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0:00If you have heard about subliminals or
0:02even hypnosis by neural beats or
0:04frequencies, you're wondering if it
0:06works, if it's a hoax, can you actually
0:08manifest drastic appearance changes,
0:11lots of money, or your SP, specific
0:14person. Here's the thing, there is over
0:17a century of documented research behind
0:20it, and today the most popular form of
0:22subliminals is audio. Now, there is a
0:25specific way to listen to subliminals,
0:27but people don't really talk about what
0:29they are. Where it came from, why it
0:31works, how to do it correctly and
0:33safely, or explain what you might be
0:36doing wrong and making everything worse.
0:38So, I will. My name is May, my podcast
0:42and community is called Stoic Angels,
0:44where we talk about complete
0:45transformation of the mind, body, and
0:47spirit. If you're into that, don't
0:49forget to subscribe because there's more
0:51where this comes from. Not to mention,
0:53this subject is near and dear to my
0:55heart because I studied design
0:56psychology, I got dual degrees in them.
0:58So, my very first YouTube channel, which
1:01honestly doesn't count because I only
1:02posted two videos, I made my own
1:03subliminal audio and I posted it online
1:06on my channel because I couldn't find
1:07any that I like. It actually did pretty
1:10well, I got like 2,000 views, but the
1:12idea of subliminal messaging itself is
1:14very much a cross between my two
1:16academic disciplines and I actually
1:18actively use it to change my thoughts,
1:20designing the mind, so to speak. If you
1:22want to go even deeper on this and put
1:23in the work, I actually made a free
1:25guide and workbook that walks you
1:27through building your own subconscious
1:29reprogramming practice. It's linked in
1:32the description below this video and you
1:34can download it for free. Thank you to
1:36Opera Air for sponsoring this video.
1:37Before we get into our subliminal deep
1:39dive, I wanted to talk about the fact
1:41that the research for this video almost
1:42didn't happen because I was reading one
1:44study, 3 hours later I was in a deep
1:46rabbit hole, 14 tabs into reading about
1:48CIA experiments in the '50s. I was also
1:51on my phone this entire time while I was
1:54doing this. So, sometimes it's not about
1:56your lack of focus, but the system that
1:58you're using. Specifically, it's your
2:00browser. I have been using Opera Air for
2:02over a year now. It is my main browser,
2:05and the whole concept behind it, when I
2:07first heard about them, is actually
2:09shocking because they measure success by
2:11how quickly you get off the internet and
2:13log off. Many of us rely on the internet
2:16to do our job, but we don't have to let
2:18it take over our lives. The interface
2:20itself is radically clean, no
2:22notification spam, no messy widgets.
2:25Everything I do use, I can choose to
2:27have on my sidebar, hide it if I want
2:30to. One of my favorite new features is
2:32the flow state feature. Opera Air has
2:34curated focus music and audio
2:36frequencies built into the browser, so
2:38you don't need a separate Spotify tab
2:41clogging up your RAM space. Speaking of
2:43that, my opinion, like out of all the
2:44ones I tried so far, this is one of the
2:46lightest browsers I've ever used, and
2:48also another reason why it's my main
2:50browser. On the flow state tab, you just
2:52click the button, pick what you want to
2:53use, and it plays focus music while you
2:55work. When you're done, you close your
2:57laptop and get back to the rest of your
2:58life. If you want a browser that
3:00actually helps you stay on track and get
3:02more of your day back, download Opera
3:04Air for free using the link in my
3:05description. So, what are subliminals
3:08actually? Let's start from the
3:09beginning. A subliminal is any kind of
3:12stimulus that exists below the threshold
3:14of your subconscious awareness. The word
3:16itself comes from the Latin sub, meaning
3:19below, and limen, meaning threshold.
3:22When we're talking about subliminal
3:23audio, we're also talking about
3:24affirmations or messages that have been
3:27recorded and then layered underneath
3:29music or ambient sound or frequencies at
3:33a volume that your conscious mind cannot
3:36hear. So, when you come across a
3:37subliminal, you press play, and you
3:39might hear some rain sounds or lo-fi
3:41music, but underneath that, there can be
3:43statements like, "I am confident. I am
3:46worthy of love. I attract abundance."
