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What is Hypnosis Anyway? - Part II of
III
We
are amazing learning machines and we learn behaviours and
habits and then our unconscious mind automates them and does
them on auto pilot so that we do not have to think about doing
them.
Your unconscious mind has within it all your
long-term memory. Just about every blade of grass that you
have seen in your entire lifetime is stored away in your
long-term memory that serves as an amazing storage centre.
These memories affect us in varying ways, some more than
others. Sometimes our ability to remember them is not as fluid
as we need, as it is often not necessary to have all our
memory in the forefront of our minds. For example, right now
you are unlikely to be thinking about everything that happened
to you on your last birthday, however, me just mentioning it,
you can dig into your unconscious, long-term memory and
remember.
Another example is if you have ever seen a
live stand up comedy show. You watch the comedian and laugh
(or not as the case may be!) heartily as you listen to lots
and lots of jokes. Then when you leave the venue, you can
remember none of them, or one or two at best! Then, a week
later, a friend that you were with can say to you "do you
remember such and such a joke from last weeks comedian" and
you think "oh yeeeaaah!" as you bring that information out
from your long-term memory. You know that you know the joke,
it was just not at the forefront of your conscious mind, it
was tucked away in the deeper unconscious.
Your
unconscious mind knows more about you than you consciously
think you know. Sound confusing? Well, just think, you are
currently breathing, your heart is beating (I do hope!) you
are digesting, your body is regulating its body temperature,
it is doing a range of wonderful things without you having to
consciously think about it. You are not sitting around
thinking "I really must remember to breathe". We are not
machines, there is an intelligence within us that knows how to
do these things, and it is that intelligence that we tap into
with hypnosis.
Your unconscious mind is where you get
your gut feelings, your instincts and intuition that
communicates with you sporadically from time to time. Like
when sometimes, someone can be saying all the right words to
you, but you get a different feeling about them.
Your
unconscious mind is a bit like a computer. Throughout your
entire lifetime it has been programmed with all your
experiences, relationships, interpretations of the world,
influences and all this has culminated in your computer
functioning with that programming. Hypnosis is simply a way of
accessing that computer and updating that programming so that
it becomes instinctive and intuitive for you to make the
changes that please you.
Your unconscious mind is the
seat of your emotions and where your behaviours exist and it
is the part of you that we work with in hypnosis. Hypnosis is
a way of us stepping over your conscious mind and accessing
the unconscious mind to make powerful and profound changes.
Now, I am sure that you have experienced natural
trance states many times before, in fact I know it. For
example, when you have been driving in a car and thought to
yourself "ooh, how did I get here?" or when you have been
reading a book and you've turned the page and thought "I have
no idea what I have just read, I am going to have to read it
all again". I can remember being at school watching my history
teacher teach me, yet my mind was a million miles away wishing
I was doing something else. All common experiences, daydream
like states that we all experience, many times a day. The only
difference between these naturally occurring states and those
that we use in therapeutic hypnosis, is that with the
hypnosis, you intend to enter the state, you are in control of
it and it is just like a slightly amplified, deeper version of
the state. That is it. Sometimes it is simply like sitting in
a chair with your eyes closed, not the magical mystical or
unusual experience that some people are led to believe it is.
Part
III in the next issue
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What Is Spirituality?
What is this illusive thing that people go
looking for called Spirituality?
Spirit is 1/3 of
the individualized entity; the body or ego that we know
ourselves as being alive. By our very nature we are already
spiritual and everything that we do is spiritual; we do not
have to go looking for it.
Many people spend a
lifetime looking for spirituality and they never find it; you
cannot find what is not lost or already is. What they are
really looking for is spiritual awareness, an awareness of
that which gives us life and mobility; an awareness of
self.
Many people confuse religion for
spirituality, but religion is man’s attempt to explain
spirituality and is a part of being spiritual as all things
are. You will hear people say, "This or that person is very
spiritual" but that is not really accurate. There are people
who are more spiritually aware than others. But you are also
spiritual, so there is no need to feel left out or less
spiritual. Your spirituality can be developed consciously as
awareness, but your spirit is already complete as
is.
You will not find your spirituality in Tibet
or high on the mountain or in the hut of some spiritual guru.
