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  Speaker 1: A Practical Guide to self hypnosis by Melvin powers Forward.
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  Speaker 1: All of us like to think that our actions and
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  Speaker 1: reactions are a result of logical thought processes, but the
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  Speaker 1: fact is that suggestion influences our thinking a great deal
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  Speaker 1: more than logic. Consciously or unconsciously. Our feelings about almost
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  Speaker 1: everything are largely molded by ready made opinions and attitudes
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  Speaker 1: fostered by our mass methods of communication. We cannot buy
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  Speaker 1: a bar of soap or a filtered cigarette without paying
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  Speaker 1: tribute to the impact of suggestion. Right or wrong. Most
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  Speaker 1: of us place more confidence in what they say than
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  Speaker 1: what we do in our own powers of reason. This
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  Speaker 1: is the basic reason why psychiatrists are in short supply.
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  Speaker 1: We distrust our own mental processes and want an expert
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  Speaker 1: to tell us what to think and feel. Despite this
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  Speaker 1: tendency to adopt our attitudes from others, man has always
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  Speaker 1: been dimly aware that he can influence his own destiny
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  Speaker 1: by directing his thoughts and actions into constructive channels. He
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  Speaker 1: has always, to some extent, known that his mind exerts
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  Speaker 1: a powerful influence on his body, and that thoughts can
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  Speaker 1: have harmful or helpful effects on his emotional and physical health.
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  Speaker 1: The ancient Egyptian sleep temples and the attempts by early
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  Speaker 1: physicians to drive evil spirits out of the body were
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  Speaker 1: both attempts to influence the body through the mind. The
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  Speaker 1: unprecedented sale of the Power of Positive Thinking by Norman,
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  Speaker 1: Vincent Peel and other inspirational literature proves that millions of
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  Speaker 1: modern people recognize the efficacy of constructive thoughts. What most
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  Speaker 1: of them do not recognize is that they are capable
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  Speaker 1: of implanning these beneficial thoughts in their own minds without
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  Speaker 1: reference to any outside agencies. This can be done through
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  Speaker 1: self hypnosis. In modern society, we have many cults, religions,
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  Speaker 1: and methodologies which have mental discipline as their goal. The
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  Speaker 1: best example of a methodology is psychosomatic medicine, which deals
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  Speaker 1: with the inter relationship of the mind and body in
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  Speaker 1: the production of mental or physical illness. The rapid growth
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  Speaker 1: of hypnosis in the last few years is another example,
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  Speaker 1: and it is gratifying to see that the emphasis in
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  Speaker 1: this field is now shifting from hetero hypnosis to self hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: Self hypnosis is a highly suggestible state wherein the individual
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  Speaker 1: can direct suggestions to himself. It is a powerful tool
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  Speaker 1: in any therapeutic process, and highly motivated subjects can parallel
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  Speaker 1: the success of hetero hypnosis through their own efforts. Self
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  Speaker 1: hypnosis can be used as a palliative agent and can
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  Speaker 1: even afford lasting results in many areas of the organism.
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  Speaker 1: Self hypnosis can alleviate distressing symptoms, substitute strong responses for
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  Speaker 1: weak responses, help overcome bad habits, create good habits, and
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  Speaker 1: help one's power of concentration. The total personality is eventually
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  Speaker 1: changed to the point where it can function adequately in
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  Speaker 1: an increasingly difficult environment. In learning self hypnosis, the subject
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  Speaker 1: does not relinquish control of himself as is commonly believed. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: more control is gained. Self sufficiency and self confidence are
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  Speaker 1: inevitable results. It is well to remember, however, that even
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  Speaker 1: good things may be overdone, and good judgment is necessary
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  Speaker 1: for favorable results. Neither hypnosis nor self hypnosis should ever
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  Speaker 1: be used in discriminately. The effectiveness of self hypnosis depends
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  Speaker 1: upon many factors. Strong motivation, intelligent application of suggestions, and
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  Speaker 1: diligence are prerequisites. We are not suggesting that self hypnosis
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  Speaker 1: can take the place of all forms of psychotherapy. We
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  Speaker 1: do recommend it as an adjunct to therapy. When indicated,
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  Speaker 1: used judiciously, it can contribute a great deal to the
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  Speaker 1: individual's physical and emotional well being and happiness. As a
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  Speaker 1: professional hypnotist, for many years, I have seen astounding and
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  Speaker 1: apparently miraculous results by individuals using self hypnosis. Many of
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  Speaker 1: these cases seem unbelievable to those not familiar with hypnotic phenomena.
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  Speaker 1: It should be remembered, though, that many individuals see hypnosis
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  Speaker 1: only when all other forms of therapy have failed. This
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  Speaker 1: is so common that hypnosis has come to be known
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  Speaker 1: as a port of last call. Yet despite the seeming
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  Speaker 1: hopelessness of such cases, medical literature lists thousands of remarkable recoveries.
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  Speaker 1: There is nothing hit or miss about hypnosis used intelligently.
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  Speaker 1: The results are the same for all those who are
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  Speaker 1: properly motivated, Nor are the results singular to modern hypnotists alone.
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  Speaker 1: In reviewing the literature going back more than one hundred years,
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  Speaker 1: the same gratifying results were obtained. The reader would do
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  Speaker 1: well to scan some out of print books on hypnosis
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  Speaker 1: at the library to understand the point further. This book
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  Speaker 1: is written in terms that are comprehensible to the layman.
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  Speaker 1: The step by step instruction should afford the reader a
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  Speaker 1: means of acquiring self hypnosis. The necessary material is here.
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  Speaker 1: The reader need only follow the instructions as they are given.
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  Speaker 1: The author wishes to thank Rob S. Starlett, member of
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  Speaker 1: the American Medical Writers Association, for his valuable help in
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  Speaker 1: the editorial preparation of this book. It is the author's
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  Speaker 1: hope that you will, through the selective use of self hypnosis,
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  Speaker 1: arrive at a more rewarding, well adjusted, and fuller life.
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  Speaker 1: Melvin Powers one, twenty fifteen, Sherman Road, North Hollywood, California,
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  Speaker 1: nine one six o five, Chapter one. What You Should
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  Speaker 1: Know about self hypnosis. Hypnosis has been defined as a
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  Speaker 1: state of heightened suggestibility, in which the subject is able
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  Speaker 1: to uncritically accept ideas for self improvement and act on
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  Speaker 1: them appropriately. When a hypnotist hypnotizes his subject, it is
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  Speaker 1: known as hetero hypnosis. When an individual puts himself into
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  Speaker 1: a state of hypnosis, it is known as self hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: In both cases, the subject has achieved a heightened state
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  Speaker 1: of suggestibility. Even in hetero hypnosis, the subject really controls
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  Speaker 1: the response to suggestions. Actually, all hypnosis is really a
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  Speaker 1: matter of self hypnosis. The subject enters into the hypnotic
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  Speaker 1: state when he is completely ready to do so. This
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  Speaker 1: may require from one to many attempts before it is achieved.
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  Speaker 1: Even if the subject insists that he wants to be
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  Speaker 1: hypnotized immediately, he may be resisting hypnosis unconsciously. In self hypnosis,
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  Speaker 1: the same thing usually takes place. The subject is anxious
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  Speaker 1: to achieve self hypnosis, but somehow the state eludes him.
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  Speaker 1: What's wrong. It may be that he is unconsciously resisting it,
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  Speaker 1: hasn't conditioned himself sufficiently, or has achieved the hypnotic state
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  Speaker 1: and doesn't know he is in the state. This last
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  Speaker 1: statement may be surprising, but we will examine it in
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  Speaker 1: detail a little later on. Most experts agree that about
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  Speaker 1: ninety percent of the population can be hypnotized. My own
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  Speaker 1: feeling is that probably ninety nine percent can be hypnotized.
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  Speaker 1: Who among us is not influenced by suggestion? Aren't we all,
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  Speaker 1: as we have seen, influenced by the suggestions of advertising.
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  Speaker 1: Don't we all have a tendency to believe what we
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  Speaker 1: read in the paper, here, on the radio, or see
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  Speaker 1: on television. Aren't we all convinced that a name brand
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  Speaker 1: article is better than one that is not so well
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  Speaker 1: known suggestion plays a tremendously important role in our daily lives.
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  Speaker 1: It begins from naming the baby with an appropriate name
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  Speaker 1: to securing a suitable place for interment. I would like
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  Speaker 1: to call the reader's attention to a fascinating book dealing
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  Speaker 1: with the unconscious reasons why we do so many of
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  Speaker 1: the things that we do. You will be intrigued with
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  Speaker 1: every page of the book. It is called The Hidden
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  Speaker 1: Persuaders by Vance Packard. My contention is that we are
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  Speaker 1: all suggestible, and therefore being hypnotized or hypnotizing ourselves is
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  Speaker 1: just a matter of increasing the suggestibility that we already possess.
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  Speaker 1: Doesn't the hypnotist begin by suggesting relaxation? Doesn't He usually
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  Speaker 1: begin by requesting the subject to fix his attention on
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  Speaker 1: a particular object. Next, he suggests to the subject that
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  Speaker 1: his eyes are becoming heavy and tired. As soon as
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  Speaker 1: the subject closes his eyes, he suggests that he will
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  Speaker 1: be in a deep hypnotic state. I am sure that
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  Speaker 1: you are familiar with this procedure. With each step, the
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  Speaker 1: hypnotist is guiding the subject along directed lines to get
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  Speaker 1: him to accept further suggestions without question or doubt. When
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  Speaker 1: the subject to achieve the ultimate state. In this procedure,
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  Speaker 1: he has been hypnotized. He then accepts suggestions without equivocation.
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  Speaker 1: Let us continue with the same thought. Suppose I say
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  Speaker 1: to you, I'm going to stick you with this pin.
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  Speaker 1: It won't hurt. Would you let me stick you with
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  Speaker 1: the pin? Obviously not. Let us suppose that you have
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  Speaker 1: been hypnotized and I repeat the same suggestion. What happens?
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  Speaker 1: Then you readily accept the suggestion as being factual. Should
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  Speaker 1: I proceed to stick you with the pin, you do
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  Speaker 1: not even flinch. In fact, you do not even feel
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  Speaker 1: the pain. Does this sound incredible? Isn't this exactly the
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  Speaker 1: same procedure that the dentist uses with his patient when
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  Speaker 1: he has hypnotized him for the purpose of painless dentistry.
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  Speaker 1: Achieving hypnosis, therefore, is a matter of directing this suggestibility
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  Speaker 1: that we all possess into the channels that will finally
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  Speaker 1: produce the hypnotic state. It can be much more complicated
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  Speaker 1: than this explanation in many cases, but let us use
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  Speaker 1: this as a working premise. Everyone can be hypnotized. The
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  Speaker 1: time required for achieving hypnosis will vary from subject to subject.
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  Speaker 1: We will discuss Some of the reasons for this in
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  Speaker 1: a subsequent chapter, but for our discussion at this time,
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  Speaker 1: we need to understand this point. I have encountered numerous
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  Speaker 1: individuals who were extremely disappointed because they did not respond
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  Speaker 1: to hypnosis immediately or after several attempts. They wanted to
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  Speaker 1: know what was wrong. An explanation that nothing was wrong
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  Speaker 1: somehow did not satisfy these individuals. After all, they argued,
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  Speaker 1: didn't I go to a hypnotist, especially to be hypnotized?
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  Speaker 1: Some insinuated that perhaps the hypnotist wasn't too good. Let
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  Speaker 1: me explain that most subjects need to be conditioned for hypnosis,
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  Speaker 1: and this conditioning is helped when the subject practices certain
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  Speaker 1: conditioning exercises that I shall discuss in detail in chapter
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  Speaker 1: six titled how to Attain Self Hypnosis. In my teaching,
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  Speaker 1: I have found that about one out of ten subjects
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  Speaker 1: responds to the first attempt at hypnosis. One cannot make
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  Speaker 1: a definite statement as to the length of time necessary
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  Speaker 1: to learn self hypnosis, but it is my experience that
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  Speaker 1: this usually takes about one month. I have had subjects
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  Speaker 1: learned self hypnosis in about thirty minutes. But I must
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  Speaker 1: also relate that I have worked with subjects for one
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  Speaker 1: year before they achieved it. For the most part, the
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  Speaker 1: laws of learning apply to self hypnosis as with anything
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  Speaker 1: else that one would want to learn. It can be
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  Speaker 1: a relatively simple procedure, or it can be very perplexing.
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  Speaker 1: The answer lies not so much with the hypnotist as
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  Speaker 1: with the subject. One question that arises is if I'm
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  Speaker 1: under hypnosis, how can I give myself suggestions? During the
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  Speaker 1: hypnotic state, it must be remembered the subject is always
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  Speaker 1: aware of what is going on. He hears what is said,
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  Speaker 1: follows directions, and terminates the state when told to do so.
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  Speaker 1: In the self hypnotic state, the subject is in full control. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: he can think, reason, act, criticize, suggest or do whatever
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  Speaker 1: he desires. He can audibly give him self suggestions, or
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  Speaker 1: he can mentally give him self suggestions. In either case,
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  Speaker 1: he does not rouse from the hypnotic state unless he
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  Speaker 1: gives himself specific suggestions to do so. Many feel if
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  Speaker 1: they audibly give them self suggestions, they will awaken. In hypnoanalysis,
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  Speaker 1: the subject answers questions during the hypnotic state. Having the
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  Speaker 1: subject talk does not terminate the state. You can keep
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  Speaker 1: the talkative subject under hypnosis as long as you want. Furthermore,
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  Speaker 1: the subject can be sitting erect with his eyes open
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  Speaker 1: and still be under hypnosis. Carrying this further the subject
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  Speaker 1: may not even be aware that he is under hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: He can be given a cue not to remember when
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  Speaker 1: the therapist makes a certain motion or says a certain word,
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  Speaker 1: that he will go back into the hypnotic state, but
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  Speaker 1: still keep his eyes open. Only an experienced hypnotists could
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  Speaker 1: detect the change. Another frequent question is how do I
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  Speaker 1: arouse myself from the self hypnotic state? You merely say
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  Speaker 1: to yourself that upon counting to five, you will open
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  Speaker 1: your eyes and wake up feeling fine. Many times the
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  Speaker 1: subject falls asleep while giving himself post hypnotic suggestions. This
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  Speaker 1: is not undesirable, since the suggestions will spill over into
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  Speaker 1: the subconscious mind as he goes from consciousness to unconsciousness.
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  Speaker 1: A popular opinion about hypnosis is that the subject surrenders
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  Speaker 1: his will to the hypnotist in the process of being hypnotized. Furthermore,
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  Speaker 1: many believe that once the subject is hypnotized, the hypnotist
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  Speaker 1: has complete control of the subject and the subject is
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  Speaker 1: powerless to resist suggestion. Both beliefs are erroneous. I believe
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  Speaker 1: the first misconception comes from seeing techniques where the hypnotist
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  Speaker 1: requests the subject to look into his eyes. The hypnotist
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  Speaker 1: suggests to the subject that as he continues to look
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  Speaker 1: into his eyes, he will fall into a deep hypnotic state.
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  Speaker 1: This then becomes a matter of who can outstare whom.
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  Speaker 1: The subject usually begins to blink his eyes, and the
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  Speaker 1: hypnotist follows us up with rapid suggestions that the subject's
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  Speaker 1: eyes are becoming watery and heavy, and that the subject
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  Speaker 1: will fall into a deep hypnotic sleep just as soon
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  Speaker 1: as he the subject closes his eyes. This procedure gives
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  Speaker 1: the impression to the observer that the subject is willed
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  Speaker 1: to go under hypnosis. It appears that once the hypnotist
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  Speaker 1: concentrates or wills sufficiently, the subject succumbs. Actually, the hypnotist
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  Speaker 1: in this technique is not looking into the eyes of
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  Speaker 1: the subject. He fixes his attention on the bridge of
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  Speaker 1: the nose of the subject. The concept that the subject
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  Speaker 1: is a helpless automaton stems from the weird movies, where
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  Speaker 1: the mad scientist has hypnotized subjects into behaving like zombies. Naturally.
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  Speaker 1: There is usually a beautiful girl in the movie, and
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  Speaker 1: she too has been hypnotized. Even though the audience is
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  Speaker 1: sophisticated enough to realize that this science fiction drama is
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  Speaker 1: purely entertainment, the theme is repeated sufficiently in novels, common
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  Speaker 1: and television to make an indelible impression on the subconscious mind.
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  Speaker 1: It's the technique of telling the big lie so many
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  Speaker 1: times that it becomes believable. We are all influenced by
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  Speaker 1: this procedure. There is an excellent book explaining this very premise.
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  Speaker 1: It is called Battle for the Mind by William Sargent.
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  Speaker 1: It describes in detail the technique by which evangelists, psychiatrists, politicians,
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  Speaker 1: and advertising men can change your beliefs and behavior. Following
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  Speaker 1: the reason that the subconscious mind can be affected, you
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  Speaker 1: can see that a problem could present itself even though
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  Speaker 1: the subject consciously wishes to be hypnotized. Unconsciously, there may
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  Speaker 1: be a poor inner relationship with the hypnotist, which can
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  Speaker 1: create an unfavorable climate for hypnosis. When this is the case,
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  Speaker 1: the subject doesn't respond until such a time that he
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  Speaker 1: relates well to the hypnotist. The most calculated procedures will fail.
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  Speaker 1: Until a positive transference relationship is established. I am sure
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  Speaker 1: that you sometimes have said, for some reason, I don't
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  Speaker 1: like that person. If pressed for an answer, you'll probably
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  Speaker 1: reply I can't explain it, but I just have a
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  Speaker 1: feeling about him. Actually, your subconscious reactions are influencing your
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  Speaker 1: thinking and you feel a certain way. The same thing
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  Speaker 1: takes place in business transactions. You either like or dislike
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  Speaker 1: the proposition presented to you. You may say I have
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  Speaker 1: a certain feeling about this deal. You may not be
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  Speaker 1: conscious of the reasons, but your subconscious has reacted automatically
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  Speaker 1: because of previous experience along similar lines. In giving you
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  Speaker 1: some insight into the hypnotic procedure, I am trying to
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  Speaker 1: point out certain problems in regard to acquiring self hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: For the most it is not a simple procedure that
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  Speaker 1: is accomplished immediately. You can't just will it. It requires
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  Speaker 1: working toward a specific goal and following definite procedures which
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  Speaker 1: eventually lead to success. The hypnotist is usually endowed by
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  Speaker 1: the subject with an omnisence and infallibility, which logically is unjustified.
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  Speaker 1: The subject is naturally extremely disappointed if he doesn't respond immediately.
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  Speaker 1: If he loses confidence in the hypnotist, he may never
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  Speaker 1: achieve hypnosis with this particular hypnotist. I have hypnotized subjects
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  Speaker 1: who have been to several other hypnotists without success, and
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  Speaker 1: I have had some of my unsuccessful subjects hypnotized by
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  Speaker 1: other hypnotists. How and why does it happen? I believe
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  Speaker 1: that some of the reasons are so intangible that it
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  Speaker 1: would be impossible to explain all of them with any
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  Speaker 1: degree of exactitude. I once saw an individual about twelve
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  Speaker 1: times who wanted to learn self hypnosis and had been
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  Speaker 1: unsuccessful in every approach. I asked him if he would
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  Speaker 1: volunteer as a subject for a class in techniques of
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  Speaker 1: hypnosis that I was teaching for nurses. He readily volunteered
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  Speaker 1: and showed up at the designated time, Much to my
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  Speaker 1: amazement as well as his own. He responded within a
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  Speaker 1: relatively short time as one of the nurses hypnotized him
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  Speaker 1: before the group. She had used a standard eye closure technique,
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  Speaker 1: requesting him to look at a spinning hypnodisc that I
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  Speaker 1: had previously used with him every time he was in
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  Speaker 1: the office. Her manner was extremely affable. She had used
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  Speaker 1: the identical technique I had used unsuccessfully, and the subject
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  Speaker 1: responded excellently to cap the climax. He was the first
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  Speaker 1: subject the nurse had ever hypnotized, since this was only
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  Speaker 1: her third lesson. How would you account for it? Here
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  Speaker 1: was one of my students, with two week's experience hypnotizing
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  Speaker 1: a subject where I had failed while using every procedure
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  Speaker 1: that I felt would work. Was it because she was
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  Speaker 1: a better hypnotist? Perhaps? However, I'd like to recall at
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  Speaker 1: this time our discussion about subconscious responses. I'm inclined to
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  Speaker 1: feel that being hypnotized by a middle aged female nurse
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  Speaker 1: created certain favorable unconscious responses which accounted for his going
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  Speaker 1: under hypnosis at that time. It created the initial breakthrough
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  Speaker 1: which was needed. I was able to hypnotize him easily
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  Speaker 1: at his next appointment, and he acquired self hypnosis readily
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  Speaker 1: from that time on. I have tried the same approach
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  Speaker 1: with other subjects who did not respond favorably and have
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  Speaker 1: failed to attain the success that I did in the
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  Speaker 1: above case. Why the impasse? It is one of the
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  Speaker 1: difficulties that we encounter in hypnosis, and as yet it
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  Speaker 1: has not been resolved. We know that the easiest way
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  Speaker 1: to achieve self hypnosis is to be hypnotized and given
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  Speaker 1: a post hypnotic suggestion that you will respond to hypnosis
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  Speaker 1: by a keyword, phrase, or gesture. I have tried to
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  Speaker 1: point out some problems that can arise. Needless to say,
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  Speaker 1: these problems do not always arise, and the attainment of
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  Speaker 1: self hypnosis can be a relatively simple procedure. There is
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  Speaker 1: usually some way of reaching a subject who does not
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  Speaker 1: respond in a reasonable length of time. Now we come
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  Speaker 1: to the point where the subject wishes to hypnotize himself.
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  Speaker 1: What happens in this situation? It would appear that the
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  Speaker 1: subject would go under hypnosis immediately after all, isn't he
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  Speaker 1: controlling the hypnotic session. Of course, this does happen time
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  Speaker 1: and time again, and the results seem miraculous. I receive
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  Speaker 1: mail constantly from readers of several of my other books
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  Speaker 1: on hypnosis telling me how they were able to achieve
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  Speaker 1: certain goals that they never dreamed possible. They write that
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  Speaker 1: they have achieved self confidence and complete self mastery, and
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  Speaker 1: have been able to overcome problems that have plagued them
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  Speaker 1: for many years. These problems not only include strictly psychological troubles,
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  Speaker 1: but many psychosomatic symptoms as well. Many have remarked at
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  Speaker 1: the ease in which they were able to achieve self
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  Speaker 1: hypnosis and the results they wanted For them it was
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  Speaker 1: as simple as following a do it yourself book. Others
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: write about the difficulty they encounter and ask what to
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: do about it. It is my hope that this book
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: will shed some light for those who have experienced difficulty
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  Speaker 1: in learning self hypnosis. We shall discuss many phases of
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: hypnosis with the emphasis on self hypnosis, will discuss its
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: many ramifications, and try not to leave out anything helpful
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  Speaker 1: in our discussion. If you follow the instructions and exercises
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  Speaker 1: that I give assiduously, you will be able to achieve
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  Speaker 1: a depth of self hypnosis suitable for solving many of
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  Speaker 1: your personal problems. End of forward and chapter one, Chapter two.
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  Speaker 1: What about the dangers of hypnosis? One of the objections
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  Speaker 1: that you here to hypnosis is that it can be
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  Speaker 1: dangerous in the hands of those not trained in psychodynamics
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  Speaker 1: of human behavior. Inasmuch as psychiatrists and clinical psychologists are
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: the only ones who are thoroughly trained in the analysis
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: of human behavior. This objection, if valid, could limit hypnosis
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  Speaker 1: to a comparative handful of therapists. Fortunately, it is not valid.
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: This was proved several years ago when the Bridey Murphy
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: craze gripped the country. Despite the fact that thousands of
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: amateur hypnotists were practicing hypnosis, little or no harm resulted.
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: I have personally instructed several thousand medical and non medical
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  Speaker 1: individuals and have yet to hear of a single case
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  Speaker 1: where a crisis was precipitated or anything of a dangerous
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: or detrimental nature occurred as a result of hypnosis. I
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  Speaker 1: have also taught several thousand persons self hypnosis and can
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: report the same findings. Many patients who seek treatment from
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: competent psychiatrists, psychoanalysis and psychologists do not always obtain satisfactory results.
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: This doesn't mean that everyone should stop seeking help from
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: these specialists. Even a specialist doesn't have a perfect record
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: of successful therapy. What, then, is the objection to hypnosis?
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: The theory that if you get rid of one symptom,
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: another symptom will take its place really holds no truth
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: and is usually advanced by those who have had little
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: or no experience in the hypnosis field. However, a difference
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: of opinion does exist even with those practicing hypnosis. In
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: this area, some hipnists trade down symptoms by replacing a
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: serious symptom with a minor one, while others just remove
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  Speaker 1: the symptom. The latter is what a doctor does when
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: he recommends aspirin for arthritis. He knows the aspirin will
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: not cure the arthritis, but he wants to alleviate the symptom.
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  Speaker 1: To say that another symptom will replace the pain is
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  Speaker 1: unscientific and untrue. The same is true of hypnosis. Lewis R. Wahlberg,
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  Speaker 1: m D, Clinical Professor of psychiatry, New York Medical College
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: recently canvas thirty experts in the field of hypnosis and
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: found a few who felt symptom removal was irrational, temporary,
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: or outright dangerous. The large majority, however, employed symptom removal
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: where indicated and minimized or ridiculed any possible bad effects.
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: A further objection to hypnosis is that the results are
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: temporary as well as symptomatic. It is well to remark
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: that most medical therapy is specifically directed to symptom removal.