3:48All playing at a level that your ears
3:50technically receive, but your conscious
3:52brain doesn't register. So, why does
3:55this have to be subliminal? Your
3:57conscious mind processes 40 to 50 bits
3:59of information per second. This may
4:02sound like a lot until you learn that
4:04your subconscious mind processes
4:06approximately 11 million bits per
4:08second. Let that sink in for a bit. Your
4:10subconscious is doing super heavy
4:13lifting of your entire existence, and
4:15you barely even get access to it. So,
4:17the theory behind subliminals is that if
4:19you can deliver all these positive
4:20affirmations directly into your
4:22subconscious mind, you bypass the
4:25critical filter of your conscious brain,
4:26where you may be thinking things like,
4:28"I know that's not true. I'm not
4:30actually confident. Why are we lying?"
4:32So that those affirmations can rewire
4:35your neural pathways through
4:36neuroplasticity. Your brain literally
4:39forms new connections based on repeated
4:41input at the subliminal level without
4:42your conscious resistance getting in the
4:44way. This is why subliminals are so
4:47popular for anything related to
4:49self-improvement, working on your
4:50self-concept, your physical appearance,
4:53money, relationships, weight loss,
4:54career success, all of it. Others claim
4:57that it can even do things like change
4:59your height, your eye color. I would
5:02love to hear from you guys in the
5:03comments if you think that's actually
5:05effective or not, because I do believe
5:07in the power of our minds to change our
5:09lives radically, which is why I'm
5:11working on creating my own collection of
5:12subliminals, meditations, and
5:14frequencies with all kinds of positive
5:17affirmations. It's all going to be part
5:18of my Stoic Angels membership 2.0. If
5:20you're interested, you can sign up for
5:22the waitlist in my description box. But
5:24overall, we still need to understand the
5:27full picture before we come into any
5:29judgment, because the history of
5:30subliminal messages goes way deeper than
5:34this. The history of hacking your
5:36subconscious mind didn't begin with
5:38subliminal creators on the internet, of
5:40course. There was historical evidence in
5:42the 5th century BC suggesting that Greek
5:44philosophers, specifically from the
5:46school of sophism, believe there is no
5:48absolute truth and truth is created from
5:50persuasion and influence. But,
5:53subliminal theory was applied by one man
5:56100 years ago. His name was Edward
5:57Bernays. He is known as the father of
5:59PR, public relations, and modern-day
6:02advertising. Think slogans from brands
6:04that you remember, logos, annoying
6:06jingles that get stuck in your head, all
6:08came from this man's work. But, what
6:10most people don't know is that he was
6:12also the nephew of Sigmund Freud, the
6:14father of psychoanalysis. He took his
6:17uncle's theories about this unconscious
6:19mind and weaponized it for advertising.
6:21For example, manufacturing the idea of
6:23smoking in public is a feminist movement
6:26to boost tobacco sales amongst women. He
6:28went on to also work for major
6:30corporations and even with presidents to
6:33manipulate the masses. So, if Bernays
6:36was the precursor who proved your
6:37subconscious is easily influenced, he
6:39used it for capitalism. And then, in
6:421957, a market researcher named James
6:45Vicary took that concept somewhere even
6:47more unsettling. Vicary claimed that he
6:50ran a 6-week experiment at a movie
6:52theater in New Jersey, where he flashed
6:55"Eat popcorn and drink Coca-Cola" on the
6:57screen for 1/3,000 of a second, which is
7:00way too fast for anyone to consciously
7:02see. He said his subliminal advertising
7:05resulted in an increase of popcorn sales
7:08by 57%
7:10and Coke sales by 18%. The world lost
7:14its mind. Governments started banning
7:16subliminal ads. The CIA wrote an
7:19internal report about it. This fear of
7:22subliminal control was headline news all
7:24over, and Vicary became the origin story
7:28of subliminals as a concept. He's the
7:31reason why the word subliminal is part
7:33of our mainstream vocabulary. But,
7:34here's the plot twist. A few years
7:36later, Vicary admitted the whole story
7:39was made up to promote his failing
7:41marketing firm. It was a lie, but by
7:44then it didn't even matter. The idea had
7:46already taken place and this man's fake
7:48news actually inspired decades of real
7:51scientific research into how subliminal
7:53perception actually [music] works
7:55because that hypothesis had already
7:58existed way before this fake news story.
8:01But this origin basically influenced how
8:03we see subliminals today. MK Ultra when
8:07governments got involved. Very quickly,
8:09I want to touch on government programs
8:11because around the same time in 1953,
8:14the CIA had launched MK Ultra which was
8:16a top secret research program exploring
8:19methods of mind control. Experiments
8:21involving psychedelics administered to
8:23people without their knowledge or
8:24consent, hypnosis, sensory deprivation,
8:27electroshock therapy, and most of all,
8:29subliminal messaging techniques. The
8:32program ran for roughly two decades
8:33before it was exposed in the 70s in
8:36Congress, but much of the documentation
8:38had already been destroyed by then.
