Signs, Matters, and Subliminal Perception
Janpha Thadphoothon
In semiotics, a sign is defined as “anything that communicates a meaning that is not the sign itself to the interpreter of the sign.” In other words, it is anything representing something else, meaningful for an individual based on his or her capacity. That’s what semiotics says. In my opinion, it is a rather broad, if not a crude definition. In psychology, they have been talking about stimuli – anything that stimulates one’s perception organs. Physicists probably call it a matter. But there are tiny matters and observable ones.
A stimulus can be a picture, sound, or touch, or taste. It can even be one’s mental image or perception.
Semioticians have not delved deeply into human physiology or how one’s body works like psychologists do. They are more interested in language or symbols.
In psychology, they even talk about the so-called ‘subliminal perception’. This refers to the moment an organism perceives an oncoming entity or matter. In Buddhism, this phenomenon is called ‘contact’ or Passa (in Pali). There are many contacts that are so feeble or subtle that one’s mind (perception capability) cannot register as being in contact. But once, it is perceived, it is often not an end in itself. That registered sensory or mental perception or entity would function as a sign, which can trigger other behavioral responses.
Masters of meditation prefer to remain silent and be fully aware of our responses to our own signs, manufacturing within.
Subliminal therapy started back in the early 1900s. One of the first methods of subliminal suggestion used was called whisper therapy, in which a patient has whispered suggestions in hopes of subconsciously induce him/her for behavior improvement.
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