Mental exercise with 7 questions: strengthen yourself

[DanielM]

Have you ever considered how you should proceed, how to question, criticize, defend yourself, and other methods? What I’m about to share is a tool to help people not only learn to defend themselves but also how to resist manipulation, deception, and other factors, not only online but also in real life.

This mental exercise consists of practicing seven questions. Each one has its own focus, but they all converge on questions 3 and 7. Therefore, pay close attention if you’re willing to try it, because it requires active, not passive, engagement.

Key note: This exercise not only strengthens privacy and security but also self-control, patience, and other personal virtues.

The list is as follows:

1. Are they hiding something behind that attractive appearance?

What you see from the outside can be very attractive, tempting, even highly praised, but what might be behind it all? Is it a cleverly deceptive facade? Are things happening that aren’t being reported, raising suspicions?

– Application to the VPN (technology) industry: What you see on the surface is auditing, “no logs,” high speed, a large number of seemingly random servers, etc. But what about the inside? Is it capable of protecting me in critical situations? Do they deliver on their promises?

2. Is pure quality more important than the number of people using the service?

A person should know what they’re looking for: quality or should they be swayed by the number of people using a service (whatever it may be)?

For example: The typical recommendations you see online are from the most recognized brands. In the VPN industry, they’re usually NordVPN, ExpressVPN, etc., and in the security industry, like antivirus software, they’re usually Bitdefender, Kaspersky, etc.

Which of these are truly high-quality, or am I just passively following societal norms, losing my autonomy, my reasoning, and my ability to question everything?

3. Do I blindly trust them, or do I rely on deep reasoning—even if it takes me longer to make the right decision—questioning the information I receive from external sources and not letting my emotions get the better of me?

Blindly trusting means committing one of the biggest mistakes without knowing why, how, etc. Alternatively, you can use your deep mental reasoning to implement various strategies, tactics, process corrections, questioning, and applying different types of attacks and defenses depending on the situation (this even includes refuting arguments or defending yourself in legitimate self-defense, for example). You can also design multi-way scenarios, considering what might happen or not, and anticipate potential problems down the road (not guessing). These are just some of the methods you use, avoiding emotional sway, to ensure you take more time but are as safe as possible.

For example: A stranger sends you a message on WhatsApp, saying a package will arrive soon (without mentioning the time or date). You don’t reply and block them without asking who they are. Ten days later, the doorbell rings. You look out the window but don’t open the door out of concern. You don’t see anyone, but you do see a package—a strange, mysterious box.

Here you must choose: Blindly trust a quick decision or use your deep reasoning. What do you decide? Remember, in critical situations like these, you need not only intelligence but also to know how to proceed, who to call if necessary (who do you trust? The neighbor? The police? Or would you act on your own?). Choose wisely. Fear is not an option.

4. Is there a discrepancy between their words, their actions, and what they claim?

You have to know how to differentiate between these three: words are words, actions are visible or hidden depending on the case, and what you claim is what you are sure is true.

For example: If a VPN company says nice things, claims that it doesn’t keep IP logs, for example, and later its hidden action of revealing a person’s IP address to the authorities comes to light…

What will you do? Will you abandon it temporarily or permanently? What else is going on that you can’t see? Are they secretly doing the same thing to my data?

5. Are there any emerging complexities—not yet established patterns—that could later lead to an unexpected surprise?

An emerging complexity is something that can arise from an existing issue and potentially have serious consequences, with or without warning.

For example: An emerging complexity in a VPN protocol fails to encrypt due to an unknown factor, but continues to function without prior notification. The user and the VPN provider remain unaware of the problem.

What would actually happen? Has someone intercepted the traffic, or is it a software bug? Is my data being compromised at the highest level? If you were unaware of this particular scenario, it would be unusual for these questions to arise.

6. Are there patterns, from simple to complex, in other types of industries, whether similar, identical, or even higher-level?

Patterns are data, actions, and other known factors, but understood within broader contexts, not just in one specific area.

For example: If a company in the VPN (technology) industry makes a claim and doesn’t deliver, does another company in the food industry do the same?

Patterns can be cross-referenced and analyzed in many ways, including individual or group research, real-world comparisons, and more. If it has happened elsewhere and is happening here, there’s no reason to be surprised.

7. Do their actions demonstrate true quality, or is it simply a facade designed to deceive, manipulate, etc.?

Actions speak louder than words, so it’s essential to determine whether it truly represents genuine quality or the opposite.

Example about advertising: You’re sitting alone, drinking lemon water and watching a documentary on TV. At 49 minutes and 20 seconds, an advertisement for a product appears, and it’s very tempting. You’re convinced (without using deep reasoning), and you say, “I like this…” You buy it with your card, and the notification says it will arrive on a certain day. The day comes and goes, and nothing. The next day, still nothing, and you start to doubt yourself. What’s going on?

Were you scammed? Did the person who designed and created the website do a truly high-quality job? What should I do? etc.

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As you can see, there are only 7 questions, but questions 3 and 7 together already generate deeper questions that aren’t numbered here, including data, higher-level critical analysis, and more. What’s called binary thinking, if you correctly apply the above, will be superior because it integrates new capabilities like points 5 and 6 without negating the rest. For the right balance, I recommend using quick reasoning for situations you’re certain are as you say, to conserve mental energy, and deep reasoning for complicated, complex, and multi-layered situations that require more time but consume more mental energy.

This will be a great help to you in these times. It’s difficult to put into practice, but not impossible, and it requires practice, patience, and self-control. The choice is yours.

[DanielM]

ADVANCED STRATEGIC EXERCISES, COUNTER-REFUTATION, AND DYNAMICS

I’m going to build this special session for people who are willing to learn from scratch. It’s important to understand that reality, as we experience it, is quite invasive, infringing on our personal privacy, security, and tempting us with things we don’t even want to buy, among other things. Now, if you’re ready to calmly advance in advanced, multi-level mental techniques, the time has come.

REAL BENEFITS

Improved Mindset: Enhance your natural reasoning process across multiple factors, gradually eliminating passive consumption and integrating an active mode—not as a consumer, but as a realistic dynamic that strengthens your thoughts until you reach a decision. You can reverse course later if you decide to return to the process if you’ve made an unforeseen mistake. This applies to both quick and deep reasoning.

Reduced Fear: Transform fear into courage; it’s fundamental. Today, in countless areas, we are offered things with hidden and subliminal messages designed to affect our emotions in one way or another. This ends here.

Real protection: If you are a parent, the quality of protection for your family increases significantly, allowing you to teach them with greater strength, resilience, intelligence, creativity, humility, and fearlessness, among other qualities.

Defense against intruders: Some individuals are highly sophisticated in pursuing their own interests, but others, like governments and the NSA, have far greater resources. Defend yourself if your privacy, security, and other requirements are high.

Among other benefits.

ADVANCED STRATEGIES
These methods appear simple at first glance, but they are actually dynamic and facilitate learning in the face of high-level complexity.

List of choices:

1. Always look for the simplest solution at the beginning. It’s like trying to find water underground, for example, and in the technological world of the internet, it’s the piece that can easily destroy the entire structure. This will enhance your strategic abilities by eliminating not only noise and distractions along the way, but also by preventing mistakes that increase insecurity.

Simple idea: A single piece is something you use that causes a company’s structure to collapse. I’m not referring to literally attacking the company in real life, but rather to using their own arguments, actions, and other methods to demonstrate their worst mistakes, even if they reject you. You can show this to people involved in such an event, but make sure it actually works before presenting it publicly.

Counter-refutation: If they try to refute you in one way or another, don’t lose control. If you’re sure of what you’ve found, stand firm, and if you have hidden pieces that you haven’t yet revealed, reveal them little by little, wisely. Prepare methods before they emerge and surprise the person trying to attack you. Hidden weapons are most effective when they are well-organized, strengthened, and immune to refutation (if possible). Discard the weak if necessary and don’t give them a chance.
Dynamic: If you already have knowledge of other areas of industry, for example, you can use it to your advantage because it’s a valid argument.

2. In many places, this can happen in various ways. One of them is social pressure that tries to prevent you from doing something for certain reasons, but you know for sure that you possess it, and even defending your own is ideal; this is anti-cowardice. Undercover agents from unknown perpetrators can pressure you, or even worse, but giving your life for those you love who trust you in fact and in truth, even for those who need to know the truth, is courageous. Throughout history, we know that unusual cases have occurred, one of which is Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA (National Security Agency - United States), where people are spied on en masse. He was right to flee the country, because otherwise, he would have disappeared and been covered up with invalid (nonsensical) arguments.
   Counter-refutation: Even the most powerful and irrefutable weapons, even with evidence, can be rejected; however, panic is not an option. Seek out those who believe you, even if it’s just one person out of 100. This is one of the strongest methods, for the simple reason that sooner or later, that person could use those weapons to spread the truth, however painful it may be.
   Dynamic: Gaining genuine allies or friends is rare, but beware of traitors who pretend to be something they are not.

3. Learn to generate advanced, multi-level strategies. Thanks to question 3, you not only generate new questions not previously mentioned, but also new types of methods, realistic scenarios to aid you during the process, and more. Our deep reasoning is much stronger than a double-edged sword when used correctly, because by doing so, our quick thinking is further strengthened, even developing new capabilities. If you didn’t know, generating new strategies can also lead to the emergence of tactics, concise counter-refutations without being exhaustive, and other benefits. This strength expands beyond the previous six questions without contradicting them, offering pure coherence and greater reach into new areas without saturation.
   Counter-refutation: You can learn to do simple exercises to get started so you don’t abandon the process. To do this, use the example of searching for water or a piece, as I mentioned earlier, or any other method you have available. Once you’re confident and have accomplished it, move on to the more complicated, then the more difficult, and finally, to the multi-level, which is beyond the complex. Throughout this process, check for mistakes. The more you check and correct problems as they arise, the better. You’ll avoid going back and save time.

Dynamic: Be patient and exercise self-control. These are some of the virtues that will help you prevail in high-stress situations and greater difficulties. Learn to manage time to your advantage to strengthen yourself. The more you master it, the better.

MULTIPLE LEVELS
I call it beyond the complex because it requires significantly more time and is the most difficult of all.

5 types of levels in one as an example:

• Knowing how to argue precisely and irrefutably under high-stress pressure when you are pushed to your limits (to or beyond). This also includes endurance, knowing how to act, and more. Firmness is absolutely essential.
• Use the resources you have; the desperation to buy more is not an option. If the perpetrators want to spy on you, they will, whether on the streets through cameras or online. Buying resources to make yourself more “anonymous” will not give you any advantages.
• There are serious temptations that go against principles, where a known or unknown perpetrator seeks a way for you to abandon something valuable, such as privacy. Being a puppet and spied on 24/7 is not an option.
• They will try to get you to accept technologies and have them implanted in your body, whether it’s a visible mark on your hand to access personal data, even “banking” information, or other methods. This is unnatural and dangerous to your health. It invades your privacy, security, and more.
• An unknown perpetrator offers you help, speaks nicely, and tries to establish a friendship, but later betrays you or maintains a semblance of friendship. Some authors will use quite strong and dynamic techniques. Countering them requires studying their behavior, paying attention to every word they say and what they don’t say, questioning what they say or claim to say, investigating who they are and their profile, among other methods. This is a valuable resource for actors seeking high-value objectives, but you are not their target.

These five, being multiple levels in a specific situation that occur almost simultaneously, or in parallel, represent a high level of risk. However, if you learn to maintain balance and know what you are doing, you will find you have better control and achieve higher quality.

Will you be able to handle possible multi-level scenarios? I have shared this not as a guide, but as a quality you can apply to your life and act consciously.

Note: Making mistakes at the beginning is normal. Get up and keep going. It requires willpower, discipline, and courage.

Q&A session:

Does this apply to using everything mentioned above online and in real life?: Yes, it does.

Can I teach this to my children?: Yes. Development from the early years, around 4 or 5, onward is fundamental.

What should I do if my profile is low risk?: If you’re into simple things, you can start using it, because you don’t know what might happen tomorrow. It’s not about fear, it’s about being ready and prepared for whatever comes.

What happens if I lose apparent friendships because of undesirable actions?: You’ve distanced yourself from people who don’t fit your profile, meaning you. Nothing serious happens, but it’s possible they might point the finger at you or do something else against you if it happens, so you should be prepared.

End of session.

This is for the Privacy Guides community.

[DanielM]

FINAL NOTE OF THE EXERCISES

The mental exercises are not for partial use or as something theoretical, I built it for your survival and no one is obliged to put it into practice. Still, there is something I want you to know:

• What is this about exercises, their advanced strategies and multiple levels? → it is simply for your survival. It helps break fear, reinforces tranquility in the adversities of great chaos, among many more scenarios.

• Is it a weapon? → it is not a literal weapon that hurts, what it really does is enhance and reinforce your internal mentality. It makes you active, not falling asleep. The system wants people who do not question, do not defend their privacy or security, who do not reason, among others, will you allow the system to affect you?

• Why didn’t I build a guide or manual on how to use it? → already includes illustrative ones, if I build either of the two, the teachings become passive and not active. The advanced strategy in point 3 forces you to strengthen your mentality so that you are active together with others.

• What are really counter-rebuttal and dynamic? → they are your defenses in all areas, including the unknown ones that you don’t know about.

• Are the 7 questions separate from the strategies and multi-level? → No. Everything is coherent and is one. Let this be clear: without advanced strategies and without multiple levels, the 7 questions are weak against high-level adversaries, including against those who appear to be “perfect” who adjust to the 7 questions to look nice and nice. Advanced and multi-level strategies are coherently tailored to counter against very strong authors.

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In reality, it is a superior sword to the double-edged one, because, if your body falls due to weakness in situations that affect health, your mind is already strengthened and keeps you strong until the end.

Important: The capacity depends on each person, to be taken into account.

End.