8:39[music]
8:40However, there are some documents that
8:42survived in declassified files that we
8:44can still find today on the CIA website.
8:47Now, I'm not getting to conspiracy
8:49territory because these experiments
8:50actually really did happen for decades,
8:53which tells us two things. One, the
8:56subconscious mind is so powerful that a
8:58secret government program was built
9:00around studying the manipulation of it.
9:02And second, the tools of subconscious
9:05influence can either be used ethically
9:07or unethically, which matters a lot
9:09because this means your awareness of how
9:11they work is absolutely for your own
9:14protection. Since then, subliminal
9:16messaging has shown up everywhere in
9:18advertising and political campaigns,
9:20even in children's media. Music videos
9:22too are in itself a very powerful
9:24subliminal tool combining both visuals
9:27and audio that invokes strong emotional
9:30resonance from the viewer. There was a
9:32Judas Priest trial in the 90s where the
9:34band was accused of embedding the phrase
9:36do it in one of their songs. Eventually,
9:39the case was dismissed because they
9:41couldn't prove anything, and this is a
9:43whole rabbit hole going all the way back
9:45to the Beatles. And think about which
9:47era the Beatles comes from. If you have
9:49the time, look up the track "Revolution
9:519" by the Beatles and listen for
9:52yourself. They might be one of the first
9:55instances of subliminal loops existing
9:57in modern-day pop music. When I was in
10:00school, my professor, who was an
10:02illustrator, had a lot of these stories.
10:04One of them he admitted that a part of
10:06his job at a very famous superhero comic
10:08book brand, which I won't name, was to
10:10insert specific types of subliminal
10:13imagery in his art. And then he just
10:15started kind of doing it for fun, like,
10:17"Haha, let's draw a private part here,
10:19and nobody will ever know." But
10:20technically speaking, although the FCC
10:23discourages subliminal advertising, they
10:24never actually banned [music] it. Since
10:27then, modern science has taken a more
10:28nuanced look at it, and what researchers
10:30have found is way more interesting than
10:32the binary question of do subliminals
10:35work or not? What does the science
10:37actually say? I'm going to give you the
10:39real science behind subliminals because
10:41a lot of the content you see online is
10:42either this will change your entire face
10:44structure overnight or it's
10:46pseudoscience garbage. So, let's look at
10:49these studies and see what's for real. I
10:51found a 2007 study done where students
10:54were subliminally exposed to words
10:56related to intelligence right before a
10:58practice exam, and they actually
10:59performed better in the real midterm
11:02about 4 days later. Researchers at Yale
11:05also found that older individuals who
11:06were subliminally exposed to positive
11:08stereotypes about aging showed
11:10measurably improved physical functioning
11:12that lasts for several weeks. There were
11:14also brain imaging studies from 2010
11:17through 2015 that have also shown that
11:18subliminal stimuli produce measurable
11:21changes in the amygdala, which processes
11:23your emotions, the insula, involved in
11:25conscious awareness, the hippocampus,
11:28which handles memory, and the visual
11:30cortex. Your brain literally responds to
11:33information that you didn't consciously
11:35know you received. The fourth study that
11:37I'm referencing is led by Professor
11:39Nilli Lavie at University College of
11:41London, which demonstrated that people
11:43can process emotional information from
11:45subliminal images. That research itself
11:48showed that negative subliminal messages
11:50were actually processed more effectively
11:53than positive ones, which by the way is
11:56very important for how you choose your
11:58subliminals, which we'll get to very
12:00shortly. Here's the nuance though, a
12:02study by Karamans and colleagues found
12:04that subliminal brand priming only
12:06influenced people's choices when they
12:08were already motivated in that
12:09direction. So, subliminal exposure to
12:12Lipton iced tea only made thirsty people
12:15even more likely to choose that brand,
12:17but it actually had no effect on people
12:19who weren't even thirsty. This is what
12:22most subliminal creators online ignore.