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: How permanent is most medical treatment Once you couple hetero hypnosis.
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: With self hypnosis, you afford the patient the opportunity of
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: utilizing suggestions for his own benefit any time they are needed. This,
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: of course, can make symptom relief permanent. As an example,
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: I would see no harm in teaching a patient self
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: hypnosis for symptomatic relief of a problem of insomnia. It
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: would certainly be better than physically depressing the higher brain
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: centers with sleeping pills to produce unconsciousness every night. I
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: needn't tell you that millions of dollars are spent every
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: year on sleeping pills, and patients become dependent upon them,
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: needing more and more pills in order to produce sleep.
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: Many accidental suicides stem from an overdose of sleeping pills. Yet,
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: despite the inherent dangers of sleeping pills, which are glaringly apparent,
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: they are prescribed by the million, to say nothing of
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: those that reach the market through illegal channels. Furthermore, how
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: much effort is really made to get the patient off
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: the sleeping pills. There are also more voluntary suicides by
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: sleeping pills than any other method. Perhaps, if these drugs
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: weren't so readily available, many of these unfortunate individuals would
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: be with us today. What about the often quoted statement
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: that you might need to do some damage. Let's explore
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: this area. I assume that the reader is somewhat familiar
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: with the work of Emil Koua, or at least has
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: heard of his famous auto suggestion formula of day by
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: day in every way, I am getting better and better
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: during our time. Thousands upon thousands of seemingly helpless and
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: hopeless cases have been cured by repeating this affirmation over
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: and over again, day after day as the individual falls asleep.
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: I think we should make it clear that whether we
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: call it autosuggestion, positive thinking, meditation, yoga affirmations, or self hypnosis,
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: we are in reality talking about the same thing. All
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: require certain basic prerequisites before they will work effectively for
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: the individual. We'll discuss these prerequisites in the next chapter.
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  Speaker 1: What should be remembered is that the suggestions are being
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: filtered into the subconscious mind, which does not question, doubt, analyze,
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: or dispute the efficacy of these beneficial thoughts. You can
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: be sure that the constant repetition will have its effect.
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: Hasn't the mind in the past accepted the individual's diagnosis
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: when he said, I'm sick. I have an inferiority complex.
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: I can't stop smoking, I can't lose weight, I can't concentrate.
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: I can remember a person's face, but I can't remember names.
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: I have a difficult time falling asleep. I just can't
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: seem to relax. Isn't such a individual in effect using
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: self hypnosis? And hasn't the person convinced himself of the
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: validity of his present state? This is truly dangerous. It
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: is negative hypnosis. The question that I raise is why
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: shouldn't the subconscious mind be even more convinced and respond
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: strongly to suggestions which are in conformity with the natural
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: desire to be of sound body and mind. I have
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: never been able to find a logical answer. I think
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: this is what happens many times. A person seeks help
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: with a problem which in reality has nothing to do
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: with hypnosis. His cure is not contingent on being hypnotized
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: or on suggestion he or the hypnotist. Few are indicated.
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: You will read in nearly every book an article dealing
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: with hypnosis that hypnotism is not a cure all. No
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: one has suggested or implied that it should be used
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: exclusively for all emotional problems. You may read it newspaper
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: article warning about the dangers of hypnosis. It may tell
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: of a person who rid himself of one symptom and
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: developed another in its place. You usually get a grossly
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: distorted picture of what happened, with many aspects of the
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: case not included. It's a matter of taking what you
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: want to prove out of context. Propagandists use this technique
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: all the time to get across their message. It's the
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: old story of telling a half truth. Honest criticism and
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: a sincere difference of opinion are always welcome, but criticism
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: must be well founded from a scientific point of view
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: and not stem from an emotional reaction. You have probably
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: heard the remark I won't let anyone hypnotize me. What
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: are they really saying and what does hypnosis represent to
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: such an individual? To them, hypnosis represents some sort of
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: magic spell which invokes the state of complete helplessness and
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: dependency of upon the hypnotists. We previously discussed how this
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: erroneous conception can take place because of the manner in
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: which hypnosis is usually interwoven with bizarre fictional stories. For many,
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: the hypnotic state represents a period in which the conscious
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: guard is dropped, they feel they may compulsively reveal the
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: darker side of their nature, confess their hostility, or relate
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: information they would never voluntarily divulge to anyone. This is
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: the real danger they see in hypnosis. To protect themselves
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: from it, they attack it. It is much like the
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: fanatic vice crusader who militantly attacks sin in order to
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: alleviate his own feelings of guilt, stemming from the fact
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: that wes actually attracts him. Fear of hypnosis takes different forms,
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: but basically it is the fear of revealing one's true feelings.
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: An employee, for instance, at a gathering which included the
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: employer he dislikes, would never volunteer as a subject for hipisgnosis.
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: If the occasion arose. He would be afraid he would
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: do or say something which might endanger his position. Hypnosis
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: for him would be dangerous because he would be afraid
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: to take the chance. The truth is, however, that this
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: individual would be taking no chance. The hypnotic state is
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: not a confessional period. The subject is aware at all
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: times of what he is saying. If the subject does
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: not wish to pursue a line of questioning, he tells
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: the hypnotist. If the hypnotist persisted further along this line,
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: the subject would shake off the hypnotic state. Another misconception
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: about hypnosis is the widely held belief that the subject
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: is unconscious. This represents a threat to the security of
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: the individual. Actually, the hypnotic state is a period of
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: extreme awareness in which the subject is hyperacute. Furthermore, the
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: subject is not asleep, nor is he in a trance
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: state in the correct meaning of that term. He is
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: in an altered state of awareness, with his faculties and
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: reasoning ability intact, inducing hypnosis merely creates a mood or
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: state in which the powers of suggestibility are heightened. When
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: the general public and the medical profession become familiar with
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: the true state of hypnosis, we shall have a greater
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: acceptance and utilization of this power. It is a slow process,
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: but one which will finally evolve in the final analysis.
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: I believe the only danger that exists is in the
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: mind of the individual who fears hypnosis because of whatever
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: subjective qualms he has about his own emotional involvement in
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: the hypnotic process. Of course, all persons using hypnosis for
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: the alleviation of pain should consult their family physician. Pain
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: is nature's way of indicating that something is wrong with
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: the organism. It would be foolish to suggest that a
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: pain in the stomach will disappear when this may be
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: a s ive a needed appendix operation. The same may
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: be said of constant migraine headaches. It must be determined
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: that the headache is not a symptom of a brain
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: tumor or some other pathological condition. It may be of
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: interest to know that hypnosis is presently being used to
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: relieve pain in terminal cancer patients. There is an excellent
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: article on this subject, and I recommend it to doctors
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: reading this book. It is called the Use of Hypnosis
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: in the Case of the Cancer Patient, which appeared in
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: the January nineteen fifty four issue of Cancer. There are
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: at present several thousand dentists throughout the country using hypnosis.
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: They have formed their own society and published a quarterly journal,
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: the Journal of the American Society of Psychosomatic Dentistry. One
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: of the best books in this field is called Dental
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: Hypnosis Handbook by Jacob Stolzenberg DDS. An excellent article is
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: Danger Hypnotistic work by us M. Abramson. The author reviews
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: briefly the pros and cons regarding the medical use of hypnosis.
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: He concludes it is the author's opinion, based on extensive
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: personal experience of over fifteen years, that the use of
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: hypnotherapy by a physician or dentist who has been properly trained,
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: and who uses this technique strictly within his field of competence,
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: carries with it no more and probably less danger than
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: the use of many other techniques of treatment used in
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: medicine today. End of chapter two. Chapter three is hypnosis
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: the Answer? Doctor George Esterbrook's, professor of psychology at Colgate University,
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: an author of the book Hypnotism, made the following two
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: statements in a paper called the Future of Hypnosis, given
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: as part of a program on the nature of hypnosis
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: nineteen fifty nine. It would be well to sound a
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: word of caution against certain attitudes which have become prevalent,
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: and which can be well illustrated in the field of medicine.
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: In this respect, direct suggestion is under the ban, for example,
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: a dictum never remove the symptom unless the cause is
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: understood is much emphasized, its validity is greatly open to question,
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: since much of medical practice is direct symptom removal, as
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: only a little thought makes apparent. Another dictum generally followed
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: is that the unconscious background of symptom complexes must necessarily
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: be made conscious to affect a cure. Reasonable and thoughtful
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: consideration of the extensive role of the unconscious and daily
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: living and functioning renders this dictum much less credible. I
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: should like to discuss both of these statements in some detail,
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: as they invariably arise in the mind of the individual
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: seeking help through hypnosis. The first thought that comes to
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: mind is that all the religious healings cited in the
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: Bible involve direct symptom removal. The cures that are affected
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: by religious devotees traveling to sacred shrines are also in
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: the realm of direct symptom removal. I have yet to
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: hear a criticism of this type of treatment directed at
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: religious leaders or condemnation of the religious shrines. These cures
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: are accepted as evidence of the power of faith or
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: attributed to the supernatural. In these cases, nothing is ever
• 38:36
  Speaker 1: done to make the person cured understand the nature of
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: the unconscious mechanisms which contributed to his problem. Religious healing
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: cannot be dismissed by merely saying it isn't scientific. A
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: methodology is only scientific when it works. It is of
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: no value if it doesn't help the individual's seeking help.
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: We must face the fact that not all people can
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: be helped by the same psychological treatment. We can readily
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: see this in the following extreme example. An aborigine suffering
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: from a psychological problem certainly wouldn't be a candidate for
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: psychoanalysis as we know it. He could no doubt be
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: helped much more readily by a witch doctor. It also
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: stands to reason that the sophisticated Westerner would not be
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: influenced by the incantations of a tribal medicine man. Going further,
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: we find there are many schools of psychotherapy and many
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: approaches to solving man's emotional problems. The curate for all
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: of them, however, is approximately the same. I think we
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: must accept the fact that there is no one sound,
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: logical scientific approach. I believe that so long as the
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: end result is achieved, the methodology was scientific for that
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: individual's needs. The goal of all therapies is to help
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: the patient free himself from whatever emotional problems beset him.
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: This approach, to some readers may seem an oversimplification of
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: a very complex problem. But I think it's time that
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: we had a simple, workable formula devoid of technical jargon.
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: Too often, complex technical terms and theories had been glibly
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: used to explain away failures. I believe we need more
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: and more emphasis on measures to make the patient feel better,
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: rather than spending most of the time trying to find
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: out why he doesn't feel well. This, of course is
• 40:36
  Speaker 1: symptom removal. Again, I should like to point out an
• 40:39
  Speaker 1: interesting fact pertaining to Biblical healers. So long as the
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: fame of the healer preceded his arrival in any country,
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: he was able to heal the sick. However, where his
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: fame as a healer was either unknown or discredited, he
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: found no faith in subsequently no cure. The earliest reference
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: to hypnosis is in the Bible Genesis two twenty one,
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: and the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall
• 41:06
  Speaker 1: upon Adam, and he slept. Doctor William Malamud, eighty sixth
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: President of the American Psychiatric Association, in an address delivered
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: at the annual meeting in nineteen sixty stated the following
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: in a paper called Psychiatric Research Setting and Motivation. During
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: the last few years, we have witnessed a growing trend
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: of overemphasizing the value of exact methodology and uniformity of standards.
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: This trend, which could be characterized as a cult of objectivity,
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: has already had an important influence on psychiatric research. It
• 41:45
  Speaker 1: is true that in its emphasis on critical judgment and
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: valid criteria, it has helped to curb unrestrained flights of
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: imagination and slopping methodology. But the overglorification of objectivity and
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: the insistence on rigidly single standards of acceptable methods have
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: resulted in a concentration on certain phases of the science
• 42:08
  Speaker 1: of human behavior at the expense of other very important ones.
• 42:13
  Speaker 1: I believe that most individuals have a fairly good understanding
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: of how they came to have the problem that they have.
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: I have yet to encounter a person who protests he
• 42:23
  Speaker 1: has no idea why he doesn't function as he would
• 42:26
  Speaker 1: like to in a certain area. From a practical standpoint,
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: not many have the time nor money required to delve
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: into the unconscious background of the problem. The high cost
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: of treatment is a very real objection and cannot be
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: discounted lightly. People suffering from emotional problems usually suffer financial
• 42:47
  Speaker 1: reverses as well. Who is to help these people? There
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: are very few places in the country where they can
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: receive competent psychiatric help at a reasonable fee. Is there
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: this type of help in your own community? It is
• 43:01
  Speaker 1: only when the individual is destitute that the state provides
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: whatever help it can. However, at this point it's a long,
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: hard struggle back to good emotional health. The National Association
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: for Mental Health and its affiliates issue about ten million
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: copies of two hundred different pamphlets on various aspects of
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: mental health. To assess the value of these pamphlets, forty
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: seven mental hygiene experts held a conference at Cornell University.
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: A report on this outstanding conference has been published. It
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: is called Mental Health Education a Critique. A feature by
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: Ernest Taverman in the August eighth, nineteen sixty issue of
• 43:44
  Speaker 1: Life contains a very worthwhile article on this conference called
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: Who's normal? Nobody, but we all keep on trying. In
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: descent from mental health approach, experts decry feudal search for
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: an unreal goal. The following paragraph is taken from the
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: Life article What about psychiatry and psychoanalysis? This is a
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: different matter many unhappy and problem ridden people, though by
• 44:12
  Speaker 1: no means all who have tried it have profited from psychotherapy. Indeed,
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: all the mental health pamphlets as a PostScript to all
• 44:21
  Speaker 1: the self help methods they advocate, wind up by advising
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: the reader to seek professional care if his problems are
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: serious enough. But the skeptics at Cornell cited statistics which
• 44:34
  Speaker 1: to them show that psychiatric treatment is as remote for
• 44:37
  Speaker 1: the average person as a trip to the moon. Aside
• 44:41
  Speaker 1: from the expense, which most people would find prohibitive, there
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: simply are not enough therapists to go around. The US
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: has around eleven thousand psychiatrists and ten thousand clinical psychiatrists
• 44:54
  Speaker 1: in all, about one for every eighty five hundred citizens.
• 44:58
  Speaker 1: If every one with emotion problems decided to see a psychiatrist,
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: the lines at the doctor's offices would stretch for miles.
• 45:07
  Speaker 1: I assume that most readers of this book know that
• 45:10
  Speaker 1: state hospitals are understaffed and unable to provide proper care
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: for the mentally ill. Mike Gorman, Executive Director of the
• 45:18
  Speaker 1: National Mental Health Committee has written a crusading report on
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: this very theme called Every Other Bed. In this book,
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  Speaker 1: he tells us that every other hospital bed in the
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: United States is occupied by a mental case. Mental illness
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: costs the country two and a half billion dollars a year,
• 45:37
  Speaker 1: besides the more important untold human suffering that can never
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  Speaker 1: be equated in dollars. The book is a shocking story
• 45:45
  Speaker 1: of how we have let this happen, are still letting
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: it happen, and of how little, for the most part,
• 45:50
  Speaker 1: we the general public, as well as the medical and
• 45:53
  Speaker 1: psychological professions, are doing to correct this deplorable situation. It
• 45:59
  Speaker 1: is time that we re examine the dictums that say
• 46:02
  Speaker 1: a symptom can never be removed unless the cause is understood,
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: and the unconscious background of the symptom complexes must be
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  Speaker 1: made conscious and understood before a cure is effected. There
• 46:14
  Speaker 1: are many positive thinking groups functioning in the religious field.
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: Many of these religious groups are in existence primarily because
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  Speaker 1: of the dynamic philosophy or psychology they offer for every
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  Speaker 1: day living. Couple this with a strong faith in God,
• 46:30
  Speaker 1: and you have a combination which approaches infallibility. Recently, we
• 46:35
  Speaker 1: have had a series of best selling books which expound
• 46:38
  Speaker 1: this very theme. Does it work? Of course it does
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  Speaker 1: when used properly. You can be sure that there has
• 46:45
  Speaker 1: been criticism of this religious psychology. The criticism is that
• 46:50
  Speaker 1: the basic causes of the problem are never dealt with,
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: and the unconscious conflict is not resolved. It's the same
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: argument over and over again. What about the people helped?
• 47:02
  Speaker 1: They seem to have made tremendous strides and are leading
• 47:05
  Speaker 1: lives as well adjusted as any one else. Once imbued
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: with this spirit or feeling of well being, it permeates
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: every phase of their relationship in a constructive manner. The
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: only reason that there isn't more criticism is that this
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  Speaker 1: type of psychotherapy is incorporated into the religious tenets of
• 47:24
  Speaker 1: these groups, and criticizing another man's religion makes the detractor's
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  Speaker 1: entire philosophy unacceptable. I am strongly in favor of these
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  Speaker 1: groups because I would prefer having a religion that keeps
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: pointing out the positive side of life and that life
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: can be beautiful if you put your faith in God
• 47:44
  Speaker 1: and practice positive thinking. It is certainly better than the
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  Speaker 1: clinical philosophy of its detractors or the grim religions which
• 47:52
  Speaker 1: stress punishment, think of the guilt feelings involved in the latter.
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: No one can live up to such a formidable creed.
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: Of course, if you suggest to positive thinking religious individuals
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: that they are using a form of self hypnosis, they
• 48:08
  Speaker 1: will emphatically deny and debate the issue. Since we are
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  Speaker 1: primarily interested in mental hygiene and not in winning a debate,
• 48:17
  Speaker 1: it is well to leave the matter as it stands.
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: The point to keep in mind is, so long as
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  Speaker 1: a person feels that his methodology is the answer to
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  Speaker 1: his needs, and so long as no one is being
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  Speaker 1: hurt by his belief, I feel he should cling to
• 48:31
  Speaker 1: his conviction. He should not allow it to be destroyed
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: by those who are thinking in different semantic terms. I
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: would like to bring up another common example pertaining to
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: the two basic concepts that we have been discussing. It
• 48:45
  Speaker 1: is the example of the many individuals who have taken
• 48:48
  Speaker 1: public speaking courses to overcome stage fright. In most cases,
• 48:53
  Speaker 1: the person involved hasn't had too much opportunity to be
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: a public speaker. Because of this, he suddenly feels he
• 49:01
  Speaker 1: may not say the right thing or forget what he
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: wants to say. This anxiety can create the very situation
• 49:08
  Speaker 1: or block that he fears. What is the solution, certainly
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: not psychoanalysis to find out why he functions the way
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: he does. You could use this approach, but I don't
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  Speaker 1: think it's the most constructive one. It's like asking what
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: am I doing that's wrong? Instead of what can I
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: do that's right? The most constructive approach is to take
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: a course of instruction to get the actual practice and
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: experience in the techniques of public speaking before proceeding further.
• 49:40
  Speaker 1: I believe it is necessary to point out that I
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: am not just being critical of the convictions of other
• 49:45
  Speaker 1: sincere and dedicated individuals engaged in the field of mental hygiene.
• 49:51
  Speaker 1: It is always good to reevaluate our present thinking on
• 49:54
  Speaker 1: any subject, no matter how sincere or convinced we may
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: be that what we are doing is correct. At times,
• 50:02
  Speaker 1: we can become so immersed in our convictions that we
• 50:05
  Speaker 1: cannot take criticism and respond emotionally to ideas or interpretations
• 50:10
  Speaker 1: that do not coincide with logical thinking. What, then, is
• 50:14
  Speaker 1: the answer to mental health problems? There is no single answer.
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: It is a very complex situation. There are many promising
• 50:23
  Speaker 1: drugs and treatments which, if adequately developed and widely used,
• 50:28
  Speaker 1: could do a great deal toward promoting good mental health. Fundamentally,
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: the problem will always be that of trying to understand
• 50:36
  Speaker 1: human behavior and helping those in distress with an efficacious formula.
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: What is that formula? I believe hypnosis can contribute in
• 50:46
  Speaker 1: part to the answer. Needless to say, hypnosis is contraindicated
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: in many emotional problems because of the very nature of
• 50:54
  Speaker 1: the problem itself. Some emotional difficulties must first be worked
• 50:59
  Speaker 1: out on a common After this, hypnosis can be instrumental
• 51:04
  Speaker 1: in achieving the final goal. Doctor Frank S. Caprio, a
• 51:09
  Speaker 1: prominent psychiatrist, in his book Helping Yourself with Psychiatry, states
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  Speaker 1: the following, a whole new world of self confidence and
• 51:18
  Speaker 1: positive living is open to every person young and old
• 51:22
  Speaker 1: through hypnosis, self hypnosis, and self suggestion or auto hypnosis.
• 51:30
  Speaker 1: End of chapter three, Chapter four. How does self hypnosis work?
• 51:37
  Speaker 1: There's an old Chinese proverb that states one picture is
• 51:41
  Speaker 1: worth a thousand words. In conveying suggestions to the subconscious.
• 51:46
  Speaker 1: We have found that picture images are more effective than
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: words that are implanted. For example, it isn't sufficient to
• 51:54
  Speaker 1: say I will be confident. The words must be augmented
• 51:58
  Speaker 1: by a picture of yourself as the confident person you
• 52:01
  Speaker 1: want to be. If you say I can't visualize myself
• 52:05
  Speaker 1: as a confident person because I have never been that way,
• 52:09
  Speaker 1: you can borrow those personality traits that you want for yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine yourself endowed with the characteristics of some confident person
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  Speaker 1: that you know. The qualities that you seek may even
• 52:22
  Speaker 1: be borrowed from a famous person. If this isn't possible,
• 52:26
  Speaker 1: make up a personality which is a composite of all
• 52:29
  Speaker 1: the things you want to be. See yourself walking, talking,
• 52:33
  Speaker 1: and carrying on activities. Keep fortifying this image with the
• 52:38
  Speaker 1: mental suggestions that are needed. It won't be long before
• 52:42
  Speaker 1: these mental impressions give rise to the confident feelings that
• 52:45
  Speaker 1: you seek. As you keep im planning these images, they
• 52:49
  Speaker 1: will become a natural part of your conscious personality. Doctor s. J.
• 52:53
  Speaker 1: Van Pelt, president of the British Society of Medical Hypnotists
• 52:58
  Speaker 1: and editor of the British Journal of Men Medical Hypnotism,
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  Speaker 1: writes about this technique in his book Secrets of Hypnotism.
• 53:06
  Speaker 1: He calls it three D technique in medical hypnotherapy. As
• 53:10
  Speaker 1: you read the following paragraph, it would be well to
• 53:13
  Speaker 1: remember that it contains the essence of making the self
• 53:17
  Speaker 1: hypnosis technique work once you have achieved the hypnotic state
• 53:21
  Speaker 1: per se. Incidentally, the same procedure can be used in
• 53:25
  Speaker 1: attaining the hypnotic state itself. You see yourself entering the
• 53:29
  Speaker 1: state of hypnosis in your initial attempts. This in turn
• 53:33
  Speaker 1: sets up a conditioned response and a favorable emotional reaction,
• 53:37
  Speaker 1: which is necessary. The writer has found visualization of the
• 53:42
  Speaker 1: greatest value in the re education of the patient, which
• 53:46
  Speaker 1: is an essential part of hypnotherapy. In this method, after
• 53:50
  Speaker 1: the cause of the trouble has been discovered and as
• 53:53
  Speaker 1: a part of his re education, the patient is instructed,
• 53:57
  Speaker 1: while under only light hypnosis, to form a picture in
• 54:01
  Speaker 1: his mind. He is asked to imagine a movie screen
• 54:05
  Speaker 1: and to see himself just like an actor on this screen,
• 54:09
  Speaker 1: playing a part. He is told that the picture looks
• 54:12
  Speaker 1: very real, three D in fact, and that he can
• 54:15
  Speaker 1: see himself acting and looking the way he wants to
• 54:18
  Speaker 1: look and act. Various scenes are suggested, such as the
• 54:23
  Speaker 1: patient will have to face in real life. In each
• 54:27
  Speaker 1: he is instructed to see himself as in real life,
• 54:31
  Speaker 1: always succeeding. For instance, the stammerer might be asked to
• 54:36
  Speaker 1: picture himself speaking easily to people and feeling perfectly at ease.
• 54:41
  Speaker 1: The patient has also instructed how to form these success
• 54:44
  Speaker 1: pictures for himself, and it is stressed that he will
• 54:48
  Speaker 1: only be able to see himself as he wants to
• 54:51
  Speaker 1: be successful. Since the picture gives rise to the appropriate feelings,
• 54:57
  Speaker 1: it is not long before the patient begins to show
• 54:59
  Speaker 1: the benefit of his private three D film shows. After
• 55:03
  Speaker 1: explaining this technique to students, many have inquired, is that
• 55:08
  Speaker 1: all there is to it? It seems so simple. Of course,
• 55:12
  Speaker 1: there is more to it in that the individual must
• 55:15
  Speaker 1: follow through with the instruction. This is one of the
• 55:18
  Speaker 1: difficult aspects of this type of program. Let me enumerate
• 55:22
  Speaker 1: some of the problems I have encountered in teaching self hypnosis.
• 55:27
  Speaker 1: As mentioned, one of the difficulties is that the techniques
• 55:31
  Speaker 1: seem too simple. Students become skeptical. They feel it should
• 55:35
  Speaker 1: be more complicated and involved in order to get results.
