Subliminal messages — good versus evil

Superman is one of the good guys, right? Or how about Spiderman? Sure he’s one of the nicest guys you will find fighting crime. If you agree with the above, you have been the victim of subliminal messages.

For years we have been slowly influenced by all manner of messages through a variety of media, and it has often shaped our perception of money, wealth and success. Children have been programmed to believe that it is a sin to have money, rich guys are the evil ones and it is nobler to be poor. I mean, look at the two examples in the first paragraph. Superman, an orphan raised by the hardworking but certainly not wealthy, Kents. His archenemy is Lex Luther of Luther Corp, rich, powerful and totally evil! The same for old Peter Parker (aka Spiderman) raised by an aunt and uncle who can’t even raise the rent money, and he battles it out against rogues like Harry Osborn — again, filthy rich and rotten too!

Many of our so-called superheroes are painted in this way, just look at Batman, Wonderwoman, Harry Potter… all orphans. It’s little wonder then, that as we have watched these characters, even emulated them, the subliminal messages about good versus evil, poverty versus wealth and right over wrong have been firmly embedded in our minds.

Then, of course, we have the flip side — subliminal messages that can be used effectively to plant positive messages directly into our sub-conscious mind. These types of messages work so well because they by-pass our conscious mind, the part that applies rational thinking, judges things, decides if we are going to believe something or not.

Now if a message by-passes this step — it is accepted by the sub-conscious mind ‘as it is’, no bias, no judgment, no second guess — WYSIWYG (what you see, is what you get) to coin a phrase!

Imagine the potential if we could plant the seeds of some very powerful, positive, life changing suggestions directly to our ‘hard drive’ — we would soon start to replace all of those old school negative beliefs with some shiny new systems for success.

From: blog archive, 2007 (adapted).

Subliminal messages — good versus evil

Superman is one of the good guys, right? Or how about Spiderman? Sure he’s one of the nicest guys you will find fighting crime. If you agree with the above, you have been the victim of subliminal messages.

For years we have been slowly influenced by all manner of messages through a variety of media, and it has often shaped our perception of money, wealth and success. Children have been programmed to believe that it is a sin to have money, rich guys are the evil ones and it is nobler to be poor. I mean, look at the two examples in the first paragraph. Superman, an orphan raised by the hardworking but certainly not wealthy, Kents. His archenemy is Lex Luther of Luther Corp, rich, powerful and totally evil! The same for old Peter Parker (aka Spiderman) raised by an aunt and uncle who can’t even raise the rent money, and he battles it out against rogues like Harry Osborn — again, filthy rich and rotten too!

Many of our so-called superheroes are painted in this way, just look at Batman, Wonderwoman, Harry Potter… all orphans. It’s little wonder then, that as we have watched these characters, even emulated them, the subliminal messages about good versus evil, poverty versus wealth and right over wrong have been firmly embedded in our minds.

Then, of course, we have the flip side — subliminal messages that can be used effectively to plant positive messages directly into our sub-conscious mind. These types of messages work so well because they by-pass our conscious mind, the part that applies rational thinking, judges things, decides if we are going to believe something or not.

Now if a message by-passes this step — it is accepted by the sub-conscious mind ‘as it is’, no bias, no judgment, no second guess — WYSIWYG (what you see, is what you get) to coin a phrase!

Imagine the potential if we could plant the seeds of some very powerful, positive, life changing suggestions directly to our ‘hard drive’ — we would soon start to replace all of those old school negative beliefs with some shiny new systems for success.

From: blog archive, 2007 (adapted).

Subliminal messages — good versus evil

Superman is one of the good guys, right? Or how about Spiderman? Sure he’s one of the nicest guys you will find fighting crime. If you agree with the above, you have been the victim of subliminal messages.

For years we have been slowly influenced by all manner of messages through a variety of media, and it has often shaped our perception of money, wealth and success. Children have been programmed to believe that it is a sin to have money, rich guys are the evil ones and it is nobler to be poor. I mean, look at the two examples in the first paragraph. Superman, an orphan raised by the hardworking but certainly not wealthy, Kents. His archenemy is Lex Luther of Luther Corp, rich, powerful and totally evil! The same for old Peter Parker (aka Spiderman) raised by an aunt and uncle who can’t even raise the rent money, and he battles it out against rogues like Harry Osborn — again, filthy rich and rotten too!

Many of our so-called superheroes are painted in this way, just look at Batman, Wonderwoman, Harry Potter… all orphans. It’s little wonder then, that as we have watched these characters, even emulated them, the subliminal messages about good versus evil, poverty versus wealth and right over wrong have been firmly embedded in our minds.

Then, of course, we have the flip side — subliminal messages that can be used effectively to plant positive messages directly into our sub-conscious mind. These types of messages work so well because they by-pass our conscious mind, the part that applies rational thinking, judges things, decides if we are going to believe something or not.