12:24Subliminals appear to amplify existing
12:27motivation and prime existing neural
12:30networks. They don't actually appear to
12:32override someone else's free will or
12:35create desire from nothing. They work
12:37with what's already inside of you and
12:39not against it. And that, my angels, is
12:42actually the key to using them
12:44correctly. So, how do we listen to
12:46subliminals the correct way? I call this
12:48the align method because subliminals
12:50aren't magic, but it isn't nonsense
12:52either. It is a tool, and just like any
12:55other tool, you use it to build what you
12:57want. A, audit your affirmations. Before
13:01you press play on any subliminal, you
13:03need to know exactly what affirmations
13:06were embedded in that [music] audio. And
13:07I cannot stress this enough. Most people
13:09download subliminals from random YouTube
13:11videos or SoundCloud accounts, and they
13:13have no idea what messages they're
13:15actually absorbing into their
13:17subconscious. Would you take a pill
13:19without knowing what's in it? So, look
13:21for creators who list their
13:23affirmations. Make sure it's someone
13:24that you trust, and pay attention to the
13:26construction of those affirmations. This
13:29matters a lot more than you think. For
13:31example, an effective subliminal
13:34affirmation should be [music] in present
13:36tense. I am confident, not I will be
13:39confident. Your subconscious does not
13:42understand future tense the same way. It
13:45will more likely think I will be as in I
13:48am not yet. And make sure that it is
13:49positively framed as well, like I am
13:52calm and centered, not I am not anxious.
13:55Again, that's another thing that your
13:56subconscious mind struggles to
13:58understand. It can't really progress
14:00negation. So, when you're saying not
14:03anxious, the image that your brain
14:05creates is still anxious. So, make sure
14:08it resonates with you emotionally as
14:10well because generic affirmations will
14:13produce generic results. So, something
14:15specific like I radiate magnetic
14:18confidence and people are naturally
14:20drawn to my energy is so much better
14:23than I am confident. L, limit your
14:26focus. Another big mistake I see is
14:29people are running six different
14:31subliminal playlists at the same time
14:32and then they're wondering why nothing
14:34works. Just because your subconscious
14:36mind can process a lot doesn't mean the
14:38messages can't get muddy if you play a
14:40bunch of them together. So, think about
14:42it like this. If you went to the gym and
14:43you tried to fit every single machine
14:45into one workout at once, you wouldn't
14:47get stronger. You would just be tired
14:49and worn out with no targeted progress.
14:52Your mind is the same way. So, pick a
14:54couple of areas to start with, max, and
14:56run those subliminals consistently at
14:58least a few weeks before you add
15:01anything else. Your subconscious needs
15:03focus, repeated input to form new neural
15:05pathways. So, unfocused input will
15:07create unfocused results. I, integrate
15:11consciously. This may be the reason why
15:14subliminals don't work for most
15:15listeners because subliminals are not a
15:17replacement for conscious inner work. It
15:20It a supplement. Basically, it's like a
15:21booster, if you will. Like, if you're
15:23listening to a subconscious subliminal
15:25that says, "I am worthy of love," but
15:27you spend the rest of your day in a
15:28thought loop of nobody will ever love
15:29me, you're creating a war inside your
15:32nervous system. The subliminal is saying
15:34one thing, your conscious mind saying
15:35another, and your subconscious will
15:38always prioritize the louder and more
15:40emotionally charged input, which is
15:42usually the negative thing. Which is why
15:44we have to carefully manage our
15:47emotions, or else they will spill
15:49everywhere and create messes that nobody
15:51wants. So, here's how integration can
15:53look like in practice. When you're
15:55listening to a subliminal in the
15:56morning, spend 3 minutes afterwards in
15:58silence. Place your hand on your chest
16:01and consciously repeat the same
16:02affirmations from the subliminal to
16:04yourself and really feel it. Let your
16:06body respond to it and notice where any
16:09resistance comes up and breathe into it
16:12instead of pushing it away. During the
16:14day, try and catch yourself when your
16:17thoughts contradict your subliminal
16:18work. You don't have to force being
16:20positive. Just notice, like, "Oh, I'm
16:22telling myself that again. I've been
16:24trying to rewire that thought." Try and
16:26build more awareness without judgment.
16:29So, your subliminal is the seed, your
16:31conscious awareness is like the water.
16:33So, without both, nothing grows. G,
16:35guard your state. When you listen
16:38matters almost as much as what you
16:40listen to. The reason why subliminal
16:42creators recommend listening during
16:43sleep or right before bedtime is because
16:46your brain transitions through specific
16:49states of consciousness. During the day,
16:51you're primarily in beta state. You're
16:53alert, analytical, you may be critical,
16:55and this is when your conscious filter
16:57is the strongest. So, your subconscious
16:59is way harder to access during the day,
17:02but as you relax towards sleep, your
17:04brain moves into alpha and then theta
17:07states. And these are the states where
17:08your subconscious is the most receptive.