There is no place to look for it, because you are already
there. The awareness of spirituality comes with the desire to
be spiritually aware. Once you have decided that it is what
you want, the opportunities will come to you automatically.
The people who will best serve you will be drawn to you, and
you will begin to notice them. You will begin to notice subtle
changes in your environment and your life’s
circumstances.
You more than likely will begin to
move away from your current friends and even relationships as
they no longer serve your purpose. As cold as that may seem,
it is because you have begun to learn a new language and they
can no longer understand or relate to you. Many will try and
discourage you because they don’t want to be left behind. As
you begin to develop this other part of self, you will start
to notice things around you that eluded you before. Your
senses will become more acute, you will begin to care more
about your body and your health. You will understand and have
great empathy for how your ego struggles to survive in what
sometimes seems to be a harsh world. You will also draw like
minded people to you, to replace the ones left behind who are
there to support you in your creations.
Your
newly developed spirituality will open doors you never knew
existed. It will be as though you have discovered a whole new
set of tools you never knew you had. Your life will have new
meaning and you will no longer feel like a victim, but as a
creator of your own circumstances and destiny. You will begin
to see your intimate connection to all others and all things.
Your newly found awareness does not excuse you from your
physical journey but it does give it new meaning. You will
never be the same, nor will you want to go
back.
You will not only use your five senses more
completely but you will begin to discover or maybe even
develop your other psychic senses. Can you image adding on
five or more senses to the ones you are already aware of and
using? The possibilities for new experiences are infinite as
you now begin to see yourself differently. You will also
develop the ability to remove yourself from your body and view
yourself from a distance as the silent observer of your own
life; silent, patient and empathetic – your very own spiritual
guide. You will begin to truly understand, appreciate and
embrace the term "outside the box" because that is where your
attention and experience will be.
I can’t image a
greater sense of security in knowing that you can never be
judged spiritually, never be punished and that you have
absolute unconditional freedom to do anything you can imagine
and that it is your only purpose. Judgment and punishment are
physical attributes of this life that you will not experience
in the afterlife. Unconditional love and freedom is what you
are spiritually and it has no limitations. The essence of who
you are individually will always be, and cannot be destroyed.
It is also the nature of all things to move to a higher state
of being; to improve one’s experience.
Your new
spiritual awareness begins when you decide it does, and
because you are reading this now; it has already started.
Remember also that spiritual awareness is not an end unto
itself; it is the trip that brings the greatest rewards and
pleasures.
All thoughts are valid in the
spiritual world, read as much as you can from many different
writers and authors. Never allow yourself to be boxed in by
someone else’s thoughts or even your own. As you reach out you
will begin to formulate a thought process that is uniquely
yours and changes.
Article written
by Roy E.
Klienwachter
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Interesting Stuff
Study conducted
by Dr. Whorwell, University Hospital of South Manchester, in
the United Kingdom.
Fifty
patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome were asked to
fill out questionnaires about their symptoms. Half of the
patients were hypnotized and half were not. After a few months
new questionnaires determined that the patients who had been
hypnotized had less abdominal pain, less bloating, less
nausea, less gas pain, and fewer backaches. Additionally, the
hypnotized patients said they felt more in control of their
lives and did not call in sick as often as they did before
having the hypnosis. Also, they did not need to visit their
doctors as often as they did before the hypnosis. The patients
in the study who did not receive hypnosis did not show these
improvements. This study proves that hypnosis not only
relieves symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, but also
improves quality of life for those
patients.
Fertility
Prof. Levitas, of Soroka Hospital
in Israel, studied a group of women having in-vitro
fertilization (IVF). In the group selected for hypnosis, right
before the embryos were being transferred into the woman's
uterus, she was hypnotized to relax during the implantation
procedure. In this study twice as many women in the group who
were hypnotized actually became pregnant. In the group where
the women were told to relax but were not hypnotized, half as
many became pregnant
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**Words of
Wisdom**
"The power of
imagination makes us
infinite."
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" A ship
is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are
for."
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"I trust that everything happens
for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see
it ."
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Not So Serious
Stuff
I think men who have pierced ears are
better prepared for marriage. They have experience pain
and bought
jewelry.
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Sam: Would you punish me for some thing i
didn't do?
Teacher: no, of course
not.
Sam: good, because i didn't do my
homework
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