayings because we really need them to stay ahead in life and make good decisions as well.
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