The practice called "hypnotism", which employs methods called
"hypnotic", can result in a condition called "hypnosis".
What it represents is a direct, two-way communicative link between the mind
we are aware of (our conscious mind) and the mind we are not ordinarily aware
of (our subconscious mind). It is in our unconscious minds that we store
(subconsciously, of course) all the decision tables, information, and beliefs that
provide data for the behavior-governing programs we call "habits",
"values", and "convictions" (or prejudices).
"New and different" ideas that are ushered in by hypnosis usually do so
during a trance state, which can be brief and light or extended and deep, but which
does not need to have been deliberately induced. Trance states can be
induced by accident, effectively circumventing the critical editing and censoring
functions of the conscious mind. Shock, bewilderment, anxious preoccupation,
or intense interest can cause the conscious mind to relax its vigilance almost to
the point of abdication. So can creative wonderment or open-minded intellectual
curiosity. So can trust, naivete, monotony, melody, rhythm, or fatique.
So can fear, shame, awe, cupidity, and greed. By now you may realize that
hypnosis is as natural as rainfall and that people who practice trance-inducing
tactics in their efforts to make sales, win arguments, get elected, gain control of
a growing following, or gain ascendancy over anyone - in brief, who practice
"one-upsmanship" - are actually practicing hypnosis - usually, perhaps,
without knowing it, or perhaps believing it to be justified.
Hypnosis does not directly affect your physiology. Therefore, you do not
necessarily feel "different". Its effects, brought about by
helping you to construct new chains of associated suggestions or to modify existing
ones, occur "within" your mind. (When a qualified hypnotherapist
is helping to perform this kind of task for a troubled patient, one theory is that
he or she does so in "junior" partnership with the patient's
subconscious mind. That wise and childlike counselor remains the
"senior" partner throughout the whole transaction.)
Following any hypnotic session, including the ones provided by this program, you
will still feel, see, smell, taste, and hear the same; you will have had complete
control of your feelings at all times. You will be convinced that nothing
about you has been changed. But after a successful session, your outlook
will have changed, and with it your assessments of circumstances past, present,
and future.
If the goal of your session has been to lose weight or to stop smoking, for example,
you will feel the same cravings as before. But your attitude toward them
will have changed. It won't seem so important to satisfy them, especially
automatically, thoughtlessly. You'll notice them and compare their
values against the values of a lithe, slim, poison-free, perfectly functioning body,
and dismiss them.
In time, when left unsatisfied, pangs and cravings go away. They atrophy and
dwindle down to nothing, just as unused senses, minds, and muscles do.
Misled by plays and movies that show people acting like zombies under the influence
of a maniacal "hypnotist", many people shy at the thought of "going
under" and not being "awakened". Hypnotised subjects are not
asleep, although just like anyone else, they can fall asleep. And just like
anyone else, they will wake up quite naturally, feeling refreshed. A person
who is hypnotized and left without a hypnotist to tell him to "awaken" will
do so on his or her own, immediately - or will take a short nap, a real one, and
then "wake up".
The hypnotic state seems to be on the border of sleep and wakefulness. A
hypnotic subject is always aware of his or her environment, although not consciously
attending to it. Thus hypnosis is not unconsciousness or sleep, but rather
a relaxed sense of highly focused attention on a singular "train" of
thought, or chain of associated suggestions.
"MyHypnotist" achieves trance induction and hypnosis by
strobing at the specific frequency required for trance. This strobing coupled
with simple harmonic motion, special color, and special sound effects enables and
encourages you to enter a trance state from several modalities, thus to ensure a
deeper, more relaxed and focused trance.
Music has a tendency to shift the mood of any listener. Certain frequencies
and rhythms are also calming and hypnotic. Its purpose is to relax and
prepare you for hypnotic induction.
Subsequent to trance induction, hypnosis is produced by pacing, then leading the
subject. If you are willing, ready, and attentive, you will be hypnotized by
MyHypnotist - all under your own control and supervision.
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