Health and Longevity: Changing My Mind the Subliminal Way

Attitudes and beliefs have long been suspected of				of the
impacting life in meaningful ways. However, only in the				movie Picnic. However, Vicary later told Congress
past				that he
decade or so has so-called hard science turned to				made the whole thing up. Did he--didn't he--who
this				knows?
page. Today there is little argument about the				The point is not whether he did or not, but that his
influence of				boast
attitude and belief on health, wellness, longevity, and				brought significant public attention to this potential
the				persuasion technique.Suddenly the market place
general quality of life that a positive expectation can				swelled with subliminal this and
exert.				that. Books, articles, ads and self-help tapes
That's the good news--the bad news is simply that				proliferated
most				everywhere. By 1984, the Orwellian year, subliminal
people carry around self defeating beliefs about				tapes
everything				were in nearly every bookstore in America. Surveys
from aging to the common cold.For years I have				suggested that most people did not believe a
worked with elite athletes. There is no				subliminal
necessity to explain the power of the mind to an				tape could help them but they did believe subliminal
athlete.				information could be used covertly to brainwash them.
They get it right away. They get it because they
experience it				There was a definite cognitive dissonance in the
in their game. They know that doubt, fear,				minds of
anxiousness,				many--the technology was futile in the arena of help
nervousness, lack of confidence, etc., fail to produce				but
the				super powerful in the hands of manipulators. (For
desired outcome, and therefore--lose those attitudes,				more
feelings and beliefs or lose!Athletes are not the only				information see my book, Subliminal Communication:
people to intuitively understand the				Emperor's Clothes or Panacea). Despite this general
value of changing our minds to change our lives.				belief,
Business				subliminal self-help tapes sold record numbers until the
people are also particularly adroit in this area. The				late 1980's.Academics during the eighties spoke out
mental				against subliminal
edge is just that, an edge, an advantage, an				tapes in nearly every major story on the subject.
opportunity.				They
Lose it and lose!Life and all its glory is not about				claimed there was no evidence for effectiveness and
winning and losing. It is				even if
really about the quality of our experiences. As we				the subconscious mind could process the stimuli, there
expand our
horizons, the world meets us with a cornucopia of				was no evidence, and or even basis, to believe that
opportunity. As we grow individually in the appreciation				subliminal messages could influence behavior. By 1990,
for
life's many miracles, all of us improve. Our ability to				the scientific trend was changing, but a now infamous
take				trial
responsibility for the things we can change and let go				in Reno, Nevada, would submit a near death blow to
of the				the
things we can't change opens entirely new possibilities				subliminal promise. In what the Judge termed,
for				"manipulation of the media," the defendants in this
personal well being, and planetary peace, balance and				case did
				all they could do to turn subliminal motivation into a
harmony. As each of us releases the compulsion to				theory
blame				advanced by quacks and frauds. The public saw and
and replaces it with the desire to understand, trust and				heard
				very little of what really went on in this trial. Instead,
allow, our quality of life improves. Now, that's not just				they
so				were virtually inundated in almost every imaginable
much philosophy, it's a matter that can be and has				form of
been				media with jokes, innuendoes and outright insults upon
demonstrated neuro-chemically. All this "cosmic fluff,"				anyone silly enough to think subliminal information could
as
critics in the past may have labeled it, is indeed the				persuade one to think in a certain way, let alone act
real stuff				upon it.
that matters.Now that the role of mind is so well				(For details see my book, Thinking Without Thinking
documented in every				and or
aspect of our lives, how do we change those old self				click below for an excerpt detailing the Judas Priest
defeating patterns, those old engrained beliefs, those				case).(
old				hout_Thinking.html #BRAINWASHING)The Cargo Cult
urges to get even, those old tendencies to dwell on				RevisitedIn a scathing article attacking subliminal
negative				communication
experiences, and so forth. There are lots of ways to				among other things, the term "Cargo Cult" was used
begin to				to
take control of your own thoughts. Some of them				describe a practice that mixed a little science in a
include				cauldron
hypnosis, autogenic training, NLP, a trip to the				of nonsense full of myth and folklore, and offered the
Himalayas to				mixture
study in a cave for years, and so forth. There is				up as scientific. Now that loosely paraphrases the
nothing				idea, but
wrong with any of these methods. They do, however,				it also makes the point quite clear. The lay public and
all put				many
a definite demand on our time. In today's fast paced				scientists were made to believe that subliminal stimuli
world,				was
one of our problems is the lack of time.Coming of				itself only cargo cult nonsense. To prove this point,
AgeThe idea behind subliminal communication as a				some of
modality				the pundits most vociferously opposed to subliminal
for changing the mind captured the imagination of				motivation carried out studies with commercial
many, in				subliminal
part, because of its ease. No extra time investment				audio tapes. (That is not to say that all such studies
required.				were
Change your mind the easy way. Play it while you				motivated in this way and/or conducted by scientists
sleep,				determined to prove a foregone conclusion--for that
while driving, while working on your computer, while				simply
watching TV, and so forth. In fact, the idea was so				would not be true). Several such studies repeatedly
exciting				demonstrated no effect. Many were unable to
that many rushed in to cash in on self-help made				recover even
easy.Our culture is served by capitalistic motives and				the slightest tracing of an actual verbal message from
that's just				the
how it is. There isn't anything wrong with cashing in, so				commercial subliminal audio tape. A broad brush
to				painted
speak, on a new drug, a new technology, a new				the entire field as a result. Some commercial
anything--so long as it really works. The problem was				companies
simple, too much profit motive and too little good work.				that sold subliminal tapes closed their doors and went
Let's				out
take a look at what one could call the subliminal				of business while others dropped their subliminal
legend.James Vicary brought subliminal stimuli out of				products
the closets				and went on with something else. This was as it
and laboratories of academics with his use of it to sell				should be
				and may still apply in many instances. After all, in many
popcorn and Coca-Cola. Well, he said he increased
concession sales dramatically by flashing hungry and				ways, the industry deserved the scathing. (I am not
thirsty				attacking
messages over Kim Novak's face during the showing				or defending the audio tape subliminal industry per se'.

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Health and Longevity: Changing My Mind the Subliminal Way