Now if a message by-passes this step — it is accepted by the sub-conscious mind ‘as it is’, no bias, no judgment, no second guess — WYSIWYG (what you see, is what you get) to coin a phrase!

Imagine the potential if we could plant the seeds of some very powerful, positive, life changing suggestions directly to our ‘hard drive’ — we would soon start to replace all of those old school negative beliefs with some shiny new systems for success.

From: blog archive, 2007 (adapted).

Moving images are so pervasive in our lives today that it is hard to imagine a time when people did without them. They’ve become an essential element in the way we communicate, the way we think. They’ve certainly influenced every other form of art in some way.

When photography was invented in 1839, many artists were repulsed by the new phenomenon. The visual arts of painting and sculpture had reigned for millennia. A painting wasn’t just a reproduction — it transformed the objective reality which it portrayed into something new, a result which contained a mysterious quality that, for lack of a better phrase, was a part of the artist’s soul. The new invention, which reflected reality back to us through a mechanical device, seemed cold and frightening.

People have always remembered, and tried to preserve and transmit their memories through time. History was recorded through the written word. The wisdom of the past was transmitted through the myth, the story, and later the epic poem, drama and novel.

I doubt if I am the only person who, while watching an old movie, has had the morbid thought occur to him that “Everyone in the film is dead now”. Yet, they are still on the screen, moving, laughing, dancing, just as they did when alive.

The Lumieres began to show their short films in 1895. They were a sensation. Imagine if you can the astonishment experienced by the audiences, to see a projected moving image on a large screen. One effect was fright. It is said that when the Lumieres showed their film of the arrival of a train at a station, the audience jumped back from the screen as if they were going to be run over by the oncoming train.

Internet: <www.cinescene.com> (adapted).

Moving images are so pervasive in our lives today that it is hard to imagine a time when people did without them. They’ve become an essential element in the way we communicate, the way we think. They’ve certainly influenced every other form of art in some way.

When photography was invented in 1839, many artists were repulsed by the new phenomenon. The visual arts of painting and sculpture had reigned for millennia. A painting wasn’t just a reproduction — it transformed the objective reality which it portrayed into something new, a result which contained a mysterious quality that, for lack of a better phrase, was a part of the artist’s soul. The new invention, which reflected reality back to us through a mechanical device, seemed cold and frightening.

People have always remembered, and tried to preserve and transmit their memories through time. History was recorded through the written word. The wisdom of the past was transmitted through the myth, the story, and later the epic poem, drama and novel.

I doubt if I am the only person who, while watching an old movie, has had the morbid thought occur to him that “Everyone in the film is dead now”. Yet, they are still on the screen, moving, laughing, dancing, just as they did when alive.

The Lumieres began to show their short films in 1895. They were a sensation. Imagine if you can the astonishment experienced by the audiences, to see a projected moving image on a large screen. One effect was fright. It is said that when the Lumieres showed their film of the arrival of a train at a station, the audience jumped back from the screen as if they were going to be run over by the oncoming train.

Internet: <www.cinescene.com> (adapted).

Moving images are so pervasive in our lives today that it is hard to imagine a time when people did without them. They’ve become an essential element in the way we communicate, the way we think. They’ve certainly influenced every other form of art in some way.

When photography was invented in 1839, many artists were repulsed by the new phenomenon. The visual arts of painting and sculpture had reigned for millennia. A painting wasn’t just a reproduction — it transformed the objective reality which it portrayed into something new, a result which contained a mysterious quality that, for lack of a better phrase, was a part of the artist’s soul. The new invention, which reflected reality back to us through a mechanical device, seemed cold and frightening.

People have always remembered, and tried to preserve and transmit their memories through time. History was recorded through the written word. The wisdom of the past was transmitted through the myth, the story, and later the epic poem, drama and novel.

I doubt if I am the only person who, while watching an old movie, has had the morbid thought occur to him that “Everyone in the film is dead now”. Yet, they are still on the screen, moving, laughing, dancing, just as they did when alive.

The Lumieres began to show their short films in 1895. They were a sensation. Imagine if you can the astonishment experienced by the audiences, to see a projected moving image on a large screen. One effect was fright. It is said that when the Lumieres showed their film of the arrival of a train at a station, the audience jumped back from the screen as if they were going to be run over by the oncoming train.

Internet: <www.cinescene.com> (adapted).

Moving images are so pervasive in our lives today that it is hard to imagine a time when people did without them. They’ve become an essential element in the way we communicate, the way we think. They’ve certainly influenced every other form of art in some way.

When photography was invented in 1839, many artists were repulsed by the new phenomenon. The visual arts of painting and sculpture had reigned for millennia. A painting wasn’t just a reproduction — it transformed the objective reality which it portrayed into something new, a result which contained a mysterious quality that, for lack of a better phrase, was a part of the artist’s soul. The new invention, which reflected reality back to us through a mechanical device, seemed cold and frightening.

