In the oxford dictionary inception is defined as the beginning of something, such as an undertaking; an initiation. Others define inception as a date on which something was introduced or started. Basically an inception is a start of something from its origin. How can inception be related to the human beings, and how can it be related to their thoughts and ideas. Inception is an idea implanted in someone’s head that can probably change his perception towards something and thus their lives.
Inception is so strong and it spreads like a virus, but yet it starts with a small and simple idea. Inception is simply your subconscious and how it reacts or believes certain things. Inception can come from a song or a word or even a movie or a book that will change the way we see things subconsciously without us knowing we are affected. The article will be divided into two parts, first is how can people possible create inception the second we will discuss how media can change lives, and implant ideas in people subconscious, does media know its doing this, is it agenda setting do they mean to implant inception?
Let me introduce something I would like to call the inceptive method which is the science of planting images and ideas into a subject's brain. The inceptive method consists of three parts, “The inceptor”, “The Inception” and “The Inceptee” Those three parts go through a channel that is called a subliminal channel.
The inceptor or the initiator is the one that embed the idea; the inception is the process of embedding the idea, while the Inceptee is the receiver of the idea. The subliminal channel is the subconscious mind, which subconsciously process the idea that eventually becomes its reality.
Inception is so deep, u have to get deep into someone subconscious and plant the simplest idea, the key hear is to choose a scenario that suits the Inceptee and relate to their experience and manipulate their realities. Its not easy to plant ideas cause the subconscious mind will subconsciously activate its defense mechanism and fight the inceptor and that is how we protect our minds. At a point of your life u are somehow trained to protect your self from invaders whether physically, or mentally. Inception is like invasions of the mind, thus we protect our mind by referring to past experience and knowledge about a certain topic.
If your thoughts are stable enough you won't be scared of being incepted but you will never know that you are, u just know that u are subconsciously facing a different experience that that was not installed in your mind, thus it doesn’t exist in your frame of reference. Inception plants a simple idea, yet you help the inceptor of knowing what simple idea will affect you, than you become possessed by that idea, thinking about absolutely nothing but the idea you helped embedding in your mind.
How can one person create inception? Close your eyes and imagine with me your darkest place, a place you fear the most, a place you feel unsafe in. Open your eyes now, probably no one saw this dark place but you, but are you sure of that? What if someone was in your head? What if someone was standing by you when you were closing your eyes, and monitored your frightened facial expressions? If you closed your eyes and imagined the whole experience and the idea of someone watching you crossed your mind, than my friend you have been invaded. This is a simple idea of inception, inception is much deeper than that, if I would create an inception in your head, I have to go deep into your fears and inner thoughts and study them very well so I can know what will affect you.
Let’s search together for someone in our lives that we blindly trust and that is a credible source of information to us, yet he is so close to our mind and heart. Will you believe anything that person tells you? The answer varies, it depends on the depth of your subconscious mind and the way you see things. Your subconscious mind might believe the idea he was talking about, but you will need your consciousness for inception to generate. How is that possible? Inception is created when the idea is implanted in your subconscious mind, that when you wake up it becomes your reality, your consciousness to live with this reality and to act upon it.
In the movie Inception the idea is incepted in a dream, which is the subconscious mind, therefore when you wake up you will think but nothing but the idea incepted. Can this be inverted? Well sometimes thinking too much of something make u dream of it and then the process happens starting from your real life ending in your dreams, to some people dream is reality. Meaning that they think too much of something, maybe something they fear, but they wont act upon it or believe it, but dreaming it makes it real for them. The dreams sometimes make the idea realistic for the people. For example you were thinking about death, probably due to something you heard or saw, you keep thinking of that idea so deeply, accordingly you start dreaming of death. Now death is your reality you’re possessed by the idea of dying, that every time you cross the streets you feel that your life will end. The question is where did the idea of death come from? Did it come from a person you talked to, a close person that passed away or maybe a movie, or even a book? That is where the next idea takes place, inception in media!
Media inception is so typical and it possibly happen everyday even every second, but how and who is responsible for that inception. During my studies in media I was introduced to a term which is subliminal messages. Subliminal messages are hidden messages inserted in the media that are not supposed to be seen. Subliminal messaging therefore refers to the act of sending messages directly to the subconscious mind. Taking a deeper look, subliminal messages is implemented in the media by the media or the government to deliver a certain message or even sell a certain product to the subconscious mind of their audience. Therefore the audience is subliminally brainwashed. That is exactly what happens in inception; and idea takes place, it has to refer to the Inceptee (audience in the media scenario), using a subliminal channel (TV, Book, Song, Advertising), and voila you have been incepted without your knowledge!
The question is does the government or the media know that they are actually using the Inceptive method, well sadly they do. How will they control people without following the inceptive method, how will they shape society, demolish identities and destruct cultures? This is their only way to do so, and sadly people are victims of this manipulative process. Let me introduce another theory which is the Agenda setting theory. The agenda-setting theory is the theory that the mass-news media have a large influence on audiences by their choice of what stories to consider newsworthy and how much prominence and space to give them. As mentioned you have a big hand in causing inception by giving your inceptors clues to your personality and thoughts, by deciding what and what not to do. It’s the same in media, according to the agenda setting theory. You let the media tell you what to watch; you set your agenda respectively. Yet you still don’t know you are being possessed and sometimes owned.
Concluding, inception doesn’t have to be evil, the idea itself might be something for the good of the society, or even for your own good. You just have to be careful of who knows the keys to your personality and mind, and why and how will they use them.
By the way, the movie was great; it was one of the best movies I have ever seen! Great job Nolan, wonderful choice De Caprio.
Goodbye world, till next time
