More Thoughts on Subliminal Messages

This is a paid post in which I will try to be moderately entertaining while picking up a few bucks to pay for riding lessons and hay. Okay dokey?

It's hard to change your way of thinking, and from there, your life. I know. I try it about four times a week. I think it's easier to change my horse's way of thinking. To a point. (See previous post about Buddy being a "Take-Advantage-of-You-Kind-of-Horse, except I forgot to put in the hyphens before.)

There are punishments and rewards. My punishment for eating this brownie will be that I have to go buy fat pants. Or, appear in public in those terrible stretch riding pants that are in style and actually feel good to wear, but I really think you can see the outline of an aspirin through them if you swallow one. My reward for not eating this brownie is that I can eat it later.... Oh, wait a minute. I've somehow got that wrong.

There are other folks, such as those at Subliminal Power, who believe that subliminal messages through my PC might keep me from eating that brownie -- now or in the future.

Their software promises to help you in any area of your life that needs helping. They can make you witty when you weren't before. Make you choose healthier habits. Let go of your past. What's really scary is that the more I read their web site, the more tempted I am to buy their software. I mean, what if it really worked? And I had the chance and didn't take it? Either way, I can change my life. If the messaging works, I've changed my life. If it doesn't, I've changed my life by making myself $40 poorer.

Won't I look good in my riding pants after subliminal messages give me control over the things I don't seem to have the conscious power to control, such as my willingness to promote products on my blog or the willpower to resist that brownie?

I only wish that horses could read or that they would develop an image version. Imagine teaching your horse subliminally that "You don't want to eat that fence!" or "No jump refusals" or "Always take your lead change on the first request."  Even better, "Go outside to poop," "Don't dig up the grass by the roots or you'll ruin the pasture," or "Mailboxes are not scary."

My horses can't speak, but I read them very, very well. That tragic face at the fence means dinner is late. The slight loss of impulsion, or veering, before the jump means that We Have An Issue. And not eating means Call the vet!

Comments

[Angry]

Well if I owned that website I'd have it so loaded with subliminal messages that every visitor would have an unexplanable compulsion to buy 1 of every product I offered.

[subliminal]

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[Anne]

Subliminal messages making every visitor buy! You crack me up!

But it's a brilliant idea....

[Liza's Eyeview]

I'm a psychology major and "subliminal" theories have always interest me. Thanks for the post. I'll check on it further :)