People have always remembered, and tried to preserve and transmit their memories through time. History was recorded through the written word. The wisdom of the past was transmitted through the myth, the story, and later the epic poem, drama and novel.

I doubt if I am the only person who, while watching an old movie, has had the morbid thought occur to him that “Everyone in the film is dead now”. Yet, they are still on the screen, moving, laughing, dancing, just as they did when alive.

The Lumieres began to show their short films in 1895. They were a sensation. Imagine if you can the astonishment experienced by the audiences, to see a projected moving image on a large screen. One effect was fright. It is said that when the Lumieres showed their film of the arrival of a train at a station, the audience jumped back from the screen as if they were going to be run over by the oncoming train.

Internet: <www.cinescene.com> (adapted).

Moving images are so pervasive in our lives today that it is hard to imagine a time when people did without them. They’ve become an essential element in the way we communicate, the way we think. They’ve certainly influenced every other form of art in some way.

When photography was invented in 1839, many artists were repulsed by the new phenomenon. The visual arts of painting and sculpture had reigned for millennia. A painting wasn’t just a reproduction — it transformed the objective reality which it portrayed into something new, a result which contained a mysterious quality that, for lack of a better phrase, was a part of the artist’s soul. The new invention, which reflected reality back to us through a mechanical device, seemed cold and frightening.

People have always remembered, and tried to preserve and transmit their memories through time. History was recorded through the written word. The wisdom of the past was transmitted through the myth, the story, and later the epic poem, drama and novel.

I doubt if I am the only person who, while watching an old movie, has had the morbid thought occur to him that “Everyone in the film is dead now”. Yet, they are still on the screen, moving, laughing, dancing, just as they did when alive.

The Lumieres began to show their short films in 1895. They were a sensation. Imagine if you can the astonishment experienced by the audiences, to see a projected moving image on a large screen. One effect was fright. It is said that when the Lumieres showed their film of the arrival of a train at a station, the audience jumped back from the screen as if they were going to be run over by the oncoming train.

Internet: <www.cinescene.com> (adapted).

Moving images are so pervasive in our lives today that it is hard to imagine a time when people did without them. They’ve become an essential element in the way we communicate, the way we think. They’ve certainly influenced every other form of art in some way.

When photography was invented in 1839, many artists were repulsed by the new phenomenon. The visual arts of painting and sculpture had reigned for millennia. A painting wasn’t just a reproduction — it transformed the objective reality which it portrayed into something new, a result which contained a mysterious quality that, for lack of a better phrase, was a part of the artist’s soul. The new invention, which reflected reality back to us through a mechanical device, seemed cold and frightening.

People have always remembered, and tried to preserve and transmit their memories through time. History was recorded through the written word. The wisdom of the past was transmitted through the myth, the story, and later the epic poem, drama and novel.

I doubt if I am the only person who, while watching an old movie, has had the morbid thought occur to him that “Everyone in the film is dead now”. Yet, they are still on the screen, moving, laughing, dancing, just as they did when alive.

The Lumieres began to show their short films in 1895. They were a sensation. Imagine if you can the astonishment experienced by the audiences, to see a projected moving image on a large screen. One effect was fright. It is said that when the Lumieres showed their film of the arrival of a train at a station, the audience jumped back from the screen as if they were going to be run over by the oncoming train.

Internet: <www.cinescene.com> (adapted).

Moving images are so pervasive in our lives today that it is hard to imagine a time when people did without them. They’ve become an essential element in the way we communicate, the way we think. They’ve certainly influenced every other form of art in some way.

When photography was invented in 1839, many artists were repulsed by the new phenomenon. The visual arts of painting and sculpture had reigned for millennia. A painting wasn’t just a reproduction — it transformed the objective reality which it portrayed into something new, a result which contained a mysterious quality that, for lack of a better phrase, was a part of the artist’s soul. The new invention, which reflected reality back to us through a mechanical device, seemed cold and frightening.

People have always remembered, and tried to preserve and transmit their memories through time. History was recorded through the written word. The wisdom of the past was transmitted through the myth, the story, and later the epic poem, drama and novel.

I doubt if I am the only person who, while watching an old movie, has had the morbid thought occur to him that “Everyone in the film is dead now”. Yet, they are still on the screen, moving, laughing, dancing, just as they did when alive.

The Lumieres began to show their short films in 1895. They were a sensation. Imagine if you can the astonishment experienced by the audiences, to see a projected moving image on a large screen. One effect was fright. It is said that when the Lumieres showed their film of the arrival of a train at a station, the audience jumped back from the screen as if they were going to be run over by the oncoming train.

Internet: <www.cinescene.com> (adapted).