17:10Your critical filter relaxes, new
17:12information can be absorbed with less
17:14resistance. So, the optimal listening
17:17windows are right when you wake up,
17:19before you check your phone, before your
17:21conscious mind fully activates in the
17:23morning, and you're still in that
17:24liminal mental state, and also right
17:26before you fall asleep. Lastly, during
17:29meditation or deep relaxation. So, any
17:32kind of practice that shifts you out of
17:34analytical beta state and into a more
17:37receptive brainwave pattern. You want to
17:39avoid listening to subliminals while
17:41you're stressed, anxious, feeling
17:43obsessed or worried, scrolling social
17:45media, or when you're in an reactive
17:47emotional state. When your nervous
17:49system is activated, your subconscious
17:51mind is actively trying to protect you.
17:53So, it's not in reception mode right
17:54now. If anything, you want to take care
17:57of your stressful emotional state first
17:59before listening to subliminals. Lastly,
18:02and neutralize resistance. If you start
18:05listening to subliminals and you notice
18:07increased anxiety, vivid dreams,
18:09emotional purging, you get irritated, or
18:12old memories start resurfacing, don't
18:14panic and don't stop because what you're
18:16experiencing is what I call a
18:18subconscious detox. When new programming
18:20meets old programming, sometimes there's
18:22friction. [music] Your subconscious has
18:24been running the same story in your head
18:26for years, maybe even decades. Things
18:29like, "I'm not enough. I'm not worthy. I
18:31can't have what I want." So, when a
18:32subliminal starts introducing the
18:34opposite, your subconscious mind might
18:36actually try and resist it or, you know,
18:39it might even try and test you. This is
18:41actually a sign that your subliminals
18:43are working discomfort is your old
18:46identity trying to maintain itself. The
18:48way through this is not to double down
18:50at even more subliminals or listen even
18:53harder, force yourself to be positive,
18:55but let the emotions move through you,
18:57journal it, channel it out, cry if you
18:59have to. And you need to release that
19:01emotion. Take walks, talk to someone you
19:03trust, talk to your therapist about it,
19:05and let your nervous system process
19:07what's being reorganized. I went through
19:10all of this myself when I first started
19:12using subliminals consistently about 2
19:14weeks in, I started to hit a wall and I
19:16felt more emotional than I have been in
19:19months. So, old insecurities that I
19:21thought I dealt with came right back to
19:23the surface and I remember just sitting
19:24in my bathroom floor at midnight
19:25thinking, "Oh my god, why am I getting
19:27worse?" But, I didn't give up and I just
19:30kept going. About a week after that, I
19:32forgot any of that even happened because
19:34I got through it. My thoughts are
19:36softer, I was much calmer, so it helps a
19:39lot to notice when you start to see that
19:41change as you let go of your old
19:43narratives. And that's the thing about
19:45subliminals, the changes itself can be
19:47very subtle, but eventually it is a
19:49very, very powerful tool to change your
19:52entire trajectory. This is why I've been
19:55working on creating my own subliminal
19:57collection and sharing it with my
19:59members. My waitlist is going to be in
20:01the description box and I'm still
20:02working on it, but it will be done very
20:04soon because I want to make sure we do
20:06this right, that there's nothing
20:08negative hidden in the messaging, it's
20:10made correctly, it's effective, and then
20:12eventually, not just testing it on
20:14myself, but also people who want to be
20:17my test subjects. So, if you're
20:18interested in learning more about
20:19subliminals, I want to know because I'm
20:22thinking about doing a part two of this
20:23video that goes into specific types of
20:25subliminals, what different frequencies
20:27will do for you. And if you want to plan
20:29out your own practice beyond just
20:31listening to a YouTube video, I made my
20:33PDF guide for you and it's free to
20:35download, so check it out if you haven't
20:36already. And if you're interested in
20:38learning more, make sure you sub-
20:40scribed. Every video in my channel is
20:41designed to give you one more tool for
20:43the ideal life that you're building,
20:45whether that's physical, mental, or
20:46spiritual. And remember, angels, your
20:48growth isn't something that just happens
20:50to you randomly, you have to be the
20:52active operant power of your life every
20:55single day. And today, you showed up,
20:57you learned about a new tool which
20:59really counts, and if nobody else has
21:00told you this today, I love you, I
21:02believe in you, angel, and I will see
21:04you in the next video.
23:37>> Mhm.

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