Within the context of social strategy, subliminal persuasion is covertly happening to us all of the time as a result of the people we spend time with and the environments we are exposed to. It is extremely important for you to understand how your environment is related to subliminal persuasion because the power of persuasion begins with you.

This means that if you let incompetent people into life, you will suffer as a result of your decision to expose yourself to their incompetence. In the ancient Taoist literature, this concept of subliminal persuasion is referred to as “Infection”.

This concept of “infection”, as far as unwanted subliminal persuasion is concerned, involves other people infecting you with their neediness or their faulty belief systems. Everyone is aware of the fact that a person is known by the company whom they keep. If you walk with wise people, then you will also be wise. But, if you are being infected with the problems and difficulties of others, then you are unlikely to achieve your maximum potential.

So, the topic of “selection” must also be addressed here. You must carefully select those whom you let into your life and who you decide to socialize with. This is crucial if you want to maximize your personal power because you cannot fully be yourself if you are entangled with the wrong people.

Bad relationships, whether they be romantic or not, can destroy your dreams, undermine your self-confidence, and paralyze your ambitions. So, personal power first involves ridding yourself from the attachment of incompetent men and women. Then, after you have cleared yourself from their numerous infections, you can begin to build up yourself.

As you continue to build your personal power, opportunities will begin to open up for you that would never have been possible had you not taken the effort to rid yourself from infectious people. However, there will be one problem that you will often encounter as you cleanse yourself from the infections of others: The Void.

You must understand that when you get rid of the infectious people in your life, that there may be a period of time when you are all alone. This lonely state is referred to as The Void. It’s like breaking up with a person who was doing more harm in your life than they were good, and after you break up with them, there will be a period of time that needs to take place before you meet someone who is a better fit for you. You must not allow The Void to prevent you from getting rid of these infectious individuals, and you must not allow The Void to cause you to go back to these people either.

The key principle to keep in mind about the void is that you won’t be in The Void forever. But this void, this painful state of loneliness and uncertainty, is necessary for you to find profitable alliances and the certainty that is key for the power of persuasion to take place. Another point that needs to be made is that many people who study the power of persuasion are always interested in what they can gain and add to themselves, but they seldom consider how important it is for them to accept loss and to take away things from their lives that are doing more harm than good.

Mind control hypnosis is a covert form of persuasion that begins with self, and in order for you to be able to master self, you must suffer the loss of those who interfere with the personal power lying beneath your identity. So, subliminal persuasion can work against you in a multitude of destructive ways if you are not careful–and one of the most common ways subliminal persuasion will work against you is through the vehicle of “infection”.