We all know of Star Wars, the famous production by George Lucas’s which has brought about the pop culture lifestyle that lasted up till today. While I do not want to be bombarded by fans all over the world by my inaccuracies and lack of attention to detail, I would like to bring your attention to one of the well known aspects of the Jedi’s in the movie. It is the Jedi mind trick that I would like to discuss and how all they need to do is wave a hand and control the mind of their enemies. Very soon gates are opened and escapes are made. Information can be easily retrieved from the enemy and they are now 1 step away from success.
The princess is saved, the Empire defeated and the galaxy restored to the order it should be in. While our lives may not have the drama that the double trilogy might have, how surprised would you be to know that a very close cousin of that Jedi mind trick is available online? Yes, I know it sounds amazing - but welcome to the world of subliminal messages. As an observer watching the movie, it would seem that the Jedi are able to speak a word and with a wave of a hand embed that message into the other persons subconscious. Immediately the statement becomes truth and life goes on by as they planned. I could not have found a better description for the technology of subliminal messages and in essence, this is what they do. Firstly, replace the wave of the hand with a medium like something auditory or visual. That is the distraction.
Usually it comes as relaxing music or very relaxing and serene scenery. The message is cleverly embedded into it as something that the normal conscious awareness cannot pick up, but is launched straight into the cortex of the brain, where it floats around - only to be picked up by the subconscious.The subconscious mind believes everything that it reads and follows the instructions closely.This is because it also believes that it has gone through all the necessary security measures and filters of the conscious mind and other cognitive defences like rational thinking and critical thought.
Basically, the subconscious mind read data and accept it as it is, without questioning its relevancy.This is a very powerful form of mind control, but the only difference between you and Luke Skywalker is that you are doing it on yourself. Most of us have plenty of bad habits and addictions that we would like to kick.Or we may have some negative characteristics that we would like to change.With this form is subliminal messaging (or Jedi mind tricks), we are able to break through the barriers of the conscious mind and embed messages into the subconscious mind directly, resulting in a positive transformation within us.
