This is interesting and I'm with you on the *actual* presence of manipulation (overt and covert) in almost every facet and level of human existence.. that this is used as a tool of distraction or disempowerment in order that the majority may remain compliant, disempowered and asleep. Your provided examples of subliminal messaging are striking, and I am also with you on the capacity of the sub/un-conscious mind to record the entirity of the information coming in, of which only a small subset gets filtered through to the conscious mind. 

I therefore also agree with the implication that the vast majority of human interaction is likely to be driven by impulses that the individual is not consciously aware of. In other words, most reactions, states of mind, preferences and prejudices, beliefs and attitudes etc etc are a result of *learnt, conditioned or programmed* behaviour - they are neither *natural*, nor do they have anything much to do with who that individual *really* is or *feels* about life. This is my own experience of myself anyhow!

The analogy of 'programming' is perfect in this context IMO. We are conditioned/programmed to believe we are something we are not, and to put a keen sense of personal identity in externalities - job, status, possessions, relationships etc and many more subtle things besides. There are the familiar, everyday super-structures of the 'Matrix', which support and encourage fake notions of ourselves (social myths like 'competition', 'scarcity', etc; personal myths like 'unworthiness', 'entitlement' etc). These messages have been hammered into us everywhere our entire lives-long; not only by institutions and mass-media, but by parents & friends etc who couldn't know better (*blame* is just the same old game) and therefore just played along and amplified versions of these messages to us.

How can we know what is real? How can we know what is fake? We can't control it, as you also say above! Are we then its victims?

One of the *major* subliminal messages emanaing from the Matrix seems to be that it is not worth exploring *inner space*, and that *reality* is to be found only in the exernal material world! Yet wisdom from ancient times has it the other way around - that an enquiry into the self (along the lines of 'who am I?') is the starting question from which all the answers of the Universe may follow. I consider this to be a most *practical* approach as it has the potential to bring the contents of the un/sub-conscious mind into conscious awarenes.

Many thanks for an interesting and thought-provoking post @futuremind
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david icke talks about a lot of this stuff in his books, using some of the same examples you do. it's quite frightening, and mind-opening.

only those with hubris say 'advertising doesn't have any effect on me.'

It's funny, so many people use DVR to fast forward through commercials that they have changed them so that you can get the subliminal messages even better when you fast forward.

On a side note..One of the individuals who dismissed my thoughts on the topic has been watching T.V. for the past two days straight..Approximately the length of time it took me to research, and write this article..How strange....

Okay...I haven't read a lot these days, this blew my mind wew. 

Never paid good attention to ads, but seriously this subconscious thingy is getting on my nerves lul. Asking questions on everything is a good practice to keep yourself actually awake from some blindness in your mind, and be hopeful that you can find some hidden messages in each message...yea, do that if you can handle the constant doubt and sorts that comes from each question lol. 

Nice representation of the layers of the mind by referring to a computer, if you are lucky (to meet a bug in Ubuntu), you can press Ctrl Alt F1 and see a constant spam of error messages regarding some IO port in your computer. Not sure why it reminded me of this, well, just saying :^)

You need moar readers dude. 

P/s: It's actually quite impressive that someone is able to view at the TV for two days straight, I mean, it is a passive one-way communication, _how_ did he managed to do it for so long...???

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Awesome article! As for those that dismiss you, people don't like to think they're being controlled, or that they are wrong. The inability to admit the possibility is what makes it clear to me, that they are indeed being controlled whether by some greater force or conspiracy or their own ego. 

My mantra is to question everything. I teach that to my students and my kids. Do your own research, make up your own mind on a subject based on that research. not what I or anyone else tells you. 

The trick, of course, is, that once you make up your mind, you need to question that too. Questioning others comes easy but sometimes we need to step back and question ourselves too. 

The truth is that things we think are impossible (like being controlled by advertising) just seem that way because we aren't educated on the subject. If it's a topic you care about (and I mean the proverbial "you") take the time to look at it carefully from all angles. If you don't care about it, don't tell people their wrong because you probably don't know enough about it to make that call. 

Whew! Getting off my soapbox, for now at least.

Thanks for sharing your research @futuremind.

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I've never met anyone that denies adverts using subliminal messaging. It is sketchy but businesses have to do it to remain competitive, and luckily, if you look hard enough for what they're trying to do, most of the time you'll see it.

These are some recent ads that really stood out to me in terms of manipulating the mind, seems like some psychological warfare going on here:
From apple:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/poxjtpArMGc/maxresdefault.jpg
https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/iphone-switch-ad-02.png?w=1600&h=800
From google:
https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/google-advert-iphone-1340x754.png

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Hi @futurmind, this is a very interesting subject, in the 80s it was a real stunt, that music bands put "secret statanist messages" in their lyrics, if you played the LP backwards; such as, for example:
Probably the best known 'backwards' album is Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin. The band itself denies that they have hidden the message, and calls it pure coincidence.

It concerns the text:

"If there is a bustle in your hedgerow, do not be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two ways you can go, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on "

If you turn this around then you will hear if you listen carefully:

"Oh here's my sweet Satan.
The one whose little path would make me sad, whose power is Satan.
He will give those with him 666.
There was a little tool shed where he made us suffer, sad Satan. "

Other bands like ,The Beatles,Judas Priest, Pink floyd...did it too, very good toppic @Futuremind ! :)