What is a Subliminal Message – Defining Subliminals

Before considering how to create subliminal messages to help oneself or others, it is important to define exactly what is a subliminal message.

Understanding how and why they can be used to introduce ideas and changes at the subconscious level and affect people in a positive manner is extremely important.

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 Message Perception and Types

Subliminal messages can actually be heard or seen and are either at a low volume, presented extremely quickly or visually masked.

It is unlikely that there will be conscious awareness of them unless paying extremely close attention. The two major types of subliminals are visual messages and audio messages.

The messages are within the limits of physical perception, but below the level of normal consciousness.

If created and 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.

This does not mean that any subliminal message type will be accepted by the subconscious mind.

The messages must be designed, written, recorded and presented in the best way possible.

Unless all of these aspects are addressed correctly, the messages will not be accepted and have the affect on the subconscious that is desired.

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 and Subliminal Messages

The conscious mind represents normal waking awareness and provides the abilities for reasoning, analysis and focusing on a specific thought as directed.

This is what you are presently using at this moment as you read this article.

The conscious mind has limited memory capabilities which you can prove immediately to yourself by attempting to recall exactly what you were doing one week or month ago.

This can be difficult for virtually everyone, but what the conscious mind lacks in memory capacity is more than compensated by its ability to process information.

The conscious mind also acts as a filtering or censoring agent that will either accept or refuse certain ideas that are presented to it.

If you were to directly suggest to yourself that you were already healthy and wealthy your conscious mind would likely refute the idea immediately.

This is why it is necessary to present messages that bypass the conscious mind and introduce subconscious subliminal messages.

The Subconscious Mind and Subliminal Messages

The subconscious mind is almost the reverse of the conscious mind in that it acts as a storehouse for all the events and experiences encountered throughout a lifetime.

The details of these memories can be accessed and this has been proven by placing subjects into a state of hypnosis and using hypnotic age regression.

The subconscious is only capable of very simple reasoning and most of what is entered into it is interpreted almost literally.

It is not able to analyze what is submitted to it but is more than capable of remembering it.

This can be either of benefit or detrimental to your well-being and a past experience that had an emotional effect may still influence the present.

If past experiences, either positive or negative remain unaddressed in the subconscious then they may have an effect that is projected into the present.

The subconscious will attempt to maintain the current state of programming for a person.

If they have had past experiences that have programmed the subconscious to expect lack, ill-health, loneliness or many other characteristics, then the subconscious will attempt to keep the person in such a state.

The subconscious will also strive to maintain any present habit, no matter good or bad until it receives new programming. It may also contain defense mechanisms that may make it more difficult for some types of subliminal messages to be accepted.

This is usually dependent upon the personality and the more independent, self-controlling, self-empowered or free-spirited a person is, the more difficult it is for their subconscious to accept change. Fortunately, if the subliminal messages are designed properly, this is reasonably simple to overcome.

Understanding the precise definition of a subliminal message is likely less important than the potential benefits they can provide and instead of debating the definitions or origins, it is likely far more productive to simply focus on how to create subliminals to help yourself or others.

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