An important consideration when designing your subliminal message scripts is to know how to use the present and future tenses correctly. Equally important and related, is to understand the use of directive and permissive statements. These concepts can be of benefit and this article discusses why and how to use them properly when writing your messages scripts.

Messages statements in the present tense simply act to suggest that the desired condition already exists, such as “I am confident”. Statements in the near or present future style indicate that the target goal is being achieved as for example, “I am becoming more confident”.

If you completely and fully understood exactly what the subconscious mind of your target listener contained, it would be much easier to know which tense to use and when. Unfortunately, this is virtually impossible, even when designing a custom subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording for a specific individual that you know extremely well, which may even be you. The best that can be achieved is to compromise and use both tenses.

Different Subconscious Minds Require Different Tenses

The subconscious mind of one person may be less receptive to change than another. Even for one particular individual their subconscious resistance may vary among topics. A person who is wealthy but overweight may have no difficulty embracing subliminal messages targeting abundance but be highly resistant to statements regarding weight loss.

Those with higher subconscious resistance to change will be less likely to be affected by message statements in the present tense. Using a statement such as “I am confident” may not have as powerful an effect as desired. A person that has lower subconscious resistance may find the same message statement more acceptable.

Using message statements that are in the near future tense such as “I am becoming more confident” will likely have more impact on those with a stronger subconscious resistance to change.

Since you will likely be unable to determine the subconscious resistance level of your potential listener, a reasonable choice is to use both tenses and in a balanced manner.

Instead of using either present or near future tense, you should consider using both in equal frequency and in an alternating fashion. In this way you are targeting both the stubborn and not so stubborn subconscious minds of your potential listeners.

Using Permissive and Directive Messages

Another way to consider message statements relates to how permissive or directive they are. This is similar to using either the present or near future tense but still somewhat different.

Some of your target listeners may be more receptive to message statements that command them to be or do something. Others may subconsciously require permission before embracing any messages.

A directive statement will serve to command the subconscious mind to adopt the message statement. A permissive statement will suggest that the idea is acceptable and then present it accordingly.

An example of a normal message statement in the present tense is “I am confident”. A directive and more commanding statement would be “I am confident now and always”. The tense is the same, but the manner in which the statement is phrased is significantly more commanding.

A more permissive example of this would be “I allow myself to be confident”. Instead of commanding, the statement merely suggests that it is acceptable to permit oneself to be more confident.

People who are accustomed to being in control of most of their life scenarios may dictate that you incorporate more permissive statements in your message script. Even so, there are others that may readily accept directive subliminal commands.

Since you will be unable to probe the subconscious mind of your target listener, the obvious and preferred choice is to use both permissive and directive statement types in you message script. In this way, you are targeting both types and balancing them correctly will only make your recording more effective for a greater number of people.

Never Use the Future Tense in Message Statements

Using the near future tense with respect to “I am becoming” is acceptable, but including message statements such as “I will become” is not advisable. The future tense should never be used because it implies that the desired goal will always be out of reach.

It is almost effortless for the conscious mind to consider a statement in the future tense, but the subconscious mind is much simpler and does not have the ability to understand anything beyond what is occurring now.

A message statement worded as “I will become more confident” implies that the goal will only be achieved at some point in the future. For the subconscious mind that future never arrives, and it is thus far better for your listeners that you avoid using the future tense in your message statements.

Guidelines for Using Tenses and Directive or Permissive Statements

At this point you should understand enough about using different tenses and either directive or permissive statements in your message script. But now you need to learn how to apply these guidelines properly in your message script.

To help do this, an example target recording topic is used and this is about increasing self-confidence. The goal is to apply the strategies previously discussed and in the best way. Using only one statement as a start, there are six different variations of it that could be used, as described below.

  • Present only: “I am confident”
  • Present and directive: “I am confident now and always”
  • Present and permissive: “I allow myself to be confident”
  • Near future only: “I am becoming more confident”
  • Near future and directive: “I am becoming more confident in every way”
  • Near future and permissive: “I allow myself to become more confident”

It is important to note that these are variations of just one statement, and you will be using other statements that target the same topic. Also, you will need to include both first and second person versions of any message statement in your final script.

To summarize, understanding the importance of different tenses and directive or permissive statements will only help you to design and write better message scripts. Doing so will also ensure that your subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recordings are more effective for the target subject, and for a greater variety of listeners, no matter how resistant their subconscious minds may be.

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