Subliminal Message Secrets

What is a Subliminal Message?

A subliminal message is any type of information or signal that can be presented to the human mind below the normal level of awareness. Subliminal is defined as:

“Not rising above the threshold of consciousness; designed to act on the mind at a subconscious level”. (Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary)

Subliminal is derived from “sub” (meaning below) and “limen”, (Latin for threshold).

Subliminal messages can actually be heard, seen or felt. However, because they are either at a low volume, presented extremely quickly or masked, it is unlikely that there will be awareness of them unless paying extremely close attention.

The messages are within the limits of physical perception, but below the level of normal consciousness. Delivered properly, they are received directly by the subconscious mind. Their potential power exists because the subliminal messages are not censored or judged by the conscious mind.

Subliminal Messages and the Subconscious Mind

The definition of subliminal relies on the assumption that the human mind consists of two major components; the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. The conscious mind represents normal waking awareness and provides the abilities to reason, analyze, decide and focus as directed.

The subconscious mind acts as a storehouse for all the events and beliefs encountered and developed throughout a lifetime. It has limited reasoning capabilities but remarkable capacity for recording even the smallest details of the past.

The details of these memories can be accessed and this has been proven by placing subjects into a trance state using hypnotic age regression. There are other characteristics of the subconscious mind which affect how subliminal messages can be of benefit.

The Purpose of Subliminal Messages

The goal behind the use of subliminal messages is to bypass the conscious mind and submit suggestions directly into the subconscious mind without any reasoning or judgment by the conscious mind. The subliminal messages are in almost all cases either auditory or visual.

By being exposed to subliminal messages repeatedly, the expected result is that change is experienced at the subconscious level. Once this change is accepted into the subconscious mind, a person would act differently without necessarily knowing why.

They would feel an inclination to choose one action over another because the subliminal messages had been accepted at the subconscious level. This is similar but different from how hypnotic suggestions work.

The changes that may occur could be virtually anything from a experiencing a higher degree of confidence, a desire to exercise, a preference to vote differently, a choice to purchase one product over another and countless others.

Why Use Subliminal Messages?

Even the possibility of introducing changes in people by using subliminal messages is profound. It suggests that an individual or group could be effortlessly influenced with or even without their knowledge.

This explains the continuing interest in subliminal messaging. If it is possible to influence people, someone or some group may be highly motivated in using subliminal messages to their benefit.

The subliminal messages that a person could be exposed to are either private or public. Privately, a person chooses to receive subliminal messages under their own direction. Publicly, they enter an environment in which they may have little or no control over the messages.

How Subliminal Messages Cause Change

Messages subliminally introduced into the subconscious mind can affect the actions that a person takes. The subliminal messages act to enter new programming into the subconscious mind. Old beliefs and fears are gradually eliminated and replaced by more positive programs.

The result would be that a person believed, felt and acted differently in contrast to their old patterns. They would behave differently because the subconscious mind would send back signals to the conscious mind encouraging them to exercise or eat in a healthy manner, if that was the content of the subliminal messages.

Signals from the subconscious may surface as feelings, desires or even urges to perform certain actions. These subconscious signals are useful if it is understood how to recognize subconscious messages and act on them.

The only reason that a subliminal message may not be accepted by the subconscious mind is if there are blocks that it uses for protection. A block or barrier may be caused by an upsetting experience that the subconscious remembers but the conscious mind has forgotten.

As an example, if a person was attacked by a dog in their childhood the memory may have since been consciously forgotten. If as an adult they demonstrated a fear of dogs, it may be that their subconscious mind still believes that dogs are dangerous. It would send warning messages back to the conscious mind in the form of fear in order to protect itself whenever a dog was nearby.

A person may have none or several subconscious fears or beliefs that can prevent them from achieving their goals. It can be almost impossible to succeed in their goals unless the subconscious blocks are first removed. It may be important to learn how to identify and remove subconscious barriers before using any subliminal program.

Who Uses Subliminal Messages?

Subliminal messages can be initiated from a person who has decided to change some aspect of their life, or from another group of people applying it for their own purposes.

A group may decide to introduce subliminal messages in order to change the attitude of the targeted population. It may be a subliminal message embedded in the music played in a shopping mall stating “I am an honest person” in order to reduce incidences of shoplifting or crime.

Advertising agencies have been targeted as being suspects in using subliminal advertising for decades. They are easy to focus on because they exist primarily to create messages that influence the purchasing decisions that people make. This in no manner is to suggest that they or any other company is presently using subliminal messages to influence people.

Types of Subliminal Messages

There are only two major types of subliminal messages that are used to introduce changes in a person. The most commonly used form involves the use of audio recordings containing verbal subliminal messages. Less commonly used are visual subliminal textual messages embedded within displayed images on a computer screen or video recordings.

Audio subliminal recordings are normally delivered on audio CDs, audio cassette tapes or as compressed audio files. There are many other characteristics of audio subliminal messages that are important to be aware of before choosing to use them.

Visual subliminal messages are presented as short text messages flashed at regular intervals on either a computer monitor or television screen. The messages are presented rapidly, repeatedly and their content based on the subject of interest. In most cases, display of the subliminal messages is controlled by a computer software program.

There are advantages and disadvantages in selecting either type. Audio subliminal recordings do not require any attention or effort. They can be listened to while resting or being active, depending on which is preferred.

Subliminal messages delivered visually are only of benefit if they are visible. This means that it is necessary to actively view the display presenting them. This is an advantage if using a computer because the visual messages would not interfere with other tasks being performed.

Both visual and audio subliminal messages can be used to introduce changes and even at the same time. An audio subliminal recording could be listened to while running a computer program to display visual subliminal messages.