OddThomas wrote:Thanks Craig I'll have a read, and yeah I've pretty much come to terms with the fact that I'll only ever learn to tame them. My mind runs rings round me though and it's very frustrating not being able to control it as much as I want.
And yes MOTM my hypnotist used to make me do EFT every time before our sessions, Never found them much use really. I never really felt " hypnotised " as such, but there was one very surreal experience when I was sort of " under " when I was told to imagine a very large mirror and tell him what I saw and there was me in it and I came out and hugged my self and whispered everything was going to be ok. It was very emotional.
Thanks for the input guys
Hypnosis can be quite underwhelming especially when it is self-induced. My preferred method is to pre-record the induction and information I want reinforced and then sit back, relax and play it. Frequently I'll have recordings set to repeat but only starting about an hour into my normal sleep period, this way it actually has a more direct link to the subconscious, which is where the real work happens.
Repetition is the key to this type of thing, the more you affirm the qualities you want in your life and persona and visualize them, the more likely they will take hold. This is why so much New Age type thinking is effective, it reinforces the feelings, ideas and self-perspective we all want and so it becomes far easier to accept an Affirmation and to walk through the visualizations in which we purge ourselves of the negative so as to make room for the positive. The real problem is, when you are part of the magic & psych worlds you tend to know too much about the mechanics (the psychological reasoning behind what makes it work) and so you doubt the process and throw up barriers. . . basically, we make our minds up that "
this wont work because. . ." or simply the fact that we look at such things as being a "trick" vs. trusting the process and just going with the proverbial flow.
The trick is to relax, let go of your hesitation and preconceived ideas, and invoke your imagination (like you did with the mirror thing). It's best known as "Mental Projection" which, if you are to buy into the more mystical explanations to things, is the first phase towards developing true Astral Projection and even Bi-Location ability. . . but that's another story altogether.