Hypnotism – Mystery Of The Mind
The cliché of the hypnotist when I was growing up was of a guy with either a Vandyke beard or a pencil thin moustache. He also wore a black cape and perhaps a top hat. I pictured hypnotists along the lines of the Mandrake the Magician character from the comic strip.
The hypnotist would hold a gold pocket watch attached to a chain. Next he would then proceed to swing the watch slowly back and forth in front of the person. He would say, “Just focus on the watch, back and forth, back and forth. You are now getting very sleepy, verrry sleepy. Your eyelids are getting very heavy.” And so on until the subject would go into a trance-like state. The hypnotist would then give hypnotic suggestions to the person being hypnotized. Stage hypnotists would then entertain paying customers by having the hypnotized person quack like a duck or cluck like a chicken.
Other stage hypnotists have opted to astound their audience by having a person in a hypnotized trance-like state keep their arms in a rigid state. All efforts to make the arms go down through various means would fail. Or perhaps the hypnotist would give a person, who is not fluent in the French language, a post hypnotic suggestion to recite French poetry upon hearing a word cue.
As a result, the stage hypnotists, with their flair for theatrics and entertaining an audience, have planted in the minds of many, the rejection of hypnotism as a science of the mind.
Franz And James
The word hypnosis comes from the ancient Greek word hypnos, meaning sleep. Sometimes the word mesmerize, is used as an alternative word to the word hypnotize. This comes from an early practitioner of the forerunner of modern hypnotism, Franz Mesmer. He was a physician of the late 1700’s, early 1800’s. He practiced in Vienna, then Paris, then Switzerland.
Mesmer used different types of hypnotic techniques to place the patient in a trance. He claimed the existence of a natural energy transference called animal magnetism or mesmerism. He postulated that the transference of this animal magnetism from doctor to patient resulted in the cure that came about in the patient. A royal commission ordered by King Louis XVI, which included Benjamin Franklin, concluded that the cures were real. However, the commission found that the results of the cures were brought about from the mind of the patient. The commission refuted the notion of any animal magnetism transferred from the doctor to patient.
James Braid was a respected Scottish surgeon and scientist of the early to mid 1800’s. He has been referred to as the “Father of Modern Hypnotism”. Braid became interested in those who were practicing Mesmerism because of reports of healings. He attended some public demonstrations of Mesmerism and was further intrigued. The surgeon and scientist subsequently took it upon himself to conduct numerous experiments.
He ultimately came to the conclusion that the changes in condition of the patient were not brought about by any animal magnetism transfer between doctor and patient. His scientific experimentation led him to the conclusion that all changes in the hypnotized patient originated from the mind of the patient. The doctor, or hypnotist, was only responsible for helping the patient get to the required trance like state of consciousness.
Move Him Out Of The Way
Studies have shown that suggesting to a hypnosis subject under deep hypnosis that he feels no pain can actually bring about that status. There was a famous experiment involving a willing subject/patient. A minor surgical procedure was done on the patient without any anesthesia being used. All through the procedure, the hypnotized patient showed no signs of feeling any pain. Likewise, hypnosis has been scientifically proven to be of therapeutic value today in treating a number of different infirmities and conditions.
A skilled hypnotherapist is able to guide you to a deep, relaxing sleep. Your Conscious Mind is then moved out of the way. Utilizing verbal suggestions from the therapist, you then make contact with your Subconscious Mind. Without the interference of the Conscious Mind, the hypnotic suggestions are accepted as truth by your Subconscious Mind. Once this happens, the Subconscious Mind immediately goes to work on your behalf to make literal truth out of such suggestions. Your Subconscious Mind does not care in the least about the nature of the suggestion. If your Conscious Mind is not there to object, the Subconscious Mind accepts the suggestion as truth and proceeds to make it real.
First Convince, Then Experience
In order to bring forth your desired manifestation, you must get through the portal. The portal is that transition from your Conscious Mind to your Subconscious Mind. You must convince your Subconscious Mind that you are now experiencing your chosen desire. Once you convince, you will experience. Once your Subconscious Mind is convinced you have something, then through one means or another, you will subsequently have it in reality.
One proven way to get through the portal is via SATS. SATS is short for state akin to sleep. It is that netherworld when you are deeply drowsy but still conscious. It is that very relaxing time just before a nap or drifting off to sleep at night. You are relaxed to the max. Consciousness is about to tuck you in before you fall sleep. However, you are still conscious enough to use your Conscious Mind to create a vision. You are treading that fine line betwixt and between awake and asleep.
Waste Not, Want Not
Discipline yourself to start using this state akin to sleep to conjure up a desired reality for yourself. As you are floating in that netherworld, see, hear, feel, know your desire as real. When you are very tired and in that state, your natural desire is just to drift off to sleep. Make use of your SATS time to the fullest extent. Every moment of it that is wasted is equivalent to flushing money down the toilet. This is a golden time for you to engage in an action to manifest your desire.
SATS can also be called self-hypnosis. For example, you desire to go on a fishing trip, but life keeps getting in the way. Get yourself into a state akin to sleep. Create the vision in your mind. Have the pole in your hand. Hear the water splash up against the boat. Feel the sun as you stand in the boat and fish. Feel the fish as you catch them. Hear the reel of the pole as it unwinds. If you fish for food, taste the fish after you have cleaned and cooked it. Make it so real that you actually feel everything you would feel if actually fishing.
Doubt Is A Ship Sinker
After a session of self-hypnosis, your Conscious Mind will return. Consequently, it may even be a little annoyed that you pushed it out of the way. As a result, your Conscious Mind may start nagging you with logical reasons why your desire can’t possibly be fulfilled. It may present itself as your protector against disappointment and frustration.
One of the jobs of the Conscious Mind is to protect you from harm. It starts injecting different thoughts as to why your desire is out of bounds based on stored memories. When this happens, crowd out those different thoughts with thoughts of God – The One Universal and Perfect Mind. God is true peace. Your are a child of God thus you are an expression of peace. God is true power. You are a child of God thus you are an expression of power. And so on. Just start dwelling on God until those conflicting thoughts go away.
Depending on a number of different factors, the time factor for successful manifestation through using SATS, or self-hypnosis, can vary widely. If you commit to the process with all your heart however, you will ultimately bear fruit. Stick with it. Simply refuse to allow doubt to get any type of foothold on your ship. Scripture is crystal clear about doubt. I don’t care how good a person you are, if you continue to harbor doubts, your ship will sink. Universal Law is impartial.
Inspect Your Hand Closely
Stop for a moment and inspect one of your hands closely. Look at your palm. You see at the different lines in your palm. Take the forefinger of your other hand. Run it over your palm. Feel those lines that run across your palm. Feel the texture of the skin. Note the coloration of the skin. Next, place your hand upon your cheek. Feel the differentiation between all the fingers and the thumb. Take your hand off your cheek and turn it over.
Next thoroughly inspect the back of your hand. Likewise, notice all the features of the back of your hand. Inspect all the knuckles how they allow your hand and fingers to bend. Take your other hand and feel your fingernails. Rub the nails gently across the palm of your other hand. Tap the nails on something hard. Listen to the sound that they make. Rub the inside of your other fingers across the back of your hand. Feel the hair and the texture of the skin. There is not the slightest shred of doubt that this is your hand.
What you are going for during your SATS session is seeing and experiencing your desire with the same clarity with which you inspected your hand. It is called clarity of vision. You feel and see and hear your desire. You do not wish it was your hand. It is with certainty that you know it is your hand. That is what you want to impart to your Subconscious Mind when you are creating your vision in that deeply relaxed state.
Conceive. Believe. Receive.