• 55:39
  Speaker 1: I suppose people better appreciate something that comes only after
• 55:43
  Speaker 1: a hard struggle. This procedure is devoid of this. Of course,
• 55:48
  Speaker 1: I am not saying that once a person begins to
• 55:50
  Speaker 1: use this technique, his problems will automatically vanish and his
• 55:55
  Speaker 1: life will be cheery forever after. We have been conditioned
• 55:58
  Speaker 1: to think that success and anything can only come after
• 56:02
  Speaker 1: a long, hard struggle. This is the basic theme of
• 56:05
  Speaker 1: the American way of life. We have been accustomed to
• 56:09
  Speaker 1: believe that conflict and struggle are a part of life,
• 56:12
  Speaker 1: and large doses of it are necessary before we achieve
• 56:16
  Speaker 1: success in any field. I can only reiterate that the
• 56:20
  Speaker 1: information contained in this book is all you need to
• 56:23
  Speaker 1: get results. It is necessary that you follow through and
• 56:27
  Speaker 1: not give up after you have tried the program for
• 56:30
  Speaker 1: a short while and have attained no appreciable results. This
• 56:34
  Speaker 1: brings us to another point. Many persons expect immediate results
• 56:39
  Speaker 1: when they begin to use self hypnosis. If they don't
• 56:42
  Speaker 1: get the results they anticipated immediately, they want to know
• 56:46
  Speaker 1: what's wrong. My answer is usually that nothing is wrong
• 56:50
  Speaker 1: and that they need only keep steadily applying the instructions. Certainly,
• 56:55
  Speaker 1: one doesn't become a proficient typist, musician, actor, or sportsman
• 57:01
  Speaker 1: because he has mastered the basic techniques. It takes time
• 57:05
  Speaker 1: to acquire proficiency. Let me assure you that anyone using
• 57:09
  Speaker 1: and applying this technique can benefit from it. One of
• 57:13
  Speaker 1: the troubles in dealing with any problem is routing defeatism
• 57:17
  Speaker 1: and hopelessness. You can incorporate post hypnotic corrective measures in
• 57:22
  Speaker 1: the suggestions that you give yourself. However, I believe that
• 57:26
  Speaker 1: they must be dealt with on a conscious level as well.
• 57:30
  Speaker 1: You must believe that you can conquer your difficulties, no
• 57:33
  Speaker 1: matter how long you have had them. If you are
• 57:36
  Speaker 1: prepared to work with self hypnosis in an unremitting manner,
• 57:40
  Speaker 1: you will achieve the self help that you seek now
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: and then you can anticipate a setback in your progress,
• 57:48
  Speaker 1: but this needn't discourage you from your overall task. Recount
• 57:52
  Speaker 1: the progress already made. If you have a let down
• 57:56
  Speaker 1: because you expected quicker and more dramatic results, remember that
• 58:00
  Speaker 1: this is a common feeling shared by many with emotional problems.
• 58:04
  Speaker 1: Remember also how long you have had the problem. No
• 58:08
  Speaker 1: doubt you have tried other methods and became discouraged because
• 58:12
  Speaker 1: you weren't making the progress you had anticipated. You drop
• 58:15
  Speaker 1: the idea and landed back where you started. Make up
• 58:19
  Speaker 1: your mind consciously that you will work with untiring sincerity
• 58:23
  Speaker 1: and a perseverance that will not falter because your chosen
• 58:27
  Speaker 1: goal is not achieved immediately. I know of no therapy
• 58:31
  Speaker 1: that leads straight to positive results without obstacles and intermittent failure.
• 58:37
  Speaker 1: Success comes in spite of intervening failures because the ultimate
• 58:41
  Speaker 1: direction has been clearly thought out and charted. Self hypnosis
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: will finally work because you are constantly conditioning your subconscious
• 58:50
  Speaker 1: to react in a positive, constructive manner. The program must,
• 58:54
  Speaker 1: of necessity become automatic in nature. When it does, you
• 58:59
  Speaker 1: will suddenly find yourself feeling the way you wanted to
• 59:03
  Speaker 1: and doing the things that you've set out to do.
• 59:05
  Speaker 1: With the aid of self hypnosis, you actually cultivate those
• 59:10
  Speaker 1: feelings that you want. Hypnosis will not work with skeptics.
• 59:14
  Speaker 1: Every so often a person comes to my office seeking help.
• 59:18
  Speaker 1: He tells me that his family physician or his spouse
• 59:22
  Speaker 1: feels that he should take my course and self hypnosis.
• 59:25
  Speaker 1: I inquire if he feels he might benefit from the course.
• 59:29
  Speaker 1: If his answer is not positive, and if after talking
• 59:33
  Speaker 1: to him at length about the benefits of hypnosis, I
• 59:36
  Speaker 1: still feel he is not ready for the course, I
• 59:39
  Speaker 1: suggest another mode of treatment for him. The reason for
• 59:42
  Speaker 1: this is that unless the person is optimistic and enthusiastic
• 59:46
  Speaker 1: about self hypnosis, it just isn't going to work as
• 59:49
  Speaker 1: effectively as it would otherwise. The very nature of a
• 59:53
  Speaker 1: skeptical attitude limits the constructive forces that we wish to harness. Occasionally,
• 59:59
  Speaker 1: individual want indisputable proof that hypnosis is going to help them.
• 1:00:04
  Speaker 1: It is impossible to give them the proof and unqualified
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 1: reassurance that they seek. Yet these same people do not
• 1:00:11
  Speaker 1: require proof from their physicians. No one can guarantee success. However,
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 1: I do point out that the continued and intelligent use
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 1: of self hypnosis can be instrumental in directing the healing, curative,
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 1: constructive forces of nature. Many times a metaphysical rather than
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 1: a scientific approach is required. It's a matter of trying
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 1: to satisfy the patient's needs. At times, it is helpful
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 1: to allow the patient to attend a class in self hypnosis.
• 1:00:43
  Speaker 1: Being able to communicate and identify with other individuals seeking
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 1: self hypnosis often is enough to change his attitude. This
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 1: is especially true when one or more of the students
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 1: relates dramatic changes. Self hypnosis works because we are able
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 1: to condition ourselves to various stimuli. We condition ourselves consciously
• 1:01:05
  Speaker 1: and unconsciously to many activities. When we experience anxiety, it
• 1:01:11
  Speaker 1: stems from a condition process which could not have been
• 1:01:14
  Speaker 1: conscious or unconscious. In self hypnosis, the individual consciously works
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 1: toward implementing and strengthening his own inherent strength and resources.
• 1:01:25
  Speaker 1: These objectives, when attained, result in feelings of confidence, relaxation,
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 1: self mastery, and well being. Furthermore, hypnosis utilizes a natural
• 1:01:37
  Speaker 1: mental process. We all know that placebos work admirably in
• 1:01:41
  Speaker 1: numerous cases. The Dictionary defines the word placebo as an
• 1:01:46
  Speaker 1: inactive substance or preparation administered to please or gratify a patient,
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 1: also used in controlled studies to determine the efficiency of
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 1: medical substances. Many controlled experiments have shown that people achieve
• 1:02:02
  Speaker 1: similar results whether they take a placebo which they think
• 1:02:06
  Speaker 1: is the real medication or real medication that was prescribed
• 1:02:11
  Speaker 1: several years ago. Many tests were carried out with anahistamines
• 1:02:15
  Speaker 1: to prevent colds. The results were always the same. We
• 1:02:20
  Speaker 1: are interested in what makes the placebo act as efficiently
• 1:02:23
  Speaker 1: as the true medication. It stands to reason that a
• 1:02:26
  Speaker 1: chain reaction is set up actually causing a physiological result
• 1:02:31
  Speaker 1: from a psychological situation. The unsuspecting patient declares, I've never
• 1:02:36
  Speaker 1: felt so good in my life. Yet this would have
• 1:02:39
  Speaker 1: never happened if he didn't think he was taking the
• 1:02:42
  Speaker 1: marvelous new medicine. A recent scientific study by one of
• 1:02:47
  Speaker 1: the leading pharmaceutical houses concluded that one third of the
• 1:02:51
  Speaker 1: effectiveness of any medication depends upon the faith and trust
• 1:02:55
  Speaker 1: that the patient has in the prescribing physician. I am
• 1:02:59
  Speaker 1: sure that the placebo results and the patient's faith in
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 1: the physician as contributing factors to the effectiveness of medications
• 1:03:07
  Speaker 1: do not come as a revelation. We are all aware
• 1:03:11
  Speaker 1: of such information. Our problem is how to harness this
• 1:03:14
  Speaker 1: unconscious process for constructive goals. The answer is through self hypnosis.
• 1:03:21
  Speaker 1: Self hypnosis, as we have explained, it uses a technique
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 1: called visual imagery. This has been referred to by many
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 1: different names, but for our purposes we'll call it visual imagery.
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 1: Within this technique lies one of the keys for achieving
• 1:03:36
  Speaker 1: the goals that you want. There have been many famous
• 1:03:40
  Speaker 1: books written incorporating this technique as a basis for achievement.
• 1:03:45
  Speaker 1: Perhaps the most famous of all is called Think and
• 1:03:48
  Speaker 1: Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. In recent years, the Magic
• 1:03:53
  Speaker 1: of Believing by Claude M. Bristol and the Power of
• 1:03:57
  Speaker 1: Positive Thinking already mentioned have been become well known. The
• 1:04:01
  Speaker 1: book which gives direction to most of the books in
• 1:04:04
  Speaker 1: this field is called Self Mastery through Conscious Auto Suggestion
• 1:04:09
  Speaker 1: by doctor Emil Kuway. I am sure the older readers
• 1:04:12
  Speaker 1: of this book have heard the famous saying which I
• 1:04:15
  Speaker 1: will repeat here for emphasis. Day by day, in every way,
• 1:04:20
  Speaker 1: I am getting better and better invariably. In all these
• 1:04:24
  Speaker 1: books there is reference to the Biblical quotation as a
• 1:04:28
  Speaker 1: man thinketh in his heart, so is he. As the
• 1:04:33
  Speaker 1: reader can deduce, we are not theorizing at a startling
• 1:04:36
  Speaker 1: new discovery. The technique as ancient as man himself and
• 1:04:40
  Speaker 1: his dream of a better tomorrow. All books using the
• 1:04:44
  Speaker 1: visual imagery technique will tell you to paint a vivid
• 1:04:47
  Speaker 1: mental picture of the material things you wish to acquire.
• 1:04:51
  Speaker 1: If it is a case of material wealth. For personal improvement,
• 1:04:56
  Speaker 1: they tell you to paint a vivid picture of the
• 1:04:58
  Speaker 1: individual you want to be. In most cases, you are
• 1:05:02
  Speaker 1: told to do this in a relaxed or meditative state
• 1:05:05
  Speaker 1: with as few distractions as possible. The next two requirements
• 1:05:10
  Speaker 1: are constant repetition conditioning and a burning desire motivation to
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 1: achieve what you set out to do. Aren't these books
• 1:05:20
  Speaker 1: really talking about self hypnosis? Aren't they describing precisely the
• 1:05:24
  Speaker 1: techniques of self hypnosis. The terminology is different, but the
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 1: approach is the same. With these techniques, there is an
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 1: aim to direct thinking, picturization, positive thinking, suggestions, and constructive
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  Speaker 1: thoughts or images to the inner self or real self.
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 1: Aren't they once again really talking about the sub conscious mind?
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 1: I have no argument with any workable approach to emotional maturity,
• 1:05:52
  Speaker 1: but in many cases we are actually becoming involved with
• 1:05:55
  Speaker 1: the meaning of words semantics. The quickest way to the
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 1: soul unconscious is through self hypnosis. In this self hypnotic state,
• 1:06:05
  Speaker 1: you are able to consciously direct suggestions to your subconscious mind.
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  Speaker 1: End of chapter four, Chapter five, how to Arouse Yourself
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  Speaker 1: from the self hypnotic state. You will note that this
• 1:06:20
  Speaker 1: chapter precedes instruction on how to attain self hypnosis. The
• 1:06:24
  Speaker 1: reason for this is to alleviate whatever anxiety you may
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 1: have in regard to the question, if I'm hypnotized, how
• 1:06:32
  Speaker 1: do I awaken myself? It is important to understand that
• 1:06:37
  Speaker 1: even though you are hypnotized, you are in control. You
• 1:06:40
  Speaker 1: are aware of your surroundings, what is going on about.
• 1:06:44
  Speaker 1: You can think clearly and can arouse yourself very easily.
• 1:06:48
  Speaker 1: It is only necessary to say or think, I shall
• 1:06:52
  Speaker 1: now open my eyes and wake up feeling fine. You
• 1:06:56
  Speaker 1: could also give yourself a specific count and say, as
• 1:07:00
  Speaker 1: I count to five, I'll open my eyes and wake
• 1:07:03
  Speaker 1: up feeling wonderfully well and refreshed. One, two, three, four five.
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  Speaker 1: It should be remembered that while we sometimes use the
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  Speaker 1: words sleep to describe the hypnotic state, we are not
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  Speaker 1: actually referring to true sleep. This accounts for much of
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  Speaker 1: the confusion. The individual thinks, if I'm asleep, how can
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  Speaker 1: I awaken myself? If the subject were asleep in the
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  Speaker 1: true sense of the word, this would be impossible. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: the subject is in a special or heightened state of awareness.
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  Speaker 1: In self hypnosis, he is extremely conscious, although his general
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  Speaker 1: physical appearance is one of passiveness. In the self hypnotic state,
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  Speaker 1: the individual consciously gives himself whatever suggestions he desires. This
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  Speaker 1: proves he is conscious and therefore can't awaken himself with
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  Speaker 1: the appropriate suggestions. Occasionally, the subject falls asleep while giving
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  Speaker 1: him self suggestions or while relaxing to get into the
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  Speaker 1: right psychological mood. Naturally, in this case, the subject will
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  Speaker 1: awaken in due course. If the subject practices hypnosis when
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  Speaker 1: he is normally set to fall asleep in bed, he
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  Speaker 1: would awaken refreshed in the morning at his usual time.
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  Speaker 1: Before beginning to give yourself therapeutic suggestions, you could give
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  Speaker 1: yourself the following suggestions, which give you a specific length
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  Speaker 1: of time that you will work with self hypnosis. I
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  Speaker 1: shall work with self hypnosis for fifteen minutes. At the
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  Speaker 1: end of that time, I shall open my eyes and
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  Speaker 1: wake up feeling wonderfully well, wide awake, confident, cheerful, and optimistic.
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  Speaker 1: The moment I open my eyes, I'll feel refreshed. In
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  Speaker 1: case of any outside danger, I'll be able to awaken
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  Speaker 1: a meeting idly, be fully alert, and act accordingly. You
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  Speaker 1: will notice that these suggestions take into consideration the possibility
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  Speaker 1: of something happening of danger to the individual, such as fire,
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  Speaker 1: et cetera. These points arise in the minds of most
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  Speaker 1: individuals attempting self hypnosis and are well taken. You could
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  Speaker 1: also set an alarm clock to awaken you at a
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  Speaker 1: designated time. Let us assume to arouse yourself, you gave
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  Speaker 1: yourself a suggestion to open your eyes and be wide
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  Speaker 1: awake at the count of five, you count to five,
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  Speaker 1: and for some reason you are unable to open your eyes.
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  Speaker 1: First of all, don't worry, remain relaxed and give yourself
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  Speaker 1: the suggestions over again, emphasizing to yourself that at the
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  Speaker 1: count of five you will absolutely, positively be able to
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  Speaker 1: open your eyes very easily and will feel fine. You
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  Speaker 1: then begin the count again, reiterating between each number that
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  Speaker 1: you will positively open your eyes at the count of
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  Speaker 1: five and be wide awake. This should do it? Should
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  Speaker 1: this not do it? May I reassure you again, don't
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  Speaker 1: become alarmed. Relax for a few minutes, and try again.
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  Speaker 1: You'll be able to open your eyes and wake up.
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  Speaker 1: I hope I haven't frightened you with the prospect of
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  Speaker 1: not being able to awaken. I bring this up only
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  Speaker 1: to acquaint you with the procedure to use. Actually, the
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  Speaker 1: problem of dehypnotization is a rare one. I should point
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  Speaker 1: out a very important fact. I have never had a
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  Speaker 1: subject practicing or using self hypnosis tell me he had
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  Speaker 1: the least bit of difficulty in awakening himself from the
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  Speaker 1: self induced hypnotic state. I have had persons tell me
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  Speaker 1: that they heard or read of a case where the
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  Speaker 1: hypnotist could not bring the subject out of the hypnotic state,
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  Speaker 1: and as a result, the subject slept for so many days.
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  Speaker 1: Not one of those stories could be documented your ago.
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  Speaker 1: For publicity purposes, stage hypnotists would have a subject sleep
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  Speaker 1: in a store window for several days. This was on
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  Speaker 1: a voluntary basis, though, and should not be confused with
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  Speaker 1: what we are discussing. In working with subjects, I have
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  Speaker 1: very rarely had a subject who did not awaken at
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  Speaker 1: a specific count, but I have had this experience. I
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  Speaker 1: have usually found that the subject is so relaxed that
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  Speaker 1: he just didn't want to awaken for fear of losing
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  Speaker 1: this pleasant sensation. When the subject doesn't awaken, I merely
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  Speaker 1: ask him in a calm manner, why don't you wish
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  Speaker 1: to wake up? You can answer me without awakening from
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  Speaker 1: the hypnotic state. He usually replies he liked to remain
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  Speaker 1: in this state for another five minutes or so. I
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  Speaker 1: agree to this extended period while getting a firm commitment
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  Speaker 1: from him that he will awaken after this period. This
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  Speaker 1: is usually sufficient to bring the subject out of the
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  Speaker 1: hypnotic state. Occasionally, the instructions to wake up are not
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  Speaker 1: clear to the subject. If this is the case, clearer
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  Speaker 1: instructions should be given. You could also deepen the hypnotic
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  Speaker 1: state and then give suggestions to awaken at a specific
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  Speaker 1: count in a very authoritarian manner. Every so often I
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  Speaker 1: have found that the subject has fallen into a natural
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  Speaker 1: sleep and just hasn't heard the instructions. In this case,
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  Speaker 1: I raise my voice, which is usually sufficient, or gently
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  Speaker 1: shake the subject, awakening him as you would any sleeping person.
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  Speaker 1: I would like to relate a rather interesting experience that
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  Speaker 1: I had with a male subject. I had worked with
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  Speaker 1: this particular subject six times previous to this occasion. He
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  Speaker 1: was a good hypnotic subject, and he failed to awaken
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  Speaker 1: in the usual manner. Since he had carried out several
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  Speaker 1: post hypnotic suggestions, it was rather perplexing to analyze what
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  Speaker 1: had happened. After about ten minutes, he finally agreed while
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  Speaker 1: he was under hypnosis to awaken at a given count.
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  Speaker 1: I asked him what was the nature of the difficulty.
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  Speaker 1: He replied, I wanted to see how you would react.
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  Speaker 1: In conclusion, having difficulty in dehypnotizing yourself is extremely rare.
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  Speaker 1: Should it happen, Keep calm and repeat the suggestions with emphasis.
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  Speaker 1: Even in hetero hypnosis, where the hypnotist hypnotizes a subject,
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  Speaker 1: it is extremely rare. There are explainable psychodynamic factors for this. However,
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  Speaker 1: they can be met adequately while the subject is under hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: End of Chapter five, Chapter six, How to attain self hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: Let us begin with the hypothesis that anyone can learn
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  Speaker 1: in practice to some degree, the science of self hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: We shall assume that you you have carefully thought out
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  Speaker 1: what you want to accomplish. You have, through self analysis,
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  Speaker 1: come up with reasonable goals of therapy and self improvement.
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  Speaker 1: The next step is the acquisition of the hypnotic state
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  Speaker 1: per se. Before giving you the specific instructions, I would
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  Speaker 1: like to clarify a question which invariably arises in teaching
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  Speaker 1: a student self hypnosis. It is are the suggestions that
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  Speaker 1: I give myself as effective as the ones you would
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  Speaker 1: give me in hetero hypnosis? It is natural to assume
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  Speaker 1: that the suggestions of the hypnotist would be more effective
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  Speaker 1: than those given by the subject himself, but both have
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  Speaker 1: the same intrinsic value. It is well to remember that
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  Speaker 1: all hypnosis is really self hypnosis, and all hetero suggestions
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  Speaker 1: are transposed into self suggestions. If the hypnotist firmly suggests,
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  Speaker 1: from this moment, you will feel very confident in all
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  Speaker 1: life situations, the subject automatically and unconsciously rephrases the statement
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  Speaker 1: from this moment, I will feel very confident in all
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  Speaker 1: life situations. The subject, ordinarily mentally or allowed repeats all
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  Speaker 1: suggestions using the pronoun I instead of you. The easiest
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  Speaker 1: and quickest way to learn self hypnosis is to be
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  Speaker 1: hypnotized and given a post hypnotic suggestion to the effect
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  Speaker 1: that you will be able to put yourself into the
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  Speaker 1: hypnotic state at a given stimulus whenever you desire to
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  Speaker 1: do so. The hypnotist need not be a professional. Anyone
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  Speaker 1: understanding the rudiments of hypnosis can do this. However, let
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  Speaker 1: us assume you want to learn self hypnosis and cannot
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  Speaker 1: find help. If you understand and consciously practice the instructions
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  Speaker 1: that I shall outline, you will attain your goal. Sit
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  Speaker 1: in an easy chair or recline on a sofa or bed. Next,
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  Speaker 1: choose a point of eye fixation on the ceiling, preferably
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  Speaker 1: a spot behind you, which would normally cause eye fatigue
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  Speaker 1: or strain. Now, breathe very slowly, and deeply. As you
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  Speaker 1: do this, repeat aloud or mentally the words sleep as
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  Speaker 1: you inhale and deep sleep as you exhale. Do this
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  Speaker 1: for several minutes in a very monotonous manner, until such
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  Speaker 1: a time as you find yourself getting drowsy. Next, suggest
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  Speaker 1: to yourself that your eyelids are becoming heavy and tired.
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  Speaker 1: The goal is to acquire eye closure. Using this method,
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  Speaker 1: you want to reach a state where it is uncomfortable
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  Speaker 1: to keep the eyes open. Once you get your eyes
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  Speaker 1: closing seemingly of their own volition, you have reached the
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  Speaker 1: first step in achieving self hypnosis. You can repeat to
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  Speaker 1: yourself such suggestions as my eyelids are becoming very heavy
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  Speaker 1: and tired, my eyes are becoming very watery, my eyelids
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  Speaker 1: are blinking. I just want to close my eyes. The
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  Speaker 1: moment I close my eyelids, I shall fall into a deep,
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  Speaker 1: sound hypnotic sleep. Even though in a deep state of hypnosis,
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  Speaker 1: I shall be aware of my surroundings and be able
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  Speaker 1: to direct post hypnotic suggestions to my subconscious mind. When
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  Speaker 1: your eyelids actually become heavy, or when your eyes actually
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  Speaker 1: begin to water, you intensify these feelings by repeating affirmative
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  Speaker 1: suggestions along these very lines. This is known as the
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  Speaker 1: feedback technique and helps to reinforce the actual condition that exists.
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  Speaker 1: Proceeding in this way hastens the actual closing of the eyes,
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  Speaker 1: an attainment of the hypnotic state. Per se let us.
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  Speaker 1: Assume that you practice this procedure and seemingly nothing happens.
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  Speaker 1: Continue to practice it again and again until such a
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  Speaker 1: time as you are able to achieve an eye closure.
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  Speaker 1: You will eventually be able to do this within an
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  Speaker 1: our relatively short period of time. One of the best
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  Speaker 1: times to practice the technique just given is when you
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  Speaker 1: are falling asleep at night. The lights are out and
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  Speaker 1: you are lying in bed. Choose an imaginary spot above
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  Speaker 1: and behind your eye level so there is some strain
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  Speaker 1: on the eye muscles. Now begin giving your self suggestions
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  Speaker 1: that your eyelids are becoming heavy, etc. The reason this
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  Speaker 1: period is such an excellent time to practice self hypnosis
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  Speaker 1: is that the suggestions you give yourself spill over into
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  Speaker 1: your subconscious as you drift from consciousness to unconsciousness. It's
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  Speaker 1: like telling yourself to wake up at a certain time
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  Speaker 1: in the morning. The suggestion reaches your subconscious and activates
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  Speaker 1: you consciously to awaken. Using this approach, you can give
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  Speaker 1: yourself dynamic constructive suggestions at this time, as well as
• 1:18:54
  Speaker 1: giving yourself the post hypnotic suggestion that the next time
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  Speaker 1: you practice self hypnosis you fall into a deeper sound
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  Speaker 1: hypnotic state at the count of three. You also emphasize
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  Speaker 1: that your eyelids will close involuntarily whenever you relax for
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  Speaker 1: five minutes and afterwards count to three. This conditioning process
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  Speaker 1: will be augmented by the use of the sleep period.
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  Speaker 1: The suggestions will tend to work unconsciously during this period
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  Speaker 1: and hasten your attainment of the constructive goals as well
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  Speaker 1: as the self hypnotic goal itself. Once you have achieved
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  Speaker 1: eye closure, deepen the hypnotic state by the following suggestions.
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  Speaker 1: As I count to three, I shall go deeper and
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  Speaker 1: deeper into a profound hypnotic state. I count to three,
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  Speaker 1: I shall find myself becoming more and more relaxed. As
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  Speaker 1: I count to three, I shall fall into a deep
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  Speaker 1: hypnotic state. You repeat these suggestions many times, actually trying
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  Speaker 1: on a conscious level to feel sleepier or relaxed more
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  Speaker 1: at ease. In doing this, you take on the characteristics
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  Speaker 1: of a deeply hypnotized subject. Part of the difficulty in
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  Speaker 1: learning self hypnosis is that the subject is aiming at
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  Speaker 1: a state of mind in which he has no experience.
