NLP Hypnosis: Subliminal Hypnosis
We have always seen in the movies or television that a person can be “brainwash″ and controlled. It has always spiked our curiosity whether such a situation can really occur to us where none of the thought or actions are our own. Yes, we have always wondered whether our actions can be controlled by others just be using hypnosis. These questions are actually two of the main driving force which propel people to want to know more about hypnosis.
The control of thoughts and actions of others falls under the study of subliminal hypnosis. Subliminal actually is derived from the Latin word “Limen” which means threshold or Limit. Therefore, subliminal means a state of awareness, which just lies below the level of consciousness. While under the subliminal hypnosis stage, a person conscious mind is not able of anything. The part of the mind, which is active, is the sub conscious mind. Thus, we talk about “awakening” the subliminal within us.
At first the subconscious is targeted, you are brought into a trance i.e. a state in between consciousness and sub-consciousness. Then a message is instilled by the hypnotist which will get imprinted onto your subconscious. The information will be there without your knowledge and will be acted upon only with the help of certain precise commands or signals. This is where the problem lies since the hypnotist may input unwanted commands which may not be favorable to you.
A drawback of the process is that the human brain may at times execute automatically the hypnotic state. Example of this can be given through the demonstration of hearing of one single voice when in a noisy crowd. Your subconscious cuts off all other sounds enabling you to listen to that one single voice that you want to hear. Focusing on that one particular sound or voice your subconscious is actually neglecting all the other voices. This is an instance of automatic execution of the hypnotic state.
Subliminal hypnosis has always been an area of great interest to the commercial world. The potential benefits that can be reaped by these corporations are indescribable. Imagine a situation where through advertisements, these marketing companies can actually persuade the consumers to mould their buying habits to suit these companies? In fact, these companies to plant subliminal messages into the print and broadcast media are spending huge sums of monies.
The surest way of combating these attempts by anyone is learning more about them. This process of learning will be of much help since then no one will be able to exploit or harm you and also you can try out the therapeutic value of it to your hearts content. Also learning and knowing more about it will help you overcome the fear factor and thus get you better equipped to stand against any such attack on your person.
