NON-VALUE ADDED IS AN EXPRESSION IN BUSINESS LINGO (used as a noun or an adjective) to indicate a complete waste of time, materials or energy. Frequently acronymated to NVA, it is the scourge of industry. Entire departments focus on ways to eliminate NVA, and success is indicated directly by an increase in the bottom line. However, one person's NVA is another person's livelihood. This reminds one of a joke that many people can [unfortunately] relate to.

The water level in a glass lies midway between the bottom and the top of the glass.
The optimist says: "The glass is half full"
The pessimist says: "The glass is half empty"
The re-engineering consultant says: "There is too much glass"

As Pine Tree State Mind Control stops laughing and wipes the tears from our eyes, we state that this logic, that of hunting down NVA and eliminating it, should be applied to our personal lives as well. People carry around too much baggage in the form of hopes, fears, obligations, and uncertainty. They don't know that they can avoid it. The solution lies in the re-engineering consultant's statement above.

Consider the metaphor. The human soul has near endless capacity for emotional pain. Physical pain can be shut out through unconsciousness, but torment and despair can linger. Whatever gets dished out can be received. We can take it. There is simply too much glass. How do we limit this potential for pain? We have no visible shut-off switch. That is, to those who refuse to find their switch.

The slogan of Pine Tree State Mind Control is "Art versus Reality versus the Soul". This flyer is Art. The grief you receive is Reality. The Soul is just a bucket of slop that reality gets dished into. The Soul is NVA. By becoming soulless and distant, we avoid the unpleasant world. This is a good thing. Watch television! Become immersed in your job! Ultimately, better emotional health follows. Pine Tree State Mind Control works hard to insulate you, a valuable societal component, from reality. Think of us as grease on a tired gear. The goal is the elimination of difficulty, stress, ambition, and other NVA. Through the use of subliminal messages and other emotional engineering methods, Pine Tree State Mind Control wants to create the utopia that only authors like Huxley have dreamed about. Support this endeavor by reading as many of our flyers as you can. Share them with others. Through these you will learn about our organization and pick up more programming than you can in a half hour of prime time television.