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  Speaker 1: If I say act happy or act sad, there is
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  Speaker 1: an immediate reaction from your experiential background, and you can
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  Speaker 1: react accordingly. If you have never seen anyone hypnotized, and
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  Speaker 1: I say act as though you were hypnotized, you must
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  Speaker 1: of necessity act in a manner that you would assume
• 1:20:37
  Speaker 1: approximated that of hypnosis. If you had actually seen someone hypnotized,
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  Speaker 1: you would naturally take on the characteristics you had observed.
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  Speaker 1: This would either be done consciously or unconsciously. Some individuals
• 1:20:52
  Speaker 1: describe the hypnotic state as a state of complete relaxation.
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  Speaker 1: Many get a feeling of detachment, Others feeling of dissociation,
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  Speaker 1: as though their entire being was only thought. Some get
• 1:21:05
  Speaker 1: a floating or drifting feeling, likening the experience to line
• 1:21:10
  Speaker 1: deep clouds. Others experience a heavy, pleasant sinking feeling. Still
• 1:21:16
  Speaker 1: others get a feeling of peace and serenity. Many describe
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  Speaker 1: the hypnotic state as being akin to the state just
• 1:21:24
  Speaker 1: prior to falling asleep or like daydreaming, and they experience
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  Speaker 1: the same reactions. Yet there are some who do not
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  Speaker 1: feel a definite change. They describe it by saying, I
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  Speaker 1: just felt that I had my eyes closed, I heard
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  Speaker 1: everything and was completely aware at all times. Since it
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  Speaker 1: is possible to direct your feelings reactions, I would suggest
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  Speaker 1: that you aim for a completely relaxed, comfortable state. You
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  Speaker 1: have now reached the point where your eyes are closed
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  Speaker 1: and you have given yourself further suggestions to deepen the
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  Speaker 1: state of hypnosis. This has taken from about six to
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  Speaker 1: ten minutes. You are not sure, though, that you are
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  Speaker 1: under hypnosis. There are many ways to test this, and
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  Speaker 1: I shall outline one of these tests later in this chapter. However,
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  Speaker 1: for your initial attempts, it isn't too important whether or
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  Speaker 1: not you are under hypnosis. You are still to give
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  Speaker 1: yourself the post hypnotic suggestion that the next time you
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  Speaker 1: attempt to hypnotize yourself you will fall into a deeper
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  Speaker 1: and sounder state. After you have relaxed for about five
• 1:22:32
  Speaker 1: minutes and counted to three. In your initial attempts, you
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  Speaker 1: will be trying to establish a conditioned response to the
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  Speaker 1: count of three, which will subsequently cause your eyes to
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  Speaker 1: close and put you under hypnosis. Eventually, you should react
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  Speaker 1: instantly to the count of three or any other cue
• 1:22:52
  Speaker 1: you may use to trigger the response. The key words
• 1:22:56
  Speaker 1: or stimulus become associated with the action that you seek.
• 1:23:00
  Speaker 1: Through repetition, just thinking about the stimulus can bring on
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  Speaker 1: the response. This is known as ideo motor action and
• 1:23:09
  Speaker 1: is present in the waking as well as the hypnotic state.
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  Speaker 1: Pav Law's famous experiments, which induced dogs to salivate when
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  Speaker 1: a bell was rung after previously having food fed to
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  Speaker 1: them at the same time, are examples of this type
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  Speaker 1: of conditioning. Don't we generally become hungry if someone tells
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  Speaker 1: us it's noon and time for lunch, when in fact
• 1:23:32
  Speaker 1: it's only eleven o'clock. I had a common experience recently
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  Speaker 1: that I'm sure many readers have shared. One of my neighbors,
• 1:23:40
  Speaker 1: seeing my car was parked in front of my house,
• 1:23:43
  Speaker 1: and knowing I was home, called to say he was
• 1:23:46
  Speaker 1: dropping in to see me. While working on the manuscript
• 1:23:50
  Speaker 1: of this book, I thought I heard the door bell
• 1:23:52
  Speaker 1: as I was typing. I went to the front door
• 1:23:55
  Speaker 1: and no one was there. I even walked around the
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  Speaker 1: house looking for him. Because I was so certain I
• 1:24:01
  Speaker 1: heard the bell. This is another example of an ideomotor action.
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  Speaker 1: I told my friend about it when he arrived approximately
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  Speaker 1: thirty minutes later. He looked at me rather whimsically and
• 1:24:13
  Speaker 1: we both shared a laugh. Haven't you thought you heard
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  Speaker 1: the phone ring when you were waiting for a call?
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  Speaker 1: In the chapter how does Self Hypnosis Work? Stress was
• 1:24:24
  Speaker 1: laid on the importance of the visual imagery technique. During
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  Speaker 1: every attempt to achieve some hypnosis, you attempt to visualize
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  Speaker 1: yourself going into the hypnotic state. Once you have deepened
• 1:24:35
  Speaker 1: the state, you begin the process of visualizing yourself exactly
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  Speaker 1: the way you want to be. You may experience difficulty
• 1:24:43
  Speaker 1: at first, but as you keep at it, you will
• 1:24:46
  Speaker 1: be able to picture yourself the way you want You
• 1:24:49
  Speaker 1: use the visual imagery technique. Whether you think you are
• 1:24:53
  Speaker 1: under hypnosis or not, these images become clear as you
• 1:24:57
  Speaker 1: constantly hammer home these suggestions. This is the exact procedure necessary,
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  Speaker 1: and you needn't complicate it. Let us suppose that you
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  Speaker 1: are getting your eyelids to close at the count of
• 1:25:08
  Speaker 1: three and have achieved a good state of relaxation. With
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  Speaker 1: these prerequisites, you can't anticipate going deeper into the hypnotic state.
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  Speaker 1: Actually being able to get the eyes to close at
• 1:25:20
  Speaker 1: a specific count is the first level in determining if
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  Speaker 1: the subject has gone under hypnosis. If you have conditioned
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  Speaker 1: yourself this far, then you can go to the next step.
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  Speaker 1: The next test is called the swallowing test. You mentally
• 1:25:35
  Speaker 1: give yourself suggestions that as you slowly to yourself count
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  Speaker 1: to ten, you will get an irresistible urge to swallow
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  Speaker 1: one time. You further suggest that this will happen even
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  Speaker 1: before you reach the count of ten. You then begin
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  Speaker 1: to count. One My throat is parched, and I feel
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  Speaker 1: an irresistible urge to swallow one time. Two, my lips
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  Speaker 1: are becoming very dry, and I feel an irresistible urge
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  Speaker 1: to swallow. Three, my throat feels very high, and I
• 1:26:09
  Speaker 1: feel an irresistible urge to swallow one time. Four, before
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  Speaker 1: I reach the count of ten, the urge to swallow
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  Speaker 1: one time will become irresistible because my lips and throat
• 1:26:21
  Speaker 1: are so dry. Five. Once I swallow, I shall no
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  Speaker 1: longer have the urge to swallow again. And as I
• 1:26:29
  Speaker 1: swallow one time, I shall fall into a deeper and
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  Speaker 1: sounder state of hypnosis, continue with similar suggestions, repeating and
• 1:26:38
  Speaker 1: affirming the suggestions about swallowing. Once you actually swallow, you
• 1:26:44
  Speaker 1: discontinue the suggestions and instead give yourself suggestions that you
• 1:26:49
  Speaker 1: are falling deeper and deeper into a sound hypnotic state,
• 1:26:53
  Speaker 1: and that the constructive suggestions you now give yourself will
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  Speaker 1: work for you. Once again, you practice visual imagery, seeing
• 1:27:01
  Speaker 1: yourself the way you want to be, while fortifying this
• 1:27:04
  Speaker 1: image with forceful positive suggestions. You close by giving yourself
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  Speaker 1: suggestions that you will enter the hypnotic state whenever you
• 1:27:13
  Speaker 1: relax for five minutes and count to three. The suggestions
• 1:27:18
  Speaker 1: are just as effective, whether given aloud or mentally. Many
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  Speaker 1: subjects report that they are reluctant when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: giving suggestions to themselves. I can only say that as
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  Speaker 1: you continue to work with yourself, you will develop confidence
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  Speaker 1: in giving yourself suggestions. In order for the suggestions to
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  Speaker 1: be effective, they cannot be given in a reticent or
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  Speaker 1: hesitant manner. They must be given with enthusiasm and anticipation.
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  Speaker 1: If you assiduously follow these instructions, you will derive the
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  Speaker 1: benefits you seek in the shortest possible time and witness
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  Speaker 1: the positive tangible results of your suggestions and efforts. In
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  Speaker 1: the next chapter, you'll learn how to deepen the self
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  Speaker 1: hypnotic state. End of chapter six, Chapter seven Deepening the
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  Speaker 1: self hypnotic state. For each progressive test, it is usually
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  Speaker 1: necessary to have accomplished the preceding tests. However, this is
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  Speaker 1: not an absolute rule. Frequently a subject responds to tests
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  Speaker 1: at the beginning of the depth scale, and then to
• 1:28:25
  Speaker 1: others at the end of the depth scale. Certain tests
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  Speaker 1: in between do not work. I have had the following
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  Speaker 1: experience more than once while teaching one of my classes
• 1:28:36
  Speaker 1: in self hypnosis. In testing the depth of hypnosis, I
• 1:28:41
  Speaker 1: run the gamut of all the tests from light to deep,
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  Speaker 1: and this way the subject can ascertain how far he
• 1:28:47
  Speaker 1: has progressed. One frequent test for the deep state is
• 1:28:52
  Speaker 1: to give the subject a post hypnotic suggestion to the
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  Speaker 1: effect that the next cigarette he smokes will have a
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  Speaker 1: vile taste and it will be absolutely impossible for him
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  Speaker 1: to take more than three puffs. It is further suggested
• 1:29:07
  Speaker 1: that after the third puff, the cigarette taste will be
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  Speaker 1: so unbearable it will become necessary for him to extinguish
• 1:29:14
  Speaker 1: the cigarette. We can expect an excellent hypnotic subject to
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  Speaker 1: comply with these post hypnotic suggestions. But a subject who
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  Speaker 1: hasn't even passed the eye closure test, test number one
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  Speaker 1: or any other test may unexpectedly react perfectly to the
• 1:29:32
  Speaker 1: cigarette test, which we know as a standard test for
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  Speaker 1: determining if the subject has entered into a deep state
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  Speaker 1: of hypnosis. How can you account for it? There is
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  Speaker 1: no simple or positive answer. If we hadn't given him
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  Speaker 1: this particular test, he would have felt that he wasn't
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  Speaker 1: making progress in his determination to become a good hypnotic subject.
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  Speaker 1: Because of this, he might not have given himself therapeutic
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  Speaker 1: suggestion questions because he wouldn't feel he had reached a
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  Speaker 1: state of hypnosis which would benefit him. Remember the following
• 1:30:07
  Speaker 1: instructions of giving yourself whatever therapeutic suggestions you want, regardless
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  Speaker 1: of the fact that you feel that nothing has happened.
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  Speaker 1: I have seen many subjects who were bewildered because certain
• 1:30:20
  Speaker 1: tests did not work, yet were pleased because of very
• 1:30:23
  Speaker 1: gratifying overall results from using self hypnosis. They were baffled
• 1:30:29
  Speaker 1: because of their inability to pass certain tests, which they
• 1:30:32
  Speaker 1: felt were a prerequisite to the success of constructive suggestions.
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  Speaker 1: They gave themselves. It is commonly felt that the deeper
• 1:30:40
  Speaker 1: the state of hypnosis, the better the results. In actual practice,
• 1:30:46
  Speaker 1: I have not found this to be so. I have
• 1:30:48
  Speaker 1: had excellent results in a relatively short period of time
• 1:30:52
  Speaker 1: with subjects who only achieved a light state, and it
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  Speaker 1: has been necessary to work with others who achieved a
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  Speaker 1: deep statue hypnosis for a longer period before lasting results
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  Speaker 1: were in evidence. Naturally, each individual presents a different set
• 1:31:09
  Speaker 1: of needs, and even though the symptoms may be basically
• 1:31:13
  Speaker 1: the same, each will respond favorably when his requirements are met.
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  Speaker 1: This happens on a conscious as well as an unconscious level.
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  Speaker 1: For example, the mere assurance by a physician that the
• 1:31:26
  Speaker 1: patient is all right and has nothing to worry about
• 1:31:30
  Speaker 1: is often sufficient to bring about desirable results. Another example
• 1:31:35
  Speaker 1: is the mother who stops the sobbing of her hurt
• 1:31:37
  Speaker 1: child by a loving kiss. A logical approach pointing out
• 1:31:43
  Speaker 1: to the child that he really didn't hurt himself would
• 1:31:46
  Speaker 1: never have worked. We have all heard stories of primitive
• 1:31:50
  Speaker 1: tribesmen who have died because they knew they were the
• 1:31:53
  Speaker 1: object of death wishes by another member of the tribe.
• 1:31:57
  Speaker 1: The key to achieving a greater depth of self hypnosis
• 1:32:01
  Speaker 1: lies in the use of the visual imagery technique. You
• 1:32:05
  Speaker 1: see yourself going into the hypnotic state deeper and deeper.
• 1:32:10
  Speaker 1: You even picture yourself using this technique passing various progressive
• 1:32:15
  Speaker 1: hypnotic tests. The second part of the key lies in
• 1:32:19
  Speaker 1: giving yourself a post hypnotic suggestion that each succeeding attempt
• 1:32:24
  Speaker 1: will put you into a deeper state as a result
• 1:32:27
  Speaker 1: of a given stimulus, such as the count of three.
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  Speaker 1: The following instruction should not be attempted, usually unless you
• 1:32:35
  Speaker 1: have been successful in achieving the two basic tests, the
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  Speaker 1: eye closure as well as the uncontrollable urge to swallow,
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  Speaker 1: followed by the physical act of swallowing at a specific count.
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  Speaker 1: If the conditioning process works for these two tests, you
• 1:32:52
  Speaker 1: have achieved the lethargic state of hypnosis. This is the
• 1:32:56
  Speaker 1: first state of hypnosis and is generally referred as the
• 1:33:00
  Speaker 1: light state. Therapeutic suggestions can work admirably in this state.
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  Speaker 1: The next state of hypnosis is known as the cataleptic
• 1:33:10
  Speaker 1: state and is referred to as the medium state. Generally,
• 1:33:15
  Speaker 1: hypnosis is divided into three states, the lethargic light state,
• 1:33:20
  Speaker 1: the cataleptic medium, state and the somnambulistic deep state. As
• 1:33:27
  Speaker 1: you deepen the hypnotic state, you can accomplish the progressive
• 1:33:31
  Speaker 1: tests that I shall outline for you. I'll also number
• 1:33:35
  Speaker 1: these tests for the convenience of having a reference. Deepening
• 1:33:39
  Speaker 1: the hypnotic state requires the same type of practice or
• 1:33:43
  Speaker 1: conditioning as the first two steps. Let us call eeclosure
• 1:33:48
  Speaker 1: number one and swallowing number two. We are now ready
• 1:33:53
  Speaker 1: to proceed to the hand tangling test number three. You
• 1:33:58
  Speaker 1: have just completed tests number one and two. You are
• 1:34:01
  Speaker 1: in a completely relaxed state. Now give yourself the following suggestions.
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  Speaker 1: As I count to ten, and even before I reach
• 1:34:10
  Speaker 1: the count of ten, I shall feel light, tingling or
• 1:34:14
  Speaker 1: numb feeling in my right hand. As you slowly begin
• 1:34:18
  Speaker 1: the count of ten, you keep repeating suggestions to the
• 1:34:21
  Speaker 1: effect that your right hand is beginning to tingle. Once again,
• 1:34:26
  Speaker 1: you practice the technique of visual imagery, tapping your experiential
• 1:34:31
  Speaker 1: background for this feeling. You can recall how it feels
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  Speaker 1: when your hand goes to sleep. Once you get an
• 1:34:38
  Speaker 1: initial feeling of lightness, tingling, or numbness, reinforce this feeling
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  Speaker 1: by the feedback technique, as you did with the eye
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  Speaker 1: closure test. As you practice this procedure, it will work
• 1:34:51
  Speaker 1: with greater effectiveness. The following is a very important point
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  Speaker 1: to remember. Be sure that you give yourself a post ti,
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  Speaker 1: not a suggestion that the tingling, light or numb sensation
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  Speaker 1: will disappear as you continue to count to fifteen. For example,
• 1:35:10
  Speaker 1: as I count to fifteen, the tingling feeling in my
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  Speaker 1: right hand will disappear and I shall experience only normal sensations. Eleven,
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  Speaker 1: the tingling feeling is leaving. Twelve, Now it is leaving faster. Thirteen,
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  Speaker 1: I can feel my hand returning to normal. Fourteen the
• 1:35:34
  Speaker 1: tingling has left. Fifteen My right hand feels perfectly normal.
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  Speaker 1: You could try a variation of this test by saying
• 1:35:44
  Speaker 1: your nose or one of your toes will itch at
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  Speaker 1: a specific count. Once this test is accomplished, you are
• 1:35:52
  Speaker 1: ready for the foot test number four. You will remember
• 1:35:57
  Speaker 1: that the key to achieving a greater depth of hypnosis
• 1:36:00
  Speaker 1: lies in visualizing yourself going deeper with each attempt and
• 1:36:04
  Speaker 1: accomplishing progressive hypnotic tests. Keep this in mind for a moment.
• 1:36:10
  Speaker 1: Let us go back to the hand tingling test number three.
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  Speaker 1: Once you have been successful in accomplishing this test, use
• 1:36:18
  Speaker 1: the visual imagery technique to see yourself successfully responding to
• 1:36:23
  Speaker 1: the foot test. Once you have actually accomplished test number four,
• 1:36:28
  Speaker 1: you see yourself accomplishing the hand levitation test number five.
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  Speaker 1: In other words, you use each step to enhance a
• 1:36:37
  Speaker 1: greater receptivity for the following progressive test. As you couple
• 1:36:42
  Speaker 1: this approach with post hypnotic suggestions that you will go
• 1:36:46
  Speaker 1: deeper and deeper into the hypnotic state at a given stimulus,
• 1:36:50
  Speaker 1: you set into motion a conditioned response mechanism which must
• 1:36:54
  Speaker 1: ultimately guide you into a profound state of hypnosis. The
• 1:36:59
  Speaker 1: foot test can be accomplished while sitting or lying down.
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  Speaker 1: The idea of this test is to imagine that your
• 1:37:06
  Speaker 1: feet are stuck to the floor, or that your legs
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  Speaker 1: are so heavy that they are impossible to raise until
• 1:37:12
  Speaker 1: you reach a certain count. It is best to begin
• 1:37:16
  Speaker 1: this test by trying to capture a heavy, relaxed feeling
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  Speaker 1: in your legs. You give yourself specific suggestions along these lines.
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  Speaker 1: As I count to five, I shall notice a very heavy, relaxed,
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  Speaker 1: pleasant feeling in both legs. It will be a very
• 1:37:34
  Speaker 1: comfortable feeling, a feeling of complete relaxation. You then begin
• 1:37:39
  Speaker 1: the count of ten, following out the idea of the
• 1:37:43
  Speaker 1: other tests that you have successfully accomplished. You should remember
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  Speaker 1: that there is no time limit, and you take as
• 1:37:50
  Speaker 1: much time as you need in order to get to
• 1:37:52
  Speaker 1: the relaxed heavy feeling. Once you get the relaxed heavy feeling,
• 1:37:57
  Speaker 1: you use the visual imagery technique to try to picture
• 1:38:01
  Speaker 1: your legs stuck to the floor. If you are lying down,
• 1:38:05
  Speaker 1: imagine you are covered by a heavy blanket which is
• 1:38:09
  Speaker 1: tightly tucked under the mattress, making it impossible for you
• 1:38:12
  Speaker 1: to raise your legs if sitting up, I tell the
• 1:38:16
  Speaker 1: subject to imagine that his shoes are stuck to the
• 1:38:19
  Speaker 1: floor with iron glue, and since his feet are in
• 1:38:23
  Speaker 1: the shoes, it is impossible to lift them until the
• 1:38:26
  Speaker 1: specific count which will enable him to do so. Here
• 1:38:30
  Speaker 1: are the suggestions you can use for the second part
• 1:38:32
  Speaker 1: of this test. As I continue to count to ten,
• 1:38:36
  Speaker 1: I shall find that it will be impossible for me
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  Speaker 1: to raise my legs. I shall try at the count
• 1:38:42
  Speaker 1: of ten, but it will be absolutely impossible to raise
• 1:38:46
  Speaker 1: my legs until I count to fifteen. At that time
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  Speaker 1: I shall be able to raise my legs easily, and
• 1:38:53
  Speaker 1: the heavy feeling will leave as well. You then continue
• 1:38:57
  Speaker 1: with the count, giving yourself appropriate suggestion. Once this test
• 1:39:02
  Speaker 1: is accomplished, you use the visual imagery technique to see
• 1:39:06
  Speaker 1: yourself accomplishing the hand levitation test number five. Be sure
• 1:39:12
  Speaker 1: you give yourself the post hypnotic suggestion that the next
• 1:39:15
  Speaker 1: time you hypnotize yourself, you will fall into a deeper
• 1:39:19
  Speaker 1: and sounder state. I'll assume that you have been able
• 1:39:23
  Speaker 1: to get a relaxed, heavy feeling in your legs. You
• 1:39:26
  Speaker 1: have reached the count of five and are ready to
• 1:39:29
  Speaker 1: proceed further. Here are sample suggestions you can use. Six,
• 1:39:35
  Speaker 1: my legs are becoming extremely heavy. Seven, I'll be unable
• 1:39:41
  Speaker 1: to lift them until I count to fifteen. Eight, I
• 1:39:46
  Speaker 1: feel very comfortable. My legs are becoming heavier and heavier.
• 1:39:52
  Speaker 1: Nine my entire body is completely relaxed and my legs
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  Speaker 1: are so heavy that they are impossible to lift. Ten
• 1:40:02
  Speaker 1: I'm in a very deep hypnotic state and it is
• 1:40:05
  Speaker 1: absolutely impossible for me to move my legs until I
• 1:40:09
  Speaker 1: count to fifteen. At this point, you actually try to
• 1:40:14
  Speaker 1: raise your legs. If you can't do it, you have
• 1:40:17
  Speaker 1: reached the cataleptic state. Should you not be able to
• 1:40:21
  Speaker 1: raise your legs don't become frightened. All you need to
• 1:40:25
  Speaker 1: say is I can now move my legs. You could
• 1:40:29
  Speaker 1: also say, as I count to three, I'll be able
• 1:40:33
  Speaker 1: to move my legs. However, since we have elected originally
• 1:40:37
  Speaker 1: to be able to move the legs at the count
• 1:40:40
  Speaker 1: of fifteen, it would be best to follow out this pattern.
• 1:40:44
  Speaker 1: You could at this time merely count to fifteen, at
• 1:40:48
  Speaker 1: which time you would be able to move your legs.
• 1:40:51
  Speaker 1: I prefer giving suggestions between each count as follows. Eleven,
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  Speaker 1: the heavy feeling is leaving, and I shall I'll be
• 1:41:00
  Speaker 1: able to raise my legs at the count of fifteen. Twelve,
• 1:41:05
  Speaker 1: I can feel the heavy, relaxed feeling leaving. Thirteen, I
• 1:41:11
  Speaker 1: am beginning to move my legs. Fourteen, I am lifting
• 1:41:16
  Speaker 1: my legs more and more. Fifteen I have perfect control
• 1:41:22
  Speaker 1: over my bodily functions and legs. I am lifting and
• 1:41:26
  Speaker 1: moving my legs. The heavy feeling is dissipating. I am
• 1:41:30
  Speaker 1: in complete control. I can now give myself post hypnotic
• 1:41:34
  Speaker 1: suggestions that will be very effective and beneficial. Give yourself
• 1:41:39
  Speaker 1: whatever suggestions you want at this time. Let us suppose
• 1:41:44
  Speaker 1: that you tried the foot tests for some time and
• 1:41:46
  Speaker 1: were unsuccessful. Perhaps this puzzles you and you wonder why
• 1:41:51
  Speaker 1: it didn't work. Perhaps you were able to get a
• 1:41:54
  Speaker 1: heavy feeling in the legs, but the second part of
• 1:41:57
  Speaker 1: the test didn't work. The falling information will help you
• 1:42:01
  Speaker 1: to understand why you were unable to complete this cataleptic test.
• 1:42:06
  Speaker 1: Either you had not conditioned yourself sufficiently, or you weren't
• 1:42:10
  Speaker 1: really letting go enough to enter into a deeper state
• 1:42:14
  Speaker 1: of hypnosis. Most subjects need to test themselves and feel
• 1:42:18
  Speaker 1: secure every step of the way. They don't just plunge
• 1:42:22
  Speaker 1: into the cataleptic or somnambalistic stages immediately. In this connection,
• 1:42:29
  Speaker 1: I believe it can be compared with the bather who
• 1:42:32
  Speaker 1: goes into the water one step at a time. Even
• 1:42:35
  Speaker 1: the playful splashing directed at him by friends does not
• 1:42:39
  Speaker 1: compel him to duck under the water. Instead, he continues
• 1:42:43
  Speaker 1: to slowly go deeper and deeper until he is completely submerged.
• 1:42:48
  Speaker 1: Wouldn't it have been easier to duck under all at once, perhaps,
• 1:42:53
  Speaker 1: But I'm sure you have either experienced the same thing
• 1:42:56
  Speaker 1: yourself or seen it happen. The analogy should be clear.
