What type of automobile does Fernando Poe Jr. (FPJ) usually owned in his movies?
What does Dolphy usually wear in his movies?

I am a great believer of what psychology refers to as conscious mind and subconscious mind. Conscious mind is basically defined as the awareness of our thinking, feeling, and doing. While subconscious mind is considered as the deepest level of consciousness, that individuals are not directly aware of, but still affects conscious behavior.

You may google it for deeper meaning, as I do not intend to discuss the details of it, but I believe you got the definition and difference between the two.

Now, going back to my intro questions, the answers are: Owner Type Jeep. The cheapest automobile available in the Philippines. And Sando, a sleeveless shirt and probably the cheapest shirt you can buy in the market today.

So what am I driving here?

I refer to FPJ (Da King) and Dolphy (King of Comedy) as they are the most “masa” actors in Philippine movies for more than 4 decades. Majority, if not all of their movies, they played as a poor and almost helpless man where they will triumph at the end. This is also the story line in most movies and telenovelas by actresses Sharon Cuneta and Judy Ann Santos.

And who are the heartless kontrabidas? The rich and successful.

Regularly watching and reading the same kind of material is like enforcing your mind to feed it with that substance. The more Filipinos watch this type of movies, the more they are programming their subconscious mind that being rich is evil. Or simply, being poor is good and being rich is bad. So they stop dreaming of becoming rich. They even teach their kids not to be rich indirectly.

When I was young, I remember a relative giving me unsolicited advice saying, “Wag masyadong mataas ang pangarap, mataas din ang babagsakan mo.”

Is the entertainment industry and moviegoers are not aware of this? I don’t know. But I want to leave a question for you to ask yourself. What do you feed into your conscious and subconscious mind?

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