• 1:43:01
  Speaker 1: The subject is reluctant to do what he considers as
• 1:43:05
  Speaker 1: giving up his control, when in reality he is really
• 1:43:09
  Speaker 1: more and more in control of himself as he penetrates
• 1:43:12
  Speaker 1: the deeper levels of hypnosis. In reality, the subject who
• 1:43:17
  Speaker 1: does not or cannot raise his feet really could move
• 1:43:21
  Speaker 1: in case of emergency, even without counting to fifteen. He
• 1:43:26
  Speaker 1: has in effect entered into a state in which it
• 1:43:29
  Speaker 1: is too much a bother to lift his feet. A
• 1:43:33
  Speaker 1: common example of this frame of mind is when you
• 1:43:36
  Speaker 1: remain in bed in the morning, even though you know
• 1:43:38
  Speaker 1: you will be late for work. You are just too
• 1:43:41
  Speaker 1: comfortable to move and your initiative seems to be paralyzed.
• 1:43:46
  Speaker 1: Let us assume at this point that you have finally
• 1:43:49
  Speaker 1: succeeded in getting the foot test to work. You are
• 1:43:53
  Speaker 1: now ready for the hand levitation tests number five. In
• 1:43:58
  Speaker 1: this test, the goal is to get your hand to
• 1:44:00
  Speaker 1: slowly rise and touch your chin. Once it touches your chin,
• 1:44:05
  Speaker 1: you enter into a still deeper state and lower your
• 1:44:09
  Speaker 1: hand slowly to your side. This test is actually combined
• 1:44:13
  Speaker 1: with the hand tingling test number three. Since you have
• 1:44:17
  Speaker 1: been successful with test number three, the rest is rather simple.
• 1:44:22
  Speaker 1: This time. As you work test number three, aim for
• 1:44:26
  Speaker 1: a light, pleasant feeling in your right hand. Once you
• 1:44:29
  Speaker 1: get this reaction, you give yourself suggestions that your right
• 1:44:33
  Speaker 1: hand will now rise and touch your chin. As soon
• 1:44:37
  Speaker 1: as it does, you will fall into a deeper state
• 1:44:40
  Speaker 1: and lower your hand. Here are the suggestions that you
• 1:44:44
  Speaker 1: can use. As I count to ten, and even before
• 1:44:48
  Speaker 1: I reach the count of ten, I shall have an
• 1:44:51
  Speaker 1: irresistible impulse to slowly raise my hand to my chin.
• 1:44:56
  Speaker 1: As I progress with the counting, my hand will slowly rise,
• 1:45:00
  Speaker 1: and the impulse will become stronger and stronger. As soon
• 1:45:04
  Speaker 1: as my hand touches my chin, the impulse will leave.
• 1:45:09
  Speaker 1: I will then lower my hand and fall into a
• 1:45:12
  Speaker 1: very deep hypnotic state. I shall be fully aware of
• 1:45:16
  Speaker 1: what is happening my surroundings and will be able to
• 1:45:20
  Speaker 1: give myself beneficial post hypnotic suggestions. At this point, you
• 1:45:26
  Speaker 1: start counting to ten, giving yourself suggestions that your right hand,
• 1:45:31
  Speaker 1: which already has a light feeling, will begin to slowly
• 1:45:34
  Speaker 1: rise to your chin. Time the counting to coincide with
• 1:45:38
  Speaker 1: the actual physical act of raising your hand. You are
• 1:45:42
  Speaker 1: trying to feel an involuntary urge to raise your hand.
• 1:45:46
  Speaker 1: The movement itself should also be of an unconscious rather
• 1:45:50
  Speaker 1: than conscious nature. A conscious raising of your hand to
• 1:45:54
  Speaker 1: your chin is not what you are looking for in
• 1:45:56
  Speaker 1: this test. Should you experience difficult in attaining the first
• 1:46:01
  Speaker 1: movement of your hand, you can give yourself assistance by
• 1:46:05
  Speaker 1: consciously and slowly raising your hand just to get it started.
• 1:46:10
  Speaker 1: The rest of the movement, as mentioned, must be automatic.
• 1:46:14
  Speaker 1: Should you find it necessary to start your hand rising,
• 1:46:18
  Speaker 1: use the feedback technique to continue the movement. You can
• 1:46:22
  Speaker 1: give yourself the following suggestions. One my right hand is
• 1:46:28
  Speaker 1: beginning to rise. Two my right hand is very very light,
• 1:46:34
  Speaker 1: and I am getting an irresistible urge to slowly raise it.
• 1:46:39
  Speaker 1: Three This feeling is getting stronger and stronger. Four my
• 1:46:46
  Speaker 1: right hand is rising more and more. Five my hand
• 1:46:52
  Speaker 1: is rising toward my chin. Six as soon as my
• 1:46:57
  Speaker 1: hand touches my chin, I shall fall in to a
• 1:47:00
  Speaker 1: deeper and sounder state of hypnosis. Seven my hand is
• 1:47:06
  Speaker 1: rising closer and closer toward my chin. Eight the feeling
• 1:47:12
  Speaker 1: of lightness is becoming stronger and stronger. Nine my right
• 1:47:19
  Speaker 1: hand is about to touch my chin. As soon as
• 1:47:22
  Speaker 1: it does, I'll fall into a very deep hypnotic state.
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  Speaker 1: Ten my right hand is touching my chin, I'm falling
• 1:47:32
  Speaker 1: deeper and deeper into a sound hypnotic state. I'll now
• 1:47:37
  Speaker 1: slowly lower my hand and continue falling into a deep, sound,
• 1:47:42
  Speaker 1: pleasant state of hypnosis. The light feeling has left my hand.
• 1:47:47
  Speaker 1: You should not attempt to memorize the exact phraseology for
• 1:47:50
  Speaker 1: any of the tests. You are to merely use the
• 1:47:54
  Speaker 1: suggestions that have been written out for you as a guide.
• 1:47:57
  Speaker 1: The timing of the suggestions is the paramount consideration in
• 1:48:02
  Speaker 1: attaining successful results. Don't be impatient. Take as much time
• 1:48:07
  Speaker 1: as you need. Should you find yourself unsuccessful after ten
• 1:48:12
  Speaker 1: or fifteen minutes, drop the test and come back to
• 1:48:16
  Speaker 1: it another day. I haven't found that working at a
• 1:48:19
  Speaker 1: specific test all day long accomplishes the end result. It
• 1:48:24
  Speaker 1: is best to work for a specific period every day.
• 1:48:28
  Speaker 1: In this way, the condition response pattern is established for
• 1:48:32
  Speaker 1: the success of the tests, as well as the success
• 1:48:35
  Speaker 1: of the post hypnotic suggestions that you have given yourself.
• 1:48:40
  Speaker 1: You should bear in mind that if you have been
• 1:48:42
  Speaker 1: successful in achieving the first five tests, you have reached
• 1:48:46
  Speaker 1: a medium state of hypnosis, and post hypnotic suggestions will
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  Speaker 1: be extremely effective. In the next chapter, you'll learn psychologically
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  Speaker 1: how to go even deeper into hypnosis. You'll learn those
• 1:49:00
  Speaker 1: psychological factors that are important to know and that can
• 1:49:04
  Speaker 1: contribute to your development into an excellent hypnotic subject. Following this,
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  Speaker 1: the subsequent chapter will give you further tests and instructions
• 1:49:14
  Speaker 1: for developing into a somnambalistic subject. End of chapter seven,
• 1:49:21
  Speaker 1: Chapter eight. What you should know about becoming an excellent subject.
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  Speaker 1: Becoming an excellent subject follows the same general rules for
• 1:49:31
  Speaker 1: becoming proficient in any other endeavor. It depends upon your motivation, persistence,
• 1:49:37
  Speaker 1: and willingness to devote time and study to the subject.
• 1:49:41
  Speaker 1: Let us agree that most individuals can learn to play
• 1:49:44
  Speaker 1: a musical instrument to some degree. This degree is usually
• 1:49:48
  Speaker 1: sufficient for their own needs. To become a virtuoso. However,
• 1:49:53
  Speaker 1: it is necessary to study the instrument and devote a
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  Speaker 1: great deal of energy and time to practice. The same
• 1:50:00
  Speaker 1: example could be given for most undertakings. Anyone can learn
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  Speaker 1: to hit a golf ball, but being able to control
• 1:50:07
  Speaker 1: the direction and distance and become a skilled golfer is
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  Speaker 1: quite another matter. If you have been successful in accomplishing
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  Speaker 1: the first five tests, you can consider yourself a good
• 1:50:19
  Speaker 1: hypnotic subject. Becoming an excellent subject entails following the same
• 1:50:25
  Speaker 1: procedure used in accomplishing the first five tests. Some may
• 1:50:30
  Speaker 1: proceed very easily into the somnambulistic state, and others may
• 1:50:34
  Speaker 1: have a difficult time reaching this deepest stage. Understanding some
• 1:50:39
  Speaker 1: of the psychology involved and assuming the right psychological frame
• 1:50:43
  Speaker 1: of mind for the attainment of the somnambulistic state is
• 1:50:48
  Speaker 1: more important than just working blindly in an attempt to
• 1:50:51
  Speaker 1: get the somnambulistic tests to work. Being irritable, disgusted, and
• 1:50:57
  Speaker 1: despondent because of your inability to go first into hypnosis
• 1:51:01
  Speaker 1: is not the answer and will only lead to frustration
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  Speaker 1: and failure. The reader is not to assume he will
• 1:51:08
  Speaker 1: be a difficult subject. If you have come this far,
• 1:51:12
  Speaker 1: you'll be able to continue in the same manner. The
• 1:51:15
  Speaker 1: topic under discussion now is brought up to prepare readers
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  Speaker 1: for any contingency that may arise. It's like having a
• 1:51:23
  Speaker 1: life preserver on a boat. You hope you never need it,
• 1:51:27
  Speaker 1: but you should be prepared to use it in case
• 1:51:29
  Speaker 1: of an emergency. It is natural to assume that if
• 1:51:33
  Speaker 1: you are willing and trying to go into the lethargic,
• 1:51:36
  Speaker 1: cataleptic or somnambulistic state you will be able to do
• 1:51:41
  Speaker 1: so in a relatively short period of time. Unfortunately, this
• 1:51:45
  Speaker 1: is by no means the case. Many of the principles
• 1:51:49
  Speaker 1: of learning and conditioning can be applied to hypnosis, but
• 1:51:52
  Speaker 1: with many subjects these laws do not seem applicable. Let
• 1:51:57
  Speaker 1: us assume you wanted to learn to become an excellent typists.
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  Speaker 1: This is a reasonable goal, and all that is necessary
• 1:52:04
  Speaker 1: is to continue practicing until you have reached the proficiency
• 1:52:08
  Speaker 1: you set out to achieve. This proficiency would, as a rule,
• 1:52:13
  Speaker 1: follow application of the laws of learning and conditioning. This
• 1:52:17
  Speaker 1: isn't always so in the subject's attempt to become somnambilistic.
• 1:52:22
  Speaker 1: When the subject progresses from one stage to another in
• 1:52:25
  Speaker 1: a classical manner, the theory works admirably. But what happens
• 1:52:29
  Speaker 1: when a subject cannot seem to progress any further. He
• 1:52:33
  Speaker 1: has reached a plateau and is unable to climb higher.
• 1:52:37
  Speaker 1: He seems to have reached a psychological impasse or stalemate.
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  Speaker 1: It is easy to say that the subject is thwarted
• 1:52:44
  Speaker 1: by a subconscious block and let it go at that. This, however,
• 1:52:49
  Speaker 1: doesn't stop him in his dilemma. It's like telling the
• 1:52:52
  Speaker 1: stranded motorists that the reason his car is stalled is
• 1:52:56
  Speaker 1: because the motor isn't running. The following information will be
• 1:52:59
  Speaker 1: held helpful to those who haven't been able to reach
• 1:53:02
  Speaker 1: the first stages of hypnosis, as well as those who
• 1:53:05
  Speaker 1: apparently can only go so far. Actually, the same principles
• 1:53:10
  Speaker 1: are involved. If the subject doesn't respond or response to
• 1:53:14
  Speaker 1: a limited degree, there evidently is a cause or reason
• 1:53:18
  Speaker 1: for this poor response. In order to continue this discussion,
• 1:53:23
  Speaker 1: it will be necessary for us to agree that the
• 1:53:26
  Speaker 1: resistance can be either conscious or unconscious. If the subject
• 1:53:30
  Speaker 1: insists that he is trying to let go, has nothing
• 1:53:34
  Speaker 1: to hide, is not afraid of hypnosis, understands what is involved,
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  Speaker 1: and has strong motivation, we can only assume that the
• 1:53:42
  Speaker 1: resistance must be unconscious. Usually, it will be necessary to
• 1:53:47
  Speaker 1: work through this unconscious resistance before the subject responds. If
• 1:53:52
  Speaker 1: the subject is conditioning himself, this will involve a great
• 1:53:56
  Speaker 1: deal of introspection, and even then it is an extremely
• 1:54:00
  Speaker 1: difficult job. One doesn't usually have proper insight into one's
• 1:54:05
  Speaker 1: own emotional make up. The end result is that one
• 1:54:08
  Speaker 1: can only rationalize about his behavior. Let us explore some
• 1:54:13
  Speaker 1: interesting aspects of hypnosis with a view toward helping you
• 1:54:17
  Speaker 1: if you are having difficulty responding the way you desire.
• 1:54:21
  Speaker 1: I have had the following paradoxical situation happen many times.
• 1:54:26
  Speaker 1: A subject calls my office requesting to be conditioned for
• 1:54:29
  Speaker 1: self hypnosis. He further requests that he be allowed to
• 1:54:33
  Speaker 1: bring along a member of his family or a friend
• 1:54:36
  Speaker 1: for the hypnotic session. These individuals usually ask if I
• 1:54:40
  Speaker 1: object to this procedure. I interpreted this request as a
• 1:54:45
  Speaker 1: sign of distrust during my early career as a professional hypnotist.
• 1:54:49
  Speaker 1: I was affronted by the idea of the unspoken insinuation
• 1:54:53
  Speaker 1: verbalized by this request. Didn't they trust me? Between trying
• 1:54:58
  Speaker 1: to defend myself and in assuring them that there was
• 1:55:01
  Speaker 1: no need for another person being present since my secretary
• 1:55:04
  Speaker 1: could observe the procedure, I usually won the argument, but
• 1:55:09
  Speaker 1: lost the client. As I developed understanding into the needs
• 1:55:13
  Speaker 1: of these persons, I began to realize that the request
• 1:55:16
  Speaker 1: was not directed at my integrity, but was a safeguard
• 1:55:20
  Speaker 1: for their ego. Here is an interesting sidelight that has
• 1:55:23
  Speaker 1: happened frequently in regard to the foregoing situation. I would
• 1:55:28
  Speaker 1: request the subject to sit near my desk and tell
• 1:55:31
  Speaker 1: the onlooker to sit and back and to the side
• 1:55:34
  Speaker 1: of the subject, away from the subject's view so as
• 1:55:38
  Speaker 1: not to distract him. In this situation, I invariably placed
• 1:55:43
  Speaker 1: the hypnodisc on a spinning portable phonograph turntable and turn
• 1:55:48
  Speaker 1: it upright for the subject to look at. The hypnodisc,
• 1:55:52
  Speaker 1: which is made of stiff cardboard, looks like a twelve
• 1:55:55
  Speaker 1: inch phonograph record and has concentric heavy lines drawn on it.
• 1:56:00
  Speaker 1: As it spins, the subject feels he is being pulled
• 1:56:04
  Speaker 1: toward the center. At the same time, it causes his
• 1:56:08
  Speaker 1: eyes to become very tired. I have included a drawing
• 1:56:12
  Speaker 1: of it on this page for those who are not
• 1:56:14
  Speaker 1: familiar with this hypnotic device. The revolving hypnodisc causes a
• 1:56:19
  Speaker 1: physiological reaction and must work with everyone you feed back
• 1:56:25
  Speaker 1: certain known physiological responses for the successful attainment of hypnosis.
• 1:56:31
  Speaker 1: The onlooker has had no choice but to look at
• 1:56:34
  Speaker 1: the hypnodisc as well as I suggest to the subject
• 1:56:37
  Speaker 1: that his eyes are becoming heavy and tired, and that
• 1:56:40
  Speaker 1: soon he'll have an irresistible impulse to close them. The
• 1:56:44
  Speaker 1: onlooker is naturally hearing the same suggestion. Because this person
• 1:56:48
  Speaker 1: feels a part of the hypnotic situation, there can be
• 1:56:52
  Speaker 1: no conscious resistance. Since these defenses are not hampering the
• 1:56:56
  Speaker 1: attainment of hypnosis, the onlooker may readily fall under hypnosis
• 1:57:02
  Speaker 1: more than once. The onlooker has confided to me that
• 1:57:06
  Speaker 1: he was getting a better night's sleep, was feeling wonderfully well,
• 1:57:10
  Speaker 1: or had derived other benefits since coming to my office
• 1:57:13
  Speaker 1: as an observer. The exact situation happens when the stage
• 1:57:17
  Speaker 1: hypnotist is hypnotizing subjects on the stage. Many times a
• 1:57:22
  Speaker 1: person in the audience who had no intention of becoming
• 1:57:26
  Speaker 1: hypnotized becomes influenced in the same manner. Incidentally, these individuals
• 1:57:32
  Speaker 1: make the best subjects. There are interesting theories as to
• 1:57:36
  Speaker 1: why a subject responds or does not respond to hypnosis.
• 1:57:41
  Speaker 1: I think the reader would find some of these theories
• 1:57:43
  Speaker 1: interesting and perhaps gain some insight into his own hypnotic behavior.
• 1:57:48
  Speaker 1: These theories are based primarily on the psychoanalytical approach to hypnosis.
• 1:57:55
  Speaker 1: The most prevalent theory is that the hypnotist represents either
• 1:57:59
  Speaker 1: the father image paternal or fear hypnosis, or the mother
• 1:58:03
  Speaker 1: image maternal or love hypnosis. The father usually represents an
• 1:58:09
  Speaker 1: authoritarian figure. The subject's identification can be on a conscious
• 1:58:14
  Speaker 1: or subconscious level. Let us suppose the subject has ambivalent
• 1:58:18
  Speaker 1: feelings towards his father. Because of this, he may not respond.
• 1:58:24
  Speaker 1: Here is an opportunity to frustrate the authoritative father figure.
• 1:58:29
  Speaker 1: The only trouble with this theory is that if there
• 1:58:32
  Speaker 1: is an excellent relationship between the father and subject, it
• 1:58:35
  Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily mean that the subject will respond easily. The
• 1:58:40
  Speaker 1: stage hypnotist invariably uses a strong, authoritative approach with a
• 1:58:44
  Speaker 1: great deal of success, but this approach generally does not
• 1:58:48
  Speaker 1: work best in private practice. I have found that for
• 1:58:52
  Speaker 1: the majority of subjects, the maternal approach works best. Perhaps
• 1:58:57
  Speaker 1: the process of hypnosis awakens early unconscious memories of being
• 1:59:01
  Speaker 1: put to sleep as a child. Some techniques that are
• 1:59:05
  Speaker 1: used in hypnosis are quite similar to this. The subject,
• 1:59:09
  Speaker 1: who is lying down is told to close his eyes
• 1:59:12
  Speaker 1: and is spoken to in a quiet, reassuring, monotonous tone
• 1:59:16
  Speaker 1: of voice. The hypnotist is seated near him. The hypnotist
• 1:59:21
  Speaker 1: even uses the same words that the subject has heard
• 1:59:24
  Speaker 1: as a child. Sleep, Go to sleep. When you awaken,
• 1:59:29
  Speaker 1: you'll feel wonderfully well. In fact, I use some special
• 1:59:33
  Speaker 1: music that I have recorded for inducing hypnosis. The first
• 1:59:38
  Speaker 1: musical selection is Brahm's Lullaby. Children's music boxes invariably contain
• 1:59:44
  Speaker 1: this selection, and the melody cannot help but activate a
• 1:59:47
  Speaker 1: pleasant nostalgia. It is a memory associated with love and tenderness.
• 1:59:53
  Speaker 1: This brings us to the fact that hypnosis may offer
• 1:59:56
  Speaker 1: the subject a chance to escape from the reality of
• 1:59:59
  Speaker 1: pressing propert problems into a state of complete irresponsibility. In
• 2:00:04
  Speaker 1: fact one, theory of hypnosis equates the hypnotic state as
• 2:00:08
  Speaker 1: a form of unconscious regression and need for submission. The
• 2:00:13
  Speaker 1: male subject may have a strong positive identification with his
• 2:00:17
  Speaker 1: mother rather than his father. It is part of the
• 2:00:21
  Speaker 1: unresolved odopus complex. He sees his mother as a kind,
• 2:00:25
  Speaker 1: loving individual, always ready to help. Even if the mother
• 2:00:30
  Speaker 1: did something socially unacceptable, the individual would defend her vehemently.
• 2:00:35
  Speaker 1: The father, who might do something wrong, would rarely be excused.
• 2:00:40
  Speaker 1: Just the opposite is true with the female subject. When
• 2:00:44
  Speaker 1: asking the female child, whose girl are you, the answer
• 2:00:48
  Speaker 1: is invariably Daddy's girl. When asking the male child, whose
• 2:00:54
  Speaker 1: boy are you, the answer is invariably Mama's boy. We
• 2:00:59
  Speaker 1: accept this transference of identification as a normal process of
• 2:01:03
  Speaker 1: growing up. When it isn't normally resolved, it can account
• 2:01:07
  Speaker 1: for severe personality problems. One might assume, therefore, that a
• 2:01:12
  Speaker 1: woman hypnotist could better hypnotize a male subject, and a
• 2:01:16
  Speaker 1: male hypnotist could better hypnotize a female subject. But this
• 2:01:21
  Speaker 1: is not true except for cases such as we have
• 2:01:24
  Speaker 1: just mentioned. One school of thought feels that there is
• 2:01:28
  Speaker 1: a strong submissive tendency in all of us, and hypnosis
• 2:01:32
  Speaker 1: gratifies this wish. The individual's need for dependence has also met.
• 2:01:37
  Speaker 1: In this case, the hypnotist becomes omnipotent, being able to
• 2:01:42
  Speaker 1: alter feelings that ordinarily distress the individual. Normally, adults, when
• 2:01:48
  Speaker 1: confronted by a particularly upsetting experience, might want to be
• 2:01:52
  Speaker 1: held closely by an intimate friend or member of the family.
• 2:01:57
  Speaker 1: Don't We frequently put our arm around a friend and
• 2:02:00
  Speaker 1: in grief, trying to comfort him. The inner strength which
• 2:02:04
  Speaker 1: is created by hypnosis within the total personality structure of
• 2:02:08
  Speaker 1: the subject lessons dependency upon the hypnotist, much in the
• 2:02:12
  Speaker 1: same fashion as we need the doctor less as we
• 2:02:16
  Speaker 1: start to recover from an illness. Self hypnosis further lessons
• 2:02:20
  Speaker 1: dependency for no authoritarian figure is used. The subject's attitude
• 2:02:26
  Speaker 1: toward authority is important to know. It is well known
• 2:02:29
  Speaker 1: that officers in the army are more difficult to hypnotize
• 2:02:33
  Speaker 1: than non commissioned men. The enlisted man, by a process
• 2:02:38
  Speaker 1: of indoctrination and conditioning, is taught to obey and follow
• 2:02:42
  Speaker 1: orders without reasoning. The transference of authority to the hypnotist
• 2:02:46
  Speaker 1: is readily accomplished because of this conditioning process. The army doctor,
• 2:02:52
  Speaker 1: when treating patients psychologically replaces his army jacket with a
• 2:02:56
  Speaker 1: regular white medical jacket to increase rapport. One interesting theory
• 2:03:02
  Speaker 1: is that the subject responds as he thinks the hypnotist
• 2:03:05
  Speaker 1: would like him to. This is termed role playing. When
• 2:03:09
  Speaker 1: asking a subject under hypnosis his name, you usually get
• 2:03:12
  Speaker 1: a very slow, deliberate answer, as though the subject were
• 2:03:16
  Speaker 1: in a trance. You tell him that he can answer
• 2:03:19
  Speaker 1: in a normal speaking voice in tempo, and his further
• 2:03:22
  Speaker 1: replies are to be in the same manner as his
• 2:03:24
  Speaker 1: waking state. Another theory along these lines is that the
• 2:03:28
  Speaker 1: subject acts as he believes a hypnotized person would act.
• 2:03:33
  Speaker 1: This too, is role playing, but it does not explain analgesia,
• 2:03:37
  Speaker 1: such as when the denis hypnotizes the patient and proceeds
• 2:03:41
  Speaker 1: to drill a tooth. No one with the possible exception
• 2:03:45
  Speaker 1: of a highly neurotic psychic masochist, is going to endure
• 2:03:50
  Speaker 1: excruciating pain just to please the doctor. One theory about
• 2:03:54
  Speaker 1: hypnosis states that it allows the subject and opportunity of
• 2:03:58
  Speaker 1: identifying with the hypnotist, whom he sees as a powerful figure.
• 2:04:03
  Speaker 1: Through this identification, the subject is able to gain inner strength.
• 2:04:08
  Speaker 1: On the other hand, the subject might rebel against the
• 2:04:11
  Speaker 1: submissive nature of the hypnotic setting. This could easily create anxiety,
• 2:04:17
  Speaker 1: which in turn could create hostility, resulting in resistance of
• 2:04:21
  Speaker 1: various kinds. As a result of this, the subject might
• 2:04:25
  Speaker 1: begin to criticize the hypnotist, find fault with the way
• 2:04:29
  Speaker 1: he the subject is being handled, question the judgment of
• 2:04:33
  Speaker 1: the hypnotist, or doubt the effectiveness of the hypnotic procedure.
• 2:04:39
  Speaker 1: Many investigators assert that the rapport, meaning the relationship between
• 2:04:43
  Speaker 1: the subject and hypnotist, is all important. This is true,
• 2:04:48
  Speaker 1: and the relationship can and does have many ramifications. In psychotherapy,
• 2:04:54
  Speaker 1: the term transference is used to denote this relationship. The
• 2:04:59
  Speaker 1: relationship further described as a good or bad transference. There
• 2:05:04
  Speaker 1: is also a counter transference, which indicates the reaction of
• 2:05:08
  Speaker 1: the therapists to the patient. Naturally, in order for the
• 2:05:12
  Speaker 1: subject to respond, there must be good rapport. I have
• 2:05:17
  Speaker 1: tried to indicate that there are complexities that may arise
• 2:05:20
  Speaker 1: in the hypnotic setting. There are many conflicting theories as
• 2:05:24
  Speaker 1: to why a subject does or does not respond. There
• 2:05:28
  Speaker 1: are no set rules to follow, and one's intuition, experience,
• 2:05:32
  Speaker 1: and judgment help solve any problem that arises. Let me
• 2:05:37
  Speaker 1: relate another frequent incident. I have had subjects come to
• 2:05:41
  Speaker 1: me after they were unable to be hypnotized by several
• 2:05:45
  Speaker 1: other professional hypnotists. They have complained that the hypnotists weren't
• 2:05:50
  Speaker 1: good hypnotists because they couldn't hypnotize them. After all, they
• 2:05:54
  Speaker 1: ask hadn't they been willing subjects? My usual answer is
• 2:05:59
  Speaker 1: that the fault, if there is one, is not with
• 2:06:01
  Speaker 1: the hypnotists and really not with the subjects. It is
• 2:06:05
  Speaker 1: a matter of exploring what has happened and then deciding
• 2:06:08
  Speaker 1: on a course of action to ensure success. I am
• 2:06:12
  Speaker 1: firmly convinced that the subject response when he is positively
• 2:06:16
  Speaker 1: without equivocation, ready to do so. He keeps testing the
• 2:06:21
  Speaker 1: response to make sure he is in control. He fears
• 2:06:24
  Speaker 1: a reduction in his voluntary level of reality, attachment and control.
• 2:06:30
  Speaker 1: Unresponsiveness proves to him that he has this control. As
• 2:06:35
  Speaker 1: long as he does this, which is a natural response,
• 2:06:38
  Speaker 1: he never lets go sufficiently to attain hypnosis. Hypnosis, as
• 2:06:43
  Speaker 1: we know, is a very sensitive state. It requires complete
• 2:06:48
  Speaker 1: faith and trust in the hypnotist. If it is lacking,
• 2:06:52
  Speaker 1: the subject never does respond. The phenomenon of hypnosis is
• 2:06:56
  Speaker 1: entirely subjective in nature, and its success lies within the
• 2:07:00
  Speaker 1: total personality structure of the subject. If there is resistance
• 2:07:05
  Speaker 1: to hypnosis itself or to the deepening state, the subject,
• 2:07:09
  Speaker 1: by his own honest evaluation and verbalization of his resistance,
• 2:07:14
  Speaker 1: can do much to become a better subject. Hypnosis must
• 2:07:18
  Speaker 1: begin with the acceptance by the subject of certain basic
• 2:07:22
  Speaker 1: fundamentals that we have already discussed, rather than of the
• 2:07:26
  Speaker 1: forcefulness of the hypnotist. The deepening of the hypnotic state
• 2:07:31
  Speaker 1: lies in the intensification of the condition response mechanism. Once
• 2:07:35
  Speaker 1: it has been initiated, you should not expect to achieve
• 2:07:39
  Speaker 1: immediate results, although sometimes this does happen. As you continue
• 2:07:44
  Speaker 1: to work with perseverance, intelligence and enthusiasm. You will definitely
• 2:07:49
  Speaker 1: achieve the goals that you have set for yourself. It
• 2:07:52
  Speaker 1: is well to remember that you guide yourself toward the
• 2:07:55
  Speaker 1: somnambulistic state depending upon your belief and accept of those
• 2:08:00
  Speaker 1: principles that have been outlined for you. I have attempted
• 2:08:04
  Speaker 1: to point out some of the salient points and theories
• 2:08:08
  Speaker 1: to keep in mind in your attempt to develop into
• 2:08:11
  Speaker 1: an excellent hypnotic subject. Some of these only pertain to
• 2:08:15
  Speaker 1: the situations where the hypnotist works with the subject. Many
• 2:08:19
  Speaker 1: of the problems inherent in this setting are not applicable
• 2:08:23
  Speaker 1: to the situation where the subject is hypnotizing himself. Both
• 2:08:28
  Speaker 1: settings have their advantages and disadvantages. As long as you
• 2:08:32
  Speaker 1: proceed to follow the instructions given you, you can feel
• 2:08:35
  Speaker 1: assured that you will finally achieve self hypnosis. It should
• 2:08:40
  Speaker 1: be emphasized that it is vital to adopt the right
• 2:08:42
  Speaker 1: frame of mind and your attempt to achieve self hypnosis,
• 2:08:46
  Speaker 1: particularly a deep state. If you approach hypnosis with approve
• 2:08:51
  Speaker 1: it to me attitude, nothing is going to happen. Self
• 2:08:55
  Speaker 1: hypnosis requires practicing a set of mental exercises or mental
• 2:09:00
  Speaker 1: gymnastics to acquire The ultimate from this training requires systematic conditioning.
• 2:09:07
  Speaker 1: The word training is used quite extensively in hypnotic literature.
• 2:09:12
  Speaker 1: The use of the word implies that hypnosis can be
• 2:09:14
  Speaker 1: attained by a training period. The literature speaks frequently of
• 2:09:19
  Speaker 1: a subject being trained to respond in a certain way. Obviously,
• 2:09:24
  Speaker 1: this means over a certain period of time. It also
• 2:09:28
  Speaker 1: means you train yourself to become a good hypnotic subject.
• 2:09:31
  Speaker 1: It is a skill that all can acquire. There are
• 2:09:35
  Speaker 1: four books dealing specifically with self hypnosis that I would
• 2:09:38
  Speaker 1: recommend to you for further reading. They are What Is
• 2:09:43
  Speaker 1: Hypnosis by Andrew Salter, Hypnosis and Self Hypnosis by Bernard Hollander, MD,
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  Speaker 1: Autogenic Training by Johannes H. Schultz, m D. And Self
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  Speaker 1: Hypnosis Its Theory, Technique in Application by Melvin Powers end
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  Speaker 1: of chapter eight. Chapter nine. Techniques for reaching the somnambulistic state.
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  Speaker 1: As indicated in the last chapter, the attainment of the
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  Speaker 1: somnambulistic stage of hypnosis can represent an extremely intricate procedure.
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  Speaker 1: Because of certain inherent characteristics of this stage, it is
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  Speaker 1: easier to attain by hetero hypnosis. However, this does not
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  Speaker 1: preclude the fact that it can be reached without the
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  Speaker 1: aid of a hypnotist. More important than the testing and
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  Speaker 1: deepening procedures that I shall outline for you in this
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  Speaker 1: chapter are an understanding and an awareness of some of
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  Speaker 1: the complexities involved first in achieving the hypnotic state, then deepening,
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  Speaker 1: and finally reaching somnambolism. There are no absolute or final
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  Speaker 1: answers to the many problems that can arise. You can
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  Speaker 1: become entangled with rationalizations so easily when you want the
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  Speaker 1: facts to fit a particular theory. I point this out
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  Speaker 1: to the reader because as the subject goes deeper, the
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  Speaker 1: procedure can become more complicated. There are many interesting phenomena
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  Speaker 1: which can be elicited in the somnambalistic state. They are
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  Speaker 1: of interest, for the most part to students of abnormal behavior,
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  Speaker 1: and are pertinent from an academic viewpoint. They do not
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  Speaker 1: fall within the province of this book or of hypnosis
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  Speaker 1: for therapeutic purposes, and might lead the reader astray. Should
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  Speaker 1: readers be interested in further hypnotic phenomena, I refer them
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  Speaker 1: to Modern hypnosis by Leslie Kuhn and Salvador Russo, pH d.
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  Speaker 1: Experimental hypnosis by Leslie Lecron time distortion in hypnosis by
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  Speaker 1: Milton Ericsson, m d. And Lynn F. Cooper, m d.
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  Speaker 1: And hypnotism an objective study of suggestive ability by Andre M. Weitzenhoffer, PhD.
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  Speaker 1: As discussed previously, some individuals experience difficulty in attaining the
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  Speaker 1: deeper hypnotic states. My advice is to be patient and
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  Speaker 1: to continue working with yourself. It is not imperative or
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  Speaker 1: vital to reach the somnambulistic stage for therapeutic results. It
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  Speaker 1: is a misconception on the part of many students that
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  Speaker 1: they must go into the deepest state possible to obtain results.
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  Speaker 1: Dramatic changes can come about at all levels of hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: The somnambulistic stage is necessary in hypnotherapy when there is
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  Speaker 1: a need for the patient to relieve some traumatic episode.
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  Speaker 1: It is also useful when the patient is reluctant to
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  Speaker 1: consciously discuss certain aspects of his problem. Many hypnotherapeutic techniques
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  Speaker 1: such as amnesia, hypernesia progression, paranesia, automatic rite, dream induction, regression,
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  Speaker 1: production of experimental conflicts, and crystal or mirror gazing require
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  Speaker 1: a somnambulistic state. For those of you interested in hypnotherapy.
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  Speaker 1: I can recommend no finer book than Hypnotherapy of war
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  Speaker 1: Neurosis by John G. Watkins, pH d. In this book,
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  Speaker 1: the theory of hypnotherapy has been diagrammamatically presented for easy comprehension,
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  Speaker 1: and shown to be an amalgamation of concepts and practices
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  Speaker 1: from various schools of thought. Most students of hypnosis equate
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  Speaker 1: the phenomenon of amnesia with the sombalistic state. The mistake
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  Speaker 1: they make is in trying to achieve amnesia. It's similar
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  Speaker 1: to the dog trying to catch his tail. It is
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  Speaker 1: impossible for the subject to effectively suggest amnesia to himself
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  Speaker 1: if he remembers what he was supposed to forget. He
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  Speaker 1: has failed, truly doesn't remember what he was supposed to forget.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't even remember the amnesious suggestion, and can take
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  Speaker 1: no satisfaction from his success because he is not aware
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  Speaker 1: that he has accomplished the post hypnotic suggestion. Unless an
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  Speaker 1: elaborate set of post hypnotic suggestions are worked out, it
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  Speaker 1: is an impossible test for self hypnosis. I know the
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  Speaker 1: reader is anxious to begin his conditioning for the somnamblistic state,
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  Speaker 1: but there are still a few pertinent remarks which should
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  Speaker 1: be remembered before proceeding further. The reader should not memorize
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  Speaker 1: verbatim any of the tests involved in proving the somnambalistic state.
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  Speaker 1: All that is necessary to remember is the general form
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  Speaker 1: and the goal you seek. The goal is to increase
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  Speaker 1: your suggestibility, which in turn means deepening of the hypnotic state.
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  Speaker 1: After each step, you are to give yourself suggestions that
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  Speaker 1: you will go still deeper the next time. You should
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  Speaker 1: also designate a specific length of time to work with
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  Speaker 1: self hypnosis. The suggestions are as follows. I shall work
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  Speaker 1: with self hypnosis for fifteen minutes. At the end of
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  Speaker 1: that time, I shall open my eyes and wake up
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  Speaker 1: feeling wonderfully well. I'll be wide awake and refreshed. In
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  Speaker 1: case of any danger, I'll be able to awaken immediately
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  Speaker 1: and act accordingly. Some hypnotists tell their subjects to make
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  Speaker 1: your mind a blank. I suppose that what they really
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  Speaker 1: mean is that you must try to think of only
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  Speaker 1: what the hypnotist is saying. Have you ever tried to
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  Speaker 1: make your mind a blank? Try it for a moment.
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  Speaker 1: It's an impossibility. Should the hypnotist persist along these lines,
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  Speaker 1: he'll never be successful. It is the wrong approach. The subject,
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  Speaker 1: because of his inability to comply with this suggestion, is
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  Speaker 1: fighting a losing battle. It is also almost impossible for
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  Speaker 1: the subject to concentrate only on what the hypnotist is saying.
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  Speaker 1: Any word the hypnotist says can start a conscious as
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  Speaker 1: well as an unconscious train of thought. Therefore, in reality,
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  Speaker 1: this too is impossible. However, it really isn't necessary that
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  Speaker 1: the subject keep his thoughts concentrated solely on what is
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  Speaker 1: being said, so long as they are kept in the
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  Speaker 1: general area. At times, the more you try to concentrate,
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  Speaker 1: the more your thoughts become scattered. Suppose I say to you,
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  Speaker 1: forget the address eighty seven twenty one Sunset Boulevard. What
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  Speaker 1: happens the more you try to forget it, the more
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  Speaker 1: you remember it. Therefore, don't be concerned if you experience
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  Speaker 1: stray thoughts during the induction and deepening of hypnosis. You
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  Speaker 1: are now ready to continue with further tests. The first
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  Speaker 1: five tests should be mastered before continuing. Test number six
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  Speaker 1: is referred to as the fly test. In this test,
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  Speaker 1: once under hypnosis, you picture that a fly is crawling
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  Speaker 1: on the back of your right or left hand. Once
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  Speaker 1: you feel the fly, you know you are deeply hypnotized.
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  Speaker 1: You might even get an urge to move your hand
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  Speaker 1: and flick the fly off your hand. When this happens,
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  Speaker 1: you know, of course that you are deeply hypnotized. Here
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  Speaker 1: is a sample of the type of suggestions to give.
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  Speaker 1: As I count to ten, and even before I reach
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  Speaker 1: the count of ten, I shall feel a fly crawling
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  Speaker 1: on the back of my right hand. This illusion will
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  Speaker 1: seem very real to me. One my right hand is
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  Speaker 1: completely relaxed. Two I feel completely at ease. Three I
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  Speaker 1: am beginning to feel a pleasant, tingling feeling on the
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  Speaker 1: back of my right hand. Four this feeling is becoming strong.
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  Speaker 1: Five it feels as though a fly is moving on
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  Speaker 1: the back of my hand. Six I have had this
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  Speaker 1: same feeling before. Seven I can feel the fly. Eight
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  Speaker 1: the feeling is very definite. Nine as I flick my hand,
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  Speaker 1: the fly will disappear. If you have felt the fly
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  Speaker 1: move your hand, ten it is gone. Test number seven
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  Speaker 1: is known as the cigarette test, and naturally is only
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  Speaker 1: for those of you who smoke. In this test, you
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  Speaker 1: give yourself post hypnotic suggestions. During the hypnotic state awaken yourself,
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  Speaker 1: and then note the effects of the post hypnotic suggestions.
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  Speaker 1: If the cigarette tastes bitter or has a repugnant taste
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  Speaker 1: or odor, and if you furthermore find it impossible to
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  Speaker 1: smoke more than three puffs, necessitating you're putting out the cigarette,
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  Speaker 1: you know the post hypnotic suggestions are working perfectly and
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  Speaker 1: that you are an excellent hypnotic subject. Here are the
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  Speaker 1: suggestions to give yourself while under hypnosis. As I count
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  Speaker 1: to three, I shall feel the warm, pleasant rays of
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  Speaker 1: the sun on my face and hands. One the cloud
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  Speaker 1: is moving and I can begin to feel the warm,
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  Speaker 1: pleasant rays of the sun. Two the cloud is moving
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  Speaker 1: more and more, exposing more and more of the sun.
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  Speaker 1: I can feel the warmth of the sun's rays. Three
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  Speaker 1: the cloud has moved away from the sun and I
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  Speaker 1: can feel the full warm strength of the sun. It
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  Speaker 1: is a pleasant feeling, but as I continue to count
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  Speaker 1: to five, the warm feeling will dissipate. Four the warm
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  Speaker 1: feeling is leaving. Five the warm feeling has left, and
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  Speaker 1: I feel perfectly normal in every respect. A variation of
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  Speaker 1: this test is to see yourself lying comfortably in front
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  Speaker 1: of a fireplace. In this instance, you imagine someone is
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  Speaker 1: adding wood to the fire. As this is done, you
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  Speaker 1: feel the warm glow of the fire more and more.
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  Speaker 1: Should you use the fireplace technique, try to incorporate the
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  Speaker 1: sound of rain into the picture. If you hear rain,
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  Speaker 1: you have created a positive auditory hallucination and consider yourself
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  Speaker 1: an excellent subject. You can also visualize a situation where
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  Speaker 1: you would be cold. This is not as pleasant as
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  Speaker 1: the picture that one can conjure up about a fireplace,
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  Speaker 1: and thus creates a bit more resistance, since no one
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  Speaker 1: wants to feel uncomfortable. Test number nine is the breeze test.
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  Speaker 1: It can be combined with the previous test. After you
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  Speaker 1: attain the feeling of warmth, you give yourself a count
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  Speaker 1: of three or whatever number you want, suggesting that you
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  Speaker 1: will feel the cool ocean breeze if you are at
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  Speaker 1: the beach on your face and hands. You can even
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  Speaker 1: carry this step further, suggesting that you'll even smell the
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  Speaker 1: odor of the salt water. This is known as an
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  Speaker 1: old factory illusion, and should you be able to create
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  Speaker 1: this effect, you can be sure that you are a
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  Speaker 1: somnambalistic subject. Here are suggestions you can use as I
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  Speaker 1: count to three, I shall gradually feel the cool ocean
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  Speaker 1: breeze coming over the waves. It will be a very
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  Speaker 1: pleasant feeling. One. I am beginning to feel the cool
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  Speaker 1: ocean breeze, especially on my face and hands. Two The
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  Speaker 1: breeze is becoming stronger and stronger. Three. I can definitely
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  Speaker 1: feel the cool ocean breeze. As I continue to count
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  Speaker 1: to five, I shall smell the pleasant, healthy aroma of
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  Speaker 1: the salt water. Four I am beginning to smell the
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  Speaker 1: salt water. Five I can definitely smell the salt water.
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  Speaker 1: Now you give yourself appropriate suggestions that the feeling illusion
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  Speaker 1: will vanish as you awaken or at a specific count.
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  Speaker 1: It can be as simple as this. As I count
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  Speaker 1: to three, I shall open my eyes and awaken feeling
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  Speaker 1: very refreshed. The feeling of the cool ocean breeze and
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  Speaker 1: smell of the salt air will have vanished completely. At
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  Speaker 1: this point, you count to three and open your eyes.
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  Speaker 1: Test number ten is the hand clasped test. This is
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  Speaker 1: used frequently to test the depth of hypnosis. You fold
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  Speaker 1: your hands with your fingers tightly interlocked, and place your
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  Speaker 1: palms together. You then give yourself a hypnotic suggestion that
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  Speaker 1: at the count of three, it will be impossible for
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  Speaker 1: you to unlock your hands. After you try and are
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  Speaker 1: eyes unable to unlock your hands, you continue counting to five,
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  Speaker 1: suggesting that you will be able to do so when
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  Speaker 1: you reach the count of five. Incidentally, you should remove
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  Speaker 1: any ring you may be wearing before trying this test.
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  Speaker 1: Here are a few suggestions that you can follow. As
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  Speaker 1: I complete the count of three, I shall try to
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  Speaker 1: unlock my hands, but will be unable to do so
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  Speaker 1: until I count to five. One my hands are locked
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  Speaker 1: tightly together. Two, my fingers are locked tighter and tighter.
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  Speaker 1: Three it is impossible for me to unlock my hands
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  Speaker 1: until I count to five. Four. As I reach the
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  Speaker 1: count of five, I shall be able to unlock my
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  Speaker 1: hands very easily. Five I can now unlock my hands
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  Speaker 1: very easily. Test number eleven is the arm test. Here
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  Speaker 1: is another test used frequently to test the receptiveness to hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: Make a tight fist and extend your arm in front
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  Speaker 1: of you as far as possible. Visualize your arm as
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  Speaker 1: one solid mass, as stiff and rigid as a bar
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  Speaker 1: of steel. After your arm is extended, give yourself a
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  Speaker 1: hypnotic suggestion that you will be able to bend your
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  Speaker 1: arm when you complete the count of three. As you
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  Speaker 1: continue to count to five, you will be able to
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  Speaker 1: bend your arm very easily. Here is a form of
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  Speaker 1: suggestion you can use. As I reach the count of three,
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  Speaker 1: I shall try to bend my arm, but it will
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  Speaker 1: be impossible to do so until I count to five.
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  Speaker 1: No matter how hard I try, it will be absolutely impossible.
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  Speaker 1: One my arm is stiff and rigid as a bar
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  Speaker 1: of steel. Two, I can feel the rigidity in my arm. Three,
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  Speaker 1: it is impossible for me to bend my arm until
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  Speaker 1: I count to five. Four, I can feel the stiffness. Slowly,
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  Speaker 1: leaving five, I can now bend my arm easily, and
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  Speaker 1: it feels normal in every respect. Test number twelve is
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  Speaker 1: the eye test. This is probably the most widely used
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  Speaker 1: test in hypnosis. Many subjects equate the inability to open
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  Speaker 1: the eyes with hypnosis. Many assume that if they can
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  Speaker 1: open their eyes, they have not been hypnotized. I must
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  Speaker 1: emphatically point out that this is not true. The subject
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  Speaker 1: can fail the eye test and yet have been under hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: In the deep somnambulistic state, the subject can open his
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  Speaker 1: eyes without affecting the depth of the hypnotic state. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: this is done many times in getting the subject to
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  Speaker 1: do automatic writing, crystal gazing, mirror gazing, hypnodrama and revivification,
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  Speaker 1: and carrying out post hypnotic suggestions. In any state. The
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  Speaker 1: subject is frequently told that he will open his eyes
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  Speaker 1: and carry out the suggestion. I have found that there
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  Speaker 1: is more anxiety connected with the eye test than any
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  Speaker 1: other test. I feel that it is a normal reaction
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  Speaker 1: and one that must be anticipated by the hypnotist as
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  Speaker 1: well as the subject. Occasionally, while hypnotizing a new subject,
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  Speaker 1: he will open his eyes. This can happen when the
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  Speaker 1: subject feels he is losing consciousness. His ability to open
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  Speaker 1: his eyes proves to him that he is in control.
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  Speaker 1: One of the main fears that the subject has is
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  Speaker 1: his belief that he will lose voluntary control of himself.
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  Speaker 1: The fact that he can open his eyes lessens his anxiety.
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  Speaker 1: If there seems to be too much threat to the individual,
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  Speaker 1: I use a method that you can follow. Instead of
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  Speaker 1: suggesting that the subject will be unable to open his
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  Speaker 1: eyes at a specific count, I suggest that he will
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  Speaker 1: be so relaxed that it will be too much effort
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  Speaker 1: to open his eyes until a further count is given. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: what could take less effort? Here are suggestions you can use.
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  Speaker 1: As I count to three, I shall try to open
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  Speaker 1: my eyes, but I shall be unable to do so
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  Speaker 1: because I feel so relaxed. It will just take too
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  Speaker 1: much effort to open my eyes until I reach the
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  Speaker 1: count of five. Or tell myself to awaken. One my
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  Speaker 1: eyes are closed and I am in a very deep
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  Speaker 1: state of hypnosis. Two my eyelids are stuck tightly together.
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  Speaker 1: Three it is now impossible for me to open my eyes.
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  Speaker 1: I shall be able to open them though at the
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  Speaker 1: count of five. Four I shall be able to open
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  Speaker 1: my eyes very easily. At the count of five five,
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  Speaker 1: I can now open my eyes and wake up feeling
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  Speaker 1: alert and fully refreshed. In accomplishing the eye test, you
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  Speaker 1: try to create a vivid picture of yourself being completely
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  Speaker 1: and fully relaxed. If you really exerted a great deal
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  Speaker 1: of effort, you can open your eyes, but because of
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  Speaker 1: the pleasantness of the completely relaxed state, you prefer not
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  Speaker 1: to do so. It can be likened to your enduring
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  Speaker 1: the cold winter air when you are half asleep in bed.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of getting up to close the window which has
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  Speaker 1: been left open too much. You can, of course get
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  Speaker 1: up and close the window, but it becomes a matter
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  Speaker 1: of expending too much energy. Instead, you choose to endure
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  Speaker 1: the discomfort or suggest that your spouse closed the window.
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  Speaker 1: For the following three tests, you give yourself the suggestions
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  Speaker 1: as outlined in the previous tests. It should be pointed
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  Speaker 1: out again that at the conclusion of the test you
• 2:29:04
  Speaker 1: give yourself a suggestion that you will feel normal in
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  Speaker 1: every respect. Test number thirteen is the music test. This
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  Speaker 1: involves creating an auditory hallucination. Give yourself the suggestion that
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  Speaker 1: at a specific count you will hear your favorite song.
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  Speaker 1: It will last for one minute and then fade out.
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  Speaker 1: Test number fourteen is the dream test. It is incorporated
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  Speaker 1: in a great deal of hypnotherapy. The subject is told
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  Speaker 1: that as the hypnotist counts to three, the subject will
• 2:29:37
  Speaker 1: have a dream lasting for several minutes which he will remember.
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  Speaker 1: The dream furthermore, will call his attention to an important
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  Speaker 1: incident that he has long forgotten yet which will be
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  Speaker 1: relevant to his problem. In self hypnosis, you suggest to
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  Speaker 1: yourself that at a specific count you will have a
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  Speaker 1: very pleasant dream lasting for several minutes at the end,
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  Speaker 1: which time you will awaken feeling refreshed. For those readers
• 2:30:05
  Speaker 1: further interested in producing dreams, I can highly recommend a
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  Speaker 1: very fascinating book called The Experimental Production of Dreams during
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  Speaker 1: Hypnosis by Professor David bowen Klein. Test number fifteen is
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  Speaker 1: the anesthesia test. This is conducted by telling yourself that
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  Speaker 1: you will not feel the pain associated with the act
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  Speaker 1: of pinching yourself. You suggest that you will feel the
• 2:30:30
  Speaker 1: pressure of your fingers, but will not feel the pain involved.
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  Speaker 1: I urge the reader not to stick pins in himself
• 2:30:37
  Speaker 1: to test the anesthesia. This can be dangerous, lead to infection,
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  Speaker 1: and cause other harmful results. You should also not dig
• 2:30:46
  Speaker 1: your nails into your skin to make sure that you
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  Speaker 1: don't feel pain. End of chapter nine, Chapter ten A
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  Speaker 1: new approach to self hypnosis when all else fails. Let
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  Speaker 1: us assume that you have tried diligently to learn self
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  Speaker 1: hypnosis for a month or more but have failed. You
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  Speaker 1: have worked faithfully following the instructions outlined in this book
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  Speaker 1: and other books on self hypnosis, but somehow the state
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  Speaker 1: of hypnosis elude you. Should you give up in despair
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  Speaker 1: or is there still hope for you. Let me assure
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  Speaker 1: you that you can still become an excellent subject. Let
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  Speaker 1: us examine several areas of this problem and a new
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  Speaker 1: approach that will help you achieve your ends. You must,
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  Speaker 1: first of all, ask yourself if you are feeling better
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  Speaker 1: and whether you have made strides in the direction you
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  Speaker 1: desire while giving your self suggestions in whatever stage of
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  Speaker 1: hypnosis you have achieved. If your evaluation is affirmative to
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  Speaker 1: any degree, you can expect even greater results. But you
• 2:31:47
  Speaker 1: may say, how can I expect greater results when I
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  Speaker 1: haven't achieved self hypnosis. My answer is you may be
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  Speaker 1: achieving self hypnosis and not know it. The change to
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  Speaker 1: the self hypnotic state from the wakeing state can be
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  Speaker 1: very imperceivable. Many times, prior to testing subjects under hypnosis,
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  Speaker 1: I ask them if they think they are in the
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  Speaker 1: hypnotic state. The answer is invariably no. When asking the
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  Speaker 1: subjects for a cogent reason for this answer, they usually
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  Speaker 1: exclaim that they are aware of what is going on
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  Speaker 1: and do not feel any different than they did before
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  Speaker 1: I started working with them. They are amazed to find
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  Speaker 1: that various tests work so perfectly. Some subjects do not
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  Speaker 1: respond to hypnotic tests no matter how long you work
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  Speaker 1: with them. For these persons, I usually deemphasize the need
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  Speaker 1: for passing the tests and concentrate on the therapeutic results which
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  Speaker 1: are desired. This approach lessons anxiety and usually results in
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  Speaker 1: a deepening of the hypnotic state. It is my feeling
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  Speaker 1: that many subjects resist any tests, as the implication is
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  Speaker 1: that once the tests work, the subject is under complete
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  Speaker 1: control of the hypnotists. The subject may fear this supposed
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  Speaker 1: subjection on one hand, and yet want it on the
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  Speaker 1: other hand. These forces can work unconsciously, and thus the
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  Speaker 1: attainment of hypnosis becomes a very intricate, perplexing and trying procedure.
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  Speaker 1: Even though this may be so, I can assure you
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  Speaker 1: that the problem and attainment of hypnosis can be resolved.
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  Speaker 1: It is only a matter of motivation on the part
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  Speaker 1: of the subject. This is the main ingredient necessary for
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  Speaker 1: successful hypnosis. Let me now explain a technique which has
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  Speaker 1: worked admirably for many who have been frustrated because of
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  Speaker 1: their inability to achieve self hypnosis. It involves pretending you
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  Speaker 1: are hypnotized and going through the motions of the various
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  Speaker 1: tests as though you were a perfect subject. You will
• 2:33:43
  Speaker 1: recall that one theory of hypnosis is that the subject
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  Speaker 1: behaves in a manner that he believes is in keeping
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  Speaker 1: with hypnotic behavior. This role playing is the basis for
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  Speaker 1: our unique approach. As the subject continues this procedure, he
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  Speaker 1: takes on the condition response mechanism necessary for self hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: Let us look at the following examples of role playing.
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  Speaker 1: During the war, many soldiers who wanted to leave the
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  Speaker 1: army would pretend something was wrong with them. They would
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  Speaker 1: convince the authorities of the authenticity of their illness, and
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  Speaker 1: since nothing seemed to make them better, they eventually were
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  Speaker 1: separated from the service because of the incapacitating disorder. But
• 2:34:24
  Speaker 1: what happened to many of these malingerers after they were
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  Speaker 1: released from the service. I'm sure you know the rest
• 2:34:31
  Speaker 1: of the story. The constant malingering was transformed by this
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  Speaker 1: role playing into a condition response pattern, eventually bringing about
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  Speaker 1: the very undesirable condition responsible for their leaving the service.
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  Speaker 1: I saw some of these individuals, and more than once
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  Speaker 1: they told me that they had unwittingly hypnotized themselves into
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  Speaker 1: having the ailment. They wanted me to dehypnotize them. They
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  Speaker 1: actually turned out to be very easy subjects as they
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  Speaker 1: had become highly suggestible. Unfortunately, their super ego structure was weak,
• 2:35:04
  Speaker 1: they had difficulty in identifying strongly with any one, and
• 2:35:08
  Speaker 1: the relationship in hypnosis was superficial and without depth. I
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  Speaker 1: am going to relate another example which I hope will
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  Speaker 1: help you understand the role playing technique for self hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: I have had the following experience many times in giving
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  Speaker 1: hypnotic demonstrations before various organizations. For some reason, even though
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  Speaker 1: I carefully ask that only those who desire to be
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  Speaker 1: hypnotized volunteer as subjects for the hypnotic demonstrations, an individual
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  Speaker 1: who has no intention of cooperating comes up on the
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  Speaker 1: stage to poke fun at the hypnotist. In giving public demonstrations,
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  Speaker 1: I usually work with about ten subjects and simultaneously give
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  Speaker 1: them the same suggestions and post hypnotic suggestions. Once the
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  Speaker 1: subjects are hypnotized, I work with them with their eyes open.
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  Speaker 1: Using this technique, with each sub carrying out a post
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  Speaker 1: hypnotic suggestion intensifies the responses of other subjects. There is
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  Speaker 1: also competitiveness to become the best subject in the meantime,
• 2:36:11
  Speaker 1: the individual who is really not under hypnosis has let
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  Speaker 1: the audience know about it by winking or making a
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  Speaker 1: grimace when I was not looking at him. Observing laughter
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  Speaker 1: and other audience reactions which are not in keeping with
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  Speaker 1: what is happening at the precise moment during my lecture
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  Speaker 1: is my cue that I have an egocentric person on stage.
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  Speaker 1: You might ask yourself, can't you tell when someone is faking?
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  Speaker 1: It is extremely difficult many times to do so once
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  Speaker 1: you are aware of it. However, you give certain tests
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  Speaker 1: to the group. The exhibitionist doesn't know how to respond
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  Speaker 1: each time, and you soon pick him out. Even when
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  Speaker 1: I know specifically who it is, I do not dismiss him. Interestingly,
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  Speaker 1: it is invariably a man. I continue with the lecture demonstration,
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  Speaker 1: but I let the audience know that I am aware
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  Speaker 1: of the situation. This is the interesting part of this example.
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  Speaker 1: The bumptuous subject, by giving himself auto suggestions to comply
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  Speaker 1: with various post hypnotic suggestions, is actually engaging in our
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  Speaker 1: technique of role playing. The inevitable happens he finds him
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  Speaker 1: self hypnotized, despite his obvious intention not to be affected
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  Speaker 1: in any way. Any hypnotist can recount similar incidents. What
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  Speaker 1: can you learn by the example just presented? What if
• 2:37:32
  Speaker 1: you purposely set about doing the same thing and your
• 2:37:35
  Speaker 1: attempt to achieve self hypnosis? The obvious answer is that
• 2:37:39
  Speaker 1: the technique has a good chance of working and as
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  Speaker 1: a result, you will achieve self hypnosis. This method has
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  Speaker 1: worked with many recalcitrance subjects. To follow this plan, go
• 2:37:51
  Speaker 1: back to chapter six how to attain self hypnosis and
• 2:37:55
  Speaker 1: use the role playing technique. You'll be pleasantly surprised at
• 2:37:59
  Speaker 1: how this approach will act as a catalyst. Remember, once
• 2:38:03
  Speaker 1: you obtain the eye closure, give yourself whatever therapeutic suggestion
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  Speaker 1: you desire, plus the post hypnotic suggestion that the next
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  Speaker 1: time you will fall into a deeper and sounder state
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  Speaker 1: of hypnosis at the count of three or any other
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  Speaker 1: queue you desire. I know you may protest using the
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  Speaker 1: role playing technique with the question if I'm not under hypnosis,
• 2:38:26
  Speaker 1: why give myself therapeutic post hypnotic suggestions to condition myself
• 2:38:30
  Speaker 1: to go under hypnosis at a specific count. You may
• 2:38:34
  Speaker 1: further protest that you are only fooling yourself. My answer is,
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  Speaker 1: what if you are? What is lost by doing it
• 2:38:42
  Speaker 1: you have everything to gain and nothing to lose? Are
• 2:38:46
  Speaker 1: you not really interested in the end result and not
• 2:38:48
  Speaker 1: the means? The attainment of the self hypnotic state is
• 2:38:52
  Speaker 1: not in itself the n result. It is a means
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  Speaker 1: to help you achieve your goal. Don't many people carry
• 2:38:59
  Speaker 1: or wear good luck charms of a religious or non
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  Speaker 1: religious nature. Don't we accept these items in our society?
• 2:39:06
  Speaker 1: The four leaf clover and rabbit's foot as symbols of
• 2:39:09
  Speaker 1: good luck have been part of our culture for a
• 2:39:12
  Speaker 1: long time. We are all sophisticated enough to know that
• 2:39:16
  Speaker 1: they do not have an intrinsic value, but don't they
• 2:39:19
  Speaker 1: do something for our mental attitude? This same problem is
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  Speaker 1: precisely what you are to follow in using the role
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  Speaker 1: playing technique. If you believe, expect, and imagine that you
• 2:39:30
  Speaker 1: will be successful in this approach to self hypnosis, I
• 2:39:34
  Speaker 1: can assure you that you will. May I urge you
• 2:39:37
  Speaker 1: not to reject this novel and unorthodox approach. Many have
• 2:39:41
  Speaker 1: had excellent results when other methods, even those of a
• 2:39:45
  Speaker 1: professional hypnotist, have failed. Some of you may recognize this
• 2:39:50
  Speaker 1: approach as another means of applying the visual imagery technique.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever you choose to call it. I reiterate, you can't
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  Speaker 1: expect good results. It is only necessary that you follow
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  Speaker 1: the instructions and adopt the right attitude. By the right attitude,
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  Speaker 1: I mean that you should adopt the conviction that you
• 2:40:10
  Speaker 1: are going to achieve self hypnosis, even though you might
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  Speaker 1: have experienced difficulty up to now. Hypnosis is a conviction phenomenon.
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  Speaker 1: It is possible that you may say you are not suggestible. Actually,
• 2:40:24
  Speaker 1: your lack of response proves your suggestibility. You have been
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  Speaker 1: influenced by negative suggestions. Every one is suggestible to some degree.
• 2:40:33
  Speaker 1: You have become extremely suggestible to conscious or unconscious stimuli,
• 2:40:38
  Speaker 1: which are definitely affecting your ability to respond. You need
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  Speaker 1: only use this latent suggestibility and make it work for you.
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  Speaker 1: What would you say about the suggestibility of a person
• 2:40:50
  Speaker 1: who doesn't want to talk about hypnosis? This person has
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  Speaker 1: never read a book on hypnosis and absolutely doesn't want
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  Speaker 1: you or any one else to HYPNOTI him. Would you
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  Speaker 1: believe this person is a potentially good hypnotic subject. I
• 2:41:05
  Speaker 1: can tell you by practical experience that once this person
• 2:41:09
  Speaker 1: allows himself to be hypnotized, he turns out to be
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  Speaker 1: a perfect subject. Responding to either end of the suggestibility
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  Speaker 1: scale is indicative of success with hypnosis. It becomes a
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  Speaker 1: matter of manipulating this suggestibility skillfully in order to achieve results.
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  Speaker 1: Let me give you another example which may help. Which
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  Speaker 1: one of these two lines drawn on this page is
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  Speaker 1: longer line A B or line CD? What is your answer?
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  Speaker 1: Did you think both were the same? Take a ruler
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  Speaker 1: and actually measure them. You'll find line A B longer
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  Speaker 1: than CD, but you reply every other time both lines
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  Speaker 1: were the same. This is a familiar optical illusion which
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  Speaker 1: is used many times in basic courses in psychology. It
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  Speaker 1: is no as the Muller Liar illusion. My contention is
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  Speaker 1: that if you said both of the same size, you
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  Speaker 1: are potentially a good subject. You respond perfectly to previous conditioning.
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  Speaker 1: Thus you are responding as anticipated. If, on the other hand,
• 2:42:16
  Speaker 1: you picked line A B, you are normally suggestible. If
• 2:42:21
  Speaker 1: you honestly picked line CD, you are extremely cautious and
• 2:42:25
  Speaker 1: respond best to reverse psychology. Once again, you are highly suggestible,
• 2:42:30
  Speaker 1: but toward one extreme. Here's another interesting experiment. Would you
• 2:42:35
  Speaker 1: say that lines A, B and CD were perfectly straight.
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  Speaker 1: I'll let you figure out what your response means to
• 2:42:42
  Speaker 1: this test by yourself. You can take a ruler to
• 2:42:45
  Speaker 1: determine if the lines are straight. We all respond unconsciously
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  Speaker 1: to stimuli of some sort. Word association tests are based
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  Speaker 1: on this principle. Aren't your reactions automatic to the following terms? Democratic,
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  Speaker 1: Republican Party, Communist Party, mother, father, movie star? If I
• 2:43:08
  Speaker 1: mention the name of a famous person, city, or country,
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  Speaker 1: the same immediate unconscious reaction takes place. Let's try it.
• 2:43:18
  Speaker 1: Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy,
• 2:43:26
  Speaker 1: Albert Einstein, Albert Schweitzer, Eleanor Roosevelt, Boston, New York City, Hollywood,
• 2:43:37
  Speaker 1: Miami Beach, United States, England, France, Italy, Israel, Africa, Russia, China, India,
• 2:43:53
  Speaker 1: and South America. The response and image keep changing, don't they.
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  Speaker 1: I am trying to point out that this reaction is
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  Speaker 1: automatic because of previous conditioning. I could mention almost anything
• 2:44:06
  Speaker 1: and the same automatic reaction would take place. The reaction
• 2:44:10
  Speaker 1: would always be the same, unless something had happened to
• 2:44:13
  Speaker 1: change or alter your response. Let us mention the word hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: Some sort of reaction must take place. This can either
• 2:44:22
  Speaker 1: be positive, negative, or neutral. For our purposes, you really
• 2:44:26
  Speaker 1: don't have to think about your response, as it is automatic.
• 2:44:30
  Speaker 1: The point to remember is that a definite response has
• 2:44:33
  Speaker 1: taken place, which will either help or hinder your attainment
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  Speaker 1: of hypnosis. If the response should be negative, it can
• 2:44:41
  Speaker 1: be changed by gaining knowledge in actual experience in hypnosis.
• 2:44:46
  Speaker 1: It is natural to have a bit of uneasiness when
• 2:44:49
  Speaker 1: first experiencing or thinking about being hypnotized. After all, you
• 2:44:55
  Speaker 1: haven't been exposed to hypnosis in a therapeutic setting and
• 2:44:58
  Speaker 1: couldn't have formed a face favorable reaction. Your response is
• 2:45:02
  Speaker 1: probably derived from a fictionalization of hypnosis. The initial task
• 2:45:07
  Speaker 1: of the hypnotist is to create, by educating the perspective subject,
• 2:45:13
  Speaker 1: a favorable attitude so that the subject allows himself to
• 2:45:16
  Speaker 1: be hypnotized. What does this mean specifically to you? If
• 2:45:21
  Speaker 1: you are having difficulty learning self hypnosis, It means that
• 2:45:25
  Speaker 1: through repeated exposures, you will finally respond. You will realize
• 2:45:30
  Speaker 1: there is no need for anxiety in regard to your response.
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  Speaker 1: This inner feeling will in turn have a cumulative favorable
• 2:45:38
  Speaker 1: effect upon your unconsciousness, which will result in your finely
• 2:45:42
  Speaker 1: responding to hypnosis. Suppose you still maintain and insist that
• 2:45:49
  Speaker 1: you are not suggestible, and wonder if you will ever
• 2:45:52
  Speaker 1: respond to hypnosis. Furthermore, the assurance I have given you
• 2:45:57
  Speaker 1: up to this point doesn't seem to convince you. If
• 2:46:00
  Speaker 1: you have tried diligently to achieve self hypnosis, you cannot
• 2:46:04
  Speaker 1: be blamed. But let's try an experiment to test your suggestibility.
• 2:46:09
  Speaker 1: It is well to ponder my statement that if you
• 2:46:12
  Speaker 1: do not respond, it is a sign of being suggestible,
• 2:46:16
  Speaker 1: but in a negative sense, lack of response is a
• 2:46:19
  Speaker 1: manifestation of this negative suggestibility. My contention is that you
• 2:46:24
  Speaker 1: are definitely suggestible. Let us see what happens to you
• 2:46:28
  Speaker 1: in trying the following classical experiment. It is called Chevroule's
• 2:46:33
  Speaker 1: pendulum test. Draw a circle with about a six inch
• 2:46:37
  Speaker 1: diameter and mark it has shown in the illustration. Next,
• 2:46:42
  Speaker 1: take a ring and attach a string to it. If
• 2:46:44
  Speaker 1: you have a locket, it will do as well. The
• 2:46:47
  Speaker 1: hypnotist uses a crystal ball and chain for this experiment.
• 2:46:52
  Speaker 1: Hold the end of the string or chain and keep
• 2:46:54
  Speaker 1: the ring or whatever object you are using about three
• 2:46:58
  Speaker 1: inches above the center of the circle. Now concentrate and
• 2:47:02
  Speaker 1: fix your gaze on the ring, crystal ball or lock it. Mentally,
• 2:47:07
  Speaker 1: suggest to yourself that the object will begin to revolve
• 2:47:10
  Speaker 1: in a circular manner following the numbers one, two, three,
• 2:47:16
  Speaker 1: and four. Picture in your mind's eye that this circular
• 2:47:20
  Speaker 1: motion is becoming wider and wider. Work at this image
• 2:47:24
  Speaker 1: for several minutes. Did the object begin turning to the
• 2:47:28
  Speaker 1: right following the numbers? Did the circle become larger and larger?
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  Speaker 1: If it did, you are absolutely suggestible, are influenced by
• 2:47:37
  Speaker 1: your own suggestions, and therefore, if you follow instructions, can
• 2:47:42
  Speaker 1: learn self hypnosis. You can be trained to acquire this skill.
• 2:47:47
  Speaker 1: If the experience did not work, try it again. Concentrate harder,
• 2:47:52
  Speaker 1: and try to visualize more intently the object revolving in
• 2:47:56
  Speaker 1: a circular manner. You are not to rotate the eyes
• 2:48:00
  Speaker 1: object consciously or help it in any way. The action
• 2:48:03
  Speaker 1: must stem from your subconscious The thought of the crystal
• 2:48:07
  Speaker 1: ball or ring revolving in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction
• 2:48:13
  Speaker 1: invariably causes an involuntary muscle reflex action to take place.
• 2:48:18
  Speaker 1: This phenomenon is known as ideomotor action. Usually, as the
• 2:48:24
  Speaker 1: subject concentrates more intensely, the reflex action becomes more profound,
• 2:48:29
  Speaker 1: causing greater unconscious movement. Of the hand, which in turn
• 2:48:34
  Speaker 1: is transmitted to the object in the form of larger
• 2:48:37
  Speaker 1: circles and greater momentum. The time required for the successful
• 2:48:41
  Speaker 1: accomplishment of this test depends upon the degree of suggestibility
• 2:48:46
  Speaker 1: of the subject. An interesting action is to see the
• 2:48:50
  Speaker 1: object revolve in an opposite direction than suggested. It gives
• 2:48:54
  Speaker 1: a clue to the personality structure of the individual. The
• 2:48:59
  Speaker 1: Ruegia board world work on the same principle as Chevroull's
• 2:49:02
  Speaker 1: pendulum test. Many times the aspirant will remark I swear
• 2:49:06
  Speaker 1: I didn't make it move. Mentalists find hidden objects in
• 2:49:10
  Speaker 1: the audience using basically the same approach, combined with clever
• 2:49:15
  Speaker 1: techniques of distraction. The term given for this is muscle reading.
• 2:49:21
  Speaker 1: This is the point in question. If the crystal ball
• 2:49:24
  Speaker 1: ring or lock it moves without conscious direction, you have
• 2:49:28
  Speaker 1: successfully influenced your subconscious mind. Self hypnosis involves the same procedure.
• 2:49:35
  Speaker 1: The goal is to consciously cause a subconscious reaction. If
• 2:49:39
  Speaker 1: the experiment does not work with your eyes open, try
• 2:49:43
  Speaker 1: it with your eyes closed for about five minutes. You
• 2:49:46
  Speaker 1: will be pleasantly surprised with the results. Should you want
• 2:49:50
  Speaker 1: to prove to yourself that you are suggestible with your
• 2:49:53
  Speaker 1: eyes open. Practice the technique every day for a week
• 2:49:57
  Speaker 1: or two. The idea of the practice session is to
• 2:50:00
  Speaker 1: reinforce and increase the response of the unconscious movement until
• 2:50:05
  Speaker 1: you develop proficiency. It follows the laws of the condition
• 2:50:09
  Speaker 1: reflex theory expounded by doctor Ivan P. Pavlov, the famous
• 2:50:14
  Speaker 1: Russian psychologist. If after several weeks you should still not
• 2:50:19
  Speaker 1: be successful, use the role playing technique consciously make the
• 2:50:24
  Speaker 1: object revolve. After a while, it will move automatically whenever
• 2:50:29
  Speaker 1: you attempt the experiment. When this happens, you will have
• 2:50:33
  Speaker 1: proof of your suggestibility. It is highly improbable that you
• 2:50:37
  Speaker 1: will not be successful. It would be a rare occurrence.
• 2:50:42
  Speaker 1: By the same systematic efforts, I can assure you that
• 2:50:45
  Speaker 1: you can achieve self hypnosis. If you are still not
• 2:50:49
  Speaker 1: affected favorably, you might consider one of the psychological means
• 2:50:53
  Speaker 1: of inducing hypnosis. The next chapter will discuss this topic.
• 2:50:58
  Speaker 1: I would recommend Pavlov's book called condition Reflexes. Pavlow's book
• 2:51:04
  Speaker 1: will further explain and clarify the concept of the conditioned
• 2:51:08
  Speaker 1: response mechanism. It covers necessary conditions for the development of
• 2:51:13
  Speaker 1: condition responses their formulation by means of conditioned and direct stimuli,
• 2:51:20
  Speaker 1: plus a tremendous amount of material which will help you
• 2:51:23
  Speaker 1: in your understanding of the significance of the role playing
• 2:51:27
  Speaker 1: technique in relationship to learning self hypnosis. End of Chapter ten.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter eleven. Psychological aids and their function. Psychological or mechanical
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  Speaker 1: aids are used to help put the subject in a
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  Speaker 1: state of hypnosis. The use of the aids helps increase
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  Speaker 1: the suggestibility of the subject toward hypnosis. The two most
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  Speaker 1: widely used hypnotic aids are the crystal ball and chain
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  Speaker 1: and the twelve inch hypnodisc. One reason is that these
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  Speaker 1: two items have no other use or function outside of
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  Speaker 1: the area of hypnosis. Therefore, when the hypnotist proceeds to
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  Speaker 1: use one of these hypnotic devices, it must follow that
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  Speaker 1: a certain mental set, readiness, or receptivity must follow as
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  Speaker 1: a result of its introduction into the hypnotic setting. If
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  Speaker 1: the subject is uneasy about the hypnotic setting or his response,
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  Speaker 1: the introduction of the hypnotic aid can mobilize the subject's defenses,
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  Speaker 1: which may be on a conscious or unconscious level. Generally,
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  Speaker 1: the mental set which follows helps augment whatever hypnotic suggestions
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  Speaker 1: are given. Certainly, the same mental set would not follow
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  Speaker 1: if the hypnotists used a paper clip as a means
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  Speaker 1: of helping with the induction of hypnosis. It would only
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  Speaker 1: start the subject wondering about the relationship of the paper
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  Speaker 1: clip to hypnosis. It obviously isn't in keeping with what
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  Speaker 1: the subject expects. It is important to utilize the subject's
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  Speaker 1: expectation as to what he believes takes place in the setting,
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  Speaker 1: as long as this expectation does not hinder the induction
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  Speaker 1: of hypnosis. The mere act of turning down the lights
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  Speaker 1: or drawing the curtains before the hypnotist begins to work
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  Speaker 1: with the subject is a nonverbal suggestion which can be
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  Speaker 1: considered as a psychological aid. The subject knows that the
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  Speaker 1: hypnotist is ready to begin at this point. Actually, it
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  Speaker 1: isn't necessary to darken the room at any time to
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  Speaker 1: induce hypnosis. Doesn't the stage hypnotist work with glaring lights
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  Speaker 1: the room is darkened, And I might add that I
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  Speaker 1: use this procedure myself mainly for the psychological effect. If
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  Speaker 1: I feel that this procedure might cause anxiety, I proceed
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  Speaker 1: with the room undarkened. In discussing psychological aids, it is
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  Speaker 1: agreed that we are primarily interested in seeing the subject
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  Speaker 1: feel better or achieve whatever goals he needs seeks through
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  Speaker 1: the intelligent application of hypnosis. If a hypnotic aid will
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  Speaker 1: help the subject achieve hypnosis, we can concur it is justified.
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  Speaker 1: It is not to be considered a subterfuge. If the
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  Speaker 1: physician administers a placebo to a patient with the remark,
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  Speaker 1: here is a new medicine that can help your condition,
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  Speaker 1: and if this technique does help alleviate the patient's condition,
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  Speaker 1: it is considered good medicine. You must know beforehand that
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  Speaker 1: in using the twelve inch hypnodisc, the subject's eyes must
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  Speaker 1: begin to water, his eyelids must get heavy, and eventually
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  Speaker 1: he must close them. Even before you begin to use
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  Speaker 1: the hypnodisc, you suggest that these conditions will take place
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  Speaker 1: during the induction of hypnosis. As these reactions are noted
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  Speaker 1: by the subject, a favorable psychological attitude automatically develops, which
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  Speaker 1: in turn helps further suggestions. If the subject react acts
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  Speaker 1: favorably to suggestions A, B, and C, it follows that
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  Speaker 1: he is more prone to accept suggestions D, E, and F,
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  Speaker 1: which are therapeutic in nature. The subject can better relate
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  Speaker 1: to the latter suggestions when he has seen proof of
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  Speaker 1: his initial suggestibility. This approach works better than beginning immediately
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  Speaker 1: with the latter suggestions. The build up of suggestions convinces
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  Speaker 1: the subject he is in a heightened state of suggestibility
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  Speaker 1: and can benefit from the therapeutic suggestions of the hypnotists
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  Speaker 1: or his own. Perhaps his needed assurance is so helpful
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  Speaker 1: because it eliminates the anxiety of the subject concerning his suggestibility.
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  Speaker 1: He seeks and needs the satisfaction of knowing he has
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  Speaker 1: attained the prerequisites necessary before any therapeutic program can benefit him.
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  Speaker 1: The subject's prerequisites need not be actually related to the
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  Speaker 1: hypnotic process per se, but merely match his preconceived ideas
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  Speaker 1: about what is necessary. Let me give you an example.
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  Speaker 1: Many subjects feel that they must experience amnesia before they
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  Speaker 1: can benefit from hypnotic suggestions. This premise is inaccurate, since
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  Speaker 1: favorable and lasting results can be achieved in any degree
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  Speaker 1: of hypnosis, depending of course, on the nature of the problem.
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  Speaker 1: Let me relate several interesting occurrences that take place every
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  Speaker 1: so often in my own practice as a professional hypnotist.
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  Speaker 1: A subject who is responding well to hypnosis but not
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  Speaker 1: to the point of amnesia. Insists that he will not
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  Speaker 1: benefit until he is knocked out and doesn't remember what happened.
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  Speaker 1: Trying to convince him otherwise proves fatal. He just refuses
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  Speaker 1: to accept whatever explanation you give him. My own method
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  Speaker 1: is not to insist that the subject is wrong, but
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  Speaker 1: somehow to use his misconception in a constructive manner. After
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  Speaker 1: getting him into the cataleptic state, I suggest that I
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  Speaker 1: am going to stop talking for five minus, during which
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  Speaker 1: time he is to mentally repeat sleep as he slowly
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  Speaker 1: and deeply inhales, and deep sleep as he slowly exhales.
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  Speaker 1: At the end of this time, he'll be in a
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  Speaker 1: very deep hypnotic state. Instead of remaining quiet for five minutes,
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  Speaker 1: I take ten minutes. I then begin to whisper suggestions
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  Speaker 1: to the subject to determine if he is still under
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  Speaker 1: hypnosis or asleep. If he is asleep, I let him
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  Speaker 1: remain asleep for a still longer period of time, after
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  Speaker 1: which interval I awaken him. I ask him if he
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  Speaker 1: remembers what I said to him during the time he
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  Speaker 1: was deeply hypnotized. If he says no, I remark very good.
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  Speaker 1: I further point out to him that he has now
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  Speaker 1: experienced amnesia and will now make rapid strides. The subject,
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  Speaker 1: on the other hand, is pleased to see that I
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  Speaker 1: now agree with him, and in fact, the interesting result
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  Speaker 1: is that he does make excellent in progress because his
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  Speaker 1: preconceived requirements have been met. It should be pointed out
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  Speaker 1: that I keep working with the subject until such a
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  Speaker 1: time that he falls asleep. The transition from hypnosis to
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  Speaker 1: sleep is normal. It is easy for the subject to
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  Speaker 1: fall asleep because he is so relaxed. Let me tell
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  Speaker 1: you of a similar experience before telling you of this
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  Speaker 1: psychological technique. It is only fair to point out that
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  Speaker 1: the professional hypnotist varies his approach from subject to subject,
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  Speaker 1: not only to suit the needs of the subject, but
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  Speaker 1: to break the monotony of using only a few successful procedures.
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  Speaker 1: His experimentation helps develop not only new procedures, but new
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  Speaker 1: concepts relative to the general nature of hypnosis and its
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  Speaker 1: many ramifications. I was interested to see what would happen
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  Speaker 1: to a subject if he thought he was deeply hypnotized
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  Speaker 1: without ever giving him verbal suggestions or reassurance that he
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  Speaker 1: would feel better or over his problem. Of course, if
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  Speaker 1: the technique did not work quickly, I would drop the
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  Speaker 1: procedure for a more orthodox approach. Instead of trying to
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  Speaker 1: really hypnotize the subject, my aim is to get him
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  Speaker 1: to sleep. Once he is asleep, I let him remain
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  Speaker 1: so for about thirty minutes, without having ever given him
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  Speaker 1: a therapeutic suggestion. I awaken him and inquire if he
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  Speaker 1: remembered what happened. If the answer is no, I tell
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  Speaker 1: him I'll hypnotize him again next week, and this concludes
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  Speaker 1: the visit. When he returns next week, I ask him,
• 2:59:37
  Speaker 1: how did you feel during the week. The answer is
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  Speaker 1: generally much better. I keep repeating this procedure until such
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  Speaker 1: a time that the individual has attained the goals that
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  Speaker 1: he seeks. I know that the reader may be surprised
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  Speaker 1: that I would divulge such an unconventional procedure. The principle
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  Speaker 1: is the same as the physician using a placebo. I
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  Speaker 1: do so to illustrate the point that I made earlier
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  Speaker 1: in this chapter that so long as certain of the
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  Speaker 1: subject's requirements are met, whether valid or invalid, the subject's
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  Speaker 1: suggestibility is greatly enhanced. Naturally, the unsuspecting subject equated the
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  Speaker 1: period of not remembering which was, as we know, true
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  Speaker 1: sleep with the somnambulistic state. Actually, he was helped by
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  Speaker 1: self hypnosis because he felt he would now make progress
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  Speaker 1: because he proved to be such an excellent subject. It
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  Speaker 1: is true he was not using self hypnosis as has
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  Speaker 1: been outlined in this book, but he had now achieved
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  Speaker 1: a heightened state of suggestibility hypnosis and was using this
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  Speaker 1: state to further his own ends. The attainment of self
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  Speaker 1: hypnosis can be an intricate and elusive procedure. As I
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  Speaker 1: have already pointed out, the purpose of the entire book
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  Speaker 1: is to instruct, point out, and give you the necessary
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  Speaker 1: understanding and knowledge required to achieve this weak. Without this understanding,
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  Speaker 1: this can become a very frustrating effort. It is hoped
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  Speaker 1: that by understanding and being aware of some of the
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  Speaker 1: ramifications of hypnosis, you will be able to achieve your
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  Speaker 1: goal in the quickest possible time. It should also be
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  Speaker 1: pointed out that no two subjects react in the same way,
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  Speaker 1: and that different methods and requirements are necessary to suit
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  Speaker 1: the individual. It is a mistake to try to make
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  Speaker 1: the subject adhere to origid methodology. The greater flexibility of
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  Speaker 1: the hypnotic procedures, the greater the chance for success. Let
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  Speaker 1: me at this time further discuss some of the hypnotic
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  Speaker 1: aids that are used in the induction of hypnosis. We
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  Speaker 1: have already discussed the use of the hypnodisc and the
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  Speaker 1: crystal ball and chain. The same principles are involved in
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  Speaker 1: any other object which is used as a means of
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  Speaker 1: fixation or of tiring the eyes. Hypnotic phonograph records and
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  Speaker 1: hypnotic taper coars represent new devices that have been instrumental
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  Speaker 1: in conditioning subjects for self hypnosis. The subject plays the
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  Speaker 1: record or tape on his phonograph or tape recorder and
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  Speaker 1: is conditioned over a period of time to respond to
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  Speaker 1: hypnosis at a given signal or phrase. He in turn,
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  Speaker 1: can change this key phrase to one of his own, choosing.
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  Speaker 1: Should you own or have access to a tape recorder,
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  Speaker 1: I would suggest recording an induction of hypnosis and playing
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  Speaker 1: it back to yourself in this manner, as though you
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  Speaker 1: were hypnotizing someone else. I have produced three different hypnotic
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  Speaker 1: records and a thirty minute hypnotic tape containing the three records,
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  Speaker 1: which are sold commercially. One record, called the Musical Hypnosis
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  Speaker 1: record has a very pleasant, relaxing musical background as the
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  Speaker 1: voice of the hypnotists induces hypnosis. The second record, called
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  Speaker 1: the Metronome Hypnotic Record, incorporates the monotonous and lulling beat
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  Speaker 1: of an electric metric in the background. The subject is
• 3:03:02
  Speaker 1: instructed to mentally repeat sleep as he slowly inhales, and
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  Speaker 1: deep sleep as he slowly exhales in rhythm with the
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  Speaker 1: beat of the metronome. While the subject is concentrating on
• 3:03:14
  Speaker 1: this activity, the voice of the hypnotist induces hypnosis. The
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  Speaker 1: third record, called self Hypnosis Record number three, contains only
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  Speaker 1: the voice of the hypnotist inducing hypnosis. It features a
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  Speaker 1: unique approach and technique. I have had a great deal
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  Speaker 1: of correspondence with those who have used these phonograph records
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  Speaker 1: and the hypnotic tape for conditioning themselves for self hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: The results are quite interesting and run the range of
• 3:03:43
  Speaker 1: immediate results to no results. One person wrote that one
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  Speaker 1: of the records hypnotized him at the first playing and
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  Speaker 1: conditioned him for self hypnosis, whereas he had failed to
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  Speaker 1: respond to hypnosis after many visits to one of the
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  Speaker 1: country's foremost authorities. I have had similar experiences after having
• 3:04:03
  Speaker 1: failed to hypnotize a subject despite many attempts, I can
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  Speaker 1: only speculate that the subjects in these cases unconsciously resist
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  Speaker 1: the hypnotist because they feel a personal threat. Since the
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  Speaker 1: record is impersonal, they are better able to relax and
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  Speaker 1: subsequently be hypnotized. Interestingly, this occurred when the subject was
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  Speaker 1: convinced that he was a very difficult subject. It would
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  Speaker 1: seem that only then was the condition response pattern finally established.
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  Speaker 1: The basic function of the hypnotic records and hypnotic tape
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  Speaker 1: is to establish a conditioned response pattern to a given
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  Speaker 1: stimulus in time. Most subjects are conditioned by the intelligent
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  Speaker 1: and systematic use of these recordings. Let me describe another
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  Speaker 1: varied approach to achieving self hypnosis. One of the chief
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  Speaker 1: assets of a good hypnotist is to be flexible in
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  Speaker 1: his approach in hypnotizing his subjects. As I have already reread,
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  Speaker 1: he pointed out, it is necessary many times to adopt
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  Speaker 1: a technique that is suitable to the subject, and not
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  Speaker 1: to make the subject adapt himself to the method of induction.
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  Speaker 1: We know that with the somnambalistic subjects, any procedure will
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  Speaker 1: put the subject under hypnosis. Immediately, the hypnotist gains complete
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  Speaker 1: control of his subject, as the subject is able to
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  Speaker 1: put himself in the proper psychological frame of mind for hypnosis. Unfortunately,
• 3:05:27
  Speaker 1: most subjects do not respond at the first session or
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  Speaker 1: sessions because of conscious or subconscious fears that must be
• 3:05:35
  Speaker 1: gradually eliminated. Once you get the subject to relax or
• 3:05:40
  Speaker 1: let go, he will naturally succumb to hypnosis. This is
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  Speaker 1: the problem that confronts all hypnotists. Merely suggesting to the
• 3:05:49
  Speaker 1: subject to relax is not sufficient as a rule to
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  Speaker 1: bring about this desired mental state. The subject at this
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  Speaker 1: point cannot easily turn on or off his mental and
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  Speaker 1: physical feelings. Even if we have the subject lie down,
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  Speaker 1: this does not assure the hypnotic state, as the subject
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  Speaker 1: can still be tense. Our main problem is to get
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  Speaker 1: the subject relaxed. Our situation is similar to the physician
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  Speaker 1: telling his patient to go home and forget about a
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  Speaker 1: certain problem. I'm sure you will agree that the advice
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  Speaker 1: is virtually impossible to follow. One of the major stumbling
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  Speaker 1: blocks in hypnotizing a subject or in self hypnosis lies
• 3:06:30
  Speaker 1: in the fact that although we use terms such as relax,
• 3:06:33
  Speaker 1: let yourself go and others. The subject cannot readily put
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  Speaker 1: the meaning of these words into effect. It is difficult
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  Speaker 1: for most people to let go when we live in
• 3:06:43
  Speaker 1: a society that beckons us to look sharp, be sharp,
• 3:06:47
  Speaker 1: be alert, be on the ball, and make every minute count.
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  Speaker 1: Emphasis on productivity does not lend to a society of
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  Speaker 1: relaxed individuals. In my long experience as a professonal hypnotist,
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  Speaker 1: I have tried many novel innovations for inducing hypnosis and
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  Speaker 1: teaching individuals self hypnosis. Some have met with a great
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  Speaker 1: deal of success, and others have failed. It is furthermore
• 3:07:15
  Speaker 1: difficult to determine the causal nature for success or failure.
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  Speaker 1: We can only theorize. I have used the following unorthodox
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  Speaker 1: technique for about a period of fifteen years. Exceptionally good
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  Speaker 1: results have been attained with it, although it must be
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  Speaker 1: admitted that it is not infallible. It is suggested to
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  Speaker 1: you as another good technique in order to help the
• 3:07:38
  Speaker 1: subject relax, I have been using a phonograph record or
• 3:07:42
  Speaker 1: tape that I recorded containing the continuous sound of various
• 3:07:46
  Speaker 1: degrees of rain. One side has a half hour of
• 3:07:49
  Speaker 1: very soft light rainfall, such as you have experienced in
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  Speaker 1: listening to rainfalling on grass, canvas or a tent top.
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  Speaker 1: The other side or track contains a half hour of
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  Speaker 1: rain effects, such as one would hear in a heavy
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  Speaker 1: downfall with loud splatterings of water on the pavement. The
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  Speaker 1: record and tape were originally designed to help insomnia sufferers
• 3:08:13
  Speaker 1: and later incorporated into the hypnotic procedure. The subject is
• 3:08:18
  Speaker 1: instructed to close his eyes and listen to the sound
• 3:08:21
  Speaker 1: of the rain while picturing himself relaxing near a warm,
• 3:08:25
  Speaker 1: glowing fireplace. As you can note, the subject again incorporates
• 3:08:30
  Speaker 1: the visual imagery technique. The relaxing effect, thus produced over
• 3:08:35
  Speaker 1: a period of time, enhances his chances of success in
• 3:08:39
  Speaker 1: attaining a deep hypnotic state. There are many other interesting
• 3:08:43
  Speaker 1: and unique devices and aids you can use for inducing hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: Rather than present them all in this book, I have
• 3:08:50
  Speaker 1: fully described them in their techniques of operation on one
• 3:08:54
  Speaker 1: hundred and forty four page illustrated catalog. This catalog not
• 3:08:58
  Speaker 1: only contains a list of hypnotic aids, but a description
• 3:09:02
  Speaker 1: and listing of over four hundred and fifty hypnotism and
• 3:09:05
  Speaker 1: self help books. Upon request, I shall be pleased to
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  Speaker 1: send it to you write two Melvin Powers one twenty
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  Speaker 1: fifteen Sherman Road, North, Hollywood, California, nine one six o
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  Speaker 1: five and ask for hypnotic catalog number seven. Should you
• 3:09:25
  Speaker 1: have any questions on self hypnosis or hetero hypnosis, I
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  Speaker 1: shall be pleased to answer you. End of Chapter eleven.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twelve The Nature of hypnosis. Although the nature and
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  Speaker 1: phenomena of hypnosis are still incompletely understood, there are a
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  Speaker 1: multitude of theories which attempt to explain its mechanism and results.
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  Speaker 1: The most that can be done at this time is
• 3:09:51
  Speaker 1: to explore various views which are held by leading authorities.
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  Speaker 1: At present. It can be said, however, that a majority
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  Speaker 1: of authoritiesies agree that hypnosis ensues as a result of
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  Speaker 1: natural laws which have been incorporated in the human organism
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  Speaker 1: since the beginning of man as he is today. The
• 3:10:11
  Speaker 1: older theories show almost as much disparity as today, But
• 3:10:14
  Speaker 1: for the purposes of history, it is probably necessary to
• 3:10:18
  Speaker 1: enumerate only the animal magnetism of Frederic Anton Mesmer and
• 3:10:23
  Speaker 1: a mention of the hysteria syndrome by Jean Martin Charcot.
• 3:10:28
  Speaker 1: Both names loom large in the history of hypnosis. Mesmer
• 3:10:32
  Speaker 1: an eighteenth century physician believed that hypnosis occurred as a
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  Speaker 1: result of vital fluids drawn from a magnet or lodestone,
• 3:10:41
  Speaker 1: and which drew their unique qualities from the sun, moon,
• 3:10:44
  Speaker 1: and stars. Charcot, as well as Pierre Janet and others,
• 3:10:49
  Speaker 1: was convinced that hypnosis was a form of hysteria, and
• 3:10:53
  Speaker 1: that only hysterics could be hypnotized. The former Mesmer thought
• 3:10:58
  Speaker 1: further that metal became viewed by the solar qualities, and
• 3:11:02
  Speaker 1: his system is also known as metology, by which he
• 3:11:06
  Speaker 1: meant the proper application of metals naturally. These theories have
• 3:11:10
  Speaker 1: been largely abandoned today, although there are still a few
• 3:11:14
  Speaker 1: who think that hypnosis is a form of hysteria. Some pioneers,
• 3:11:19
  Speaker 1: notably doctor William S. Kroger, a psychiatrically oriented obstetrician and
• 3:11:24
  Speaker 1: gynecologist who limits his practice to hypnotherapy, believes hypnosis is
• 3:11:30
  Speaker 1: a conviction phenomenon which produces results that parallel the phenomena
• 3:11:35
  Speaker 1: produced at lords and other religious healing shrines. His formula
• 3:11:39
  Speaker 1: is that faith, hope, belief, and expectation, all catalyzed by
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  Speaker 1: the imagination, lead inevitably to hypnosis. He, like Emo Koue
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  Speaker 1: before him, is convinced that you cannot will yourself to
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  Speaker 1: be hypnotized, and that whenever the will and the imagination
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  Speaker 1: come into conflict, the imagination will win out. This fits
• 3:12:01
  Speaker 1: in perfectly, of course, with the authors already discussed visual
• 3:12:05
  Speaker 1: imagery techniques which require a high degree of imagination. Doctor Kroger,
• 3:12:10
  Speaker 1: like a few others, has proved to his own satisfaction
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  Speaker 1: that all hypnotic phenomena can be produced at a non
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  Speaker 1: hypnotic level. A large number of hypnotists, including the author,
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  Speaker 1: has come to believe that hypnosis is a semantic problem
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  Speaker 1: in which words are the building blocks to success. Not
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  Speaker 1: just any words, but words which ring a bell or
• 3:12:34
  Speaker 1: tap the experiential background of the subject. This is why
• 3:12:38
  Speaker 1: sleep continues to be in the lexicon of the hypnotist,
• 3:12:42
  Speaker 1: even though hypnosis is the anti thesis of sleep. The
• 3:12:45
  Speaker 1: word is used because hypnosis superficially resembles sleep inasmuch as
• 3:12:50
  Speaker 1: the eyes usually are closed, the body in a posture
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  Speaker 1: of complete relaxation. Actually the mind is hyperacute. Pavlov, however,
• 3:13:00
  Speaker 1: believe that there was an analogy between sleep and hypnosis
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  Speaker 1: in that each involved cerebral inhibition. Words, of course, would
• 3:13:08
  Speaker 1: be of little use without the added effect of his
• 3:13:11
  Speaker 1: condition reflexology. Probably the most widely held theory is that
• 3:13:16
  Speaker 1: hypnosis is a transference phenomenon in which the prestige of
• 3:13:20
  Speaker 1: the hypnotist and his relationship to the subject play an
• 3:13:24
  Speaker 1: important role. This theory is bolstered by the fact that
• 3:13:28
  Speaker 1: all schools of psychotherapy yield approximately the same results, even
• 3:13:32
  Speaker 1: though the methods differ. This would logically indicate that the
• 3:13:36
  Speaker 1: relationship between the therapist and the subject was the determining factor.
• 3:13:41
  Speaker 1: The only trouble with this theory is that it does
• 3:13:43
  Speaker 1: not explain self hypnosis. On the other hand, we know
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  Speaker 1: that a strong interpersonal relationship is necessary for hypnosis. In
• 3:13:52
  Speaker 1: the opening chapter of the book, I explained that hypnosis
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  Speaker 1: was a state of heightened suggestion and which the subject
• 3:13:59
  Speaker 1: adopted an unco critical attitude, allowing him to accept suggestions
• 3:14:03
  Speaker 1: and to take appropriate action. This is excellent as far
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  Speaker 1: as it goes, but it does not explain how suggestion works.
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  Speaker 1: This is the crux of the hypnotic dilemma, and the
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  Speaker 1: answer is far from solved. Hypnotists are much like those
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  Speaker 1: who use electricity every day of their lives but have
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  Speaker 1: no idea of the nature of electricity, it is enough
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  Speaker 1: for them to know it has been harnessed for their use.
• 3:14:27
  Speaker 1: If there is one thing virtually certain about hypnosis, it
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  Speaker 1: is that some parts of the brain are inhibited and
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  Speaker 1: other parts expanded by the process. Pinpoint concentration is given
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  Speaker 1: as the reason for this selective procedure, which narrows the
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  Speaker 1: horizon of the subject to what the hypnotist or he
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  Speaker 1: himself is saying, screening out all other stimuli. But why
• 3:14:51
  Speaker 1: is this high order of concentration so easy under hypnosis
• 3:14:55
  Speaker 1: when Asians, notably the Chinese, have been trying for centuries
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  Speaker 1: to concent trade on one subject for as long as
• 3:15:02
  Speaker 1: four or five seconds. We do not know the mechanics
• 3:15:05
  Speaker 1: of this metamorphis of an ordinary brain into an organ
• 3:15:09
  Speaker 1: of concentrated power. According to Janet, this is accomplished through
• 3:15:13
  Speaker 1: the formation of a group of unconscious memories and activities
• 3:15:17
  Speaker 1: which takes over the usual stream of consciousness type of thinking.
• 3:15:21
  Speaker 1: It is implied that the process may be atavistic. One
• 3:15:25
  Speaker 1: of the newer theories, one held by doctor Lewis R. Wohlberg,
• 3:15:29
  Speaker 1: a psychoanalyst, is that hypnosis is a psychosomatic process, in
• 3:15:34
  Speaker 1: that it is both physiological and psychological in character. Physiologically,
• 3:15:40
  Speaker 1: Wohlberg believes that hypnosis represents an inhibition of the higher
• 3:15:45
  Speaker 1: cortical centers and a limitation of sensory channels, such as
• 3:15:49
  Speaker 1: takes place in sleep. He also believes that the psychological
• 3:15:53
  Speaker 1: process operates through transference. Others agree that it is a
• 3:15:58
  Speaker 1: transference process, but that it is more of an extension
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  Speaker 1: of the subject's own psychic processes, which is enlarged to
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  Speaker 1: include the voice of the hypnotist or his own thoughts
• 3:16:09
  Speaker 1: or voice. Incidentally, an excellent book along these theoretical lines
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  Speaker 1: is Hypnotism An Objective Study and Suggestibility by Andre M. Weitzenhoffer,
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  Speaker 1: pH d. The newest theory in the field is of
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  Speaker 1: particular interest to those reading this book inasmuch as it
• 3:16:28
  Speaker 1: postulates that all hypnosis is self hypnosis, that the patient
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  Speaker 1: always hypnotizes himself, and that it is a wise hypnotist
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  Speaker 1: who knows who is hypnotizing whom. This is a logical conclusion,
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  Speaker 1: and it disperses any ideas that hypnotic patients become dependent
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  Speaker 1: on their therapists. Actually, hypnotists today always teach their subject
• 3:16:50
  Speaker 1: self hypnosis, so that any chance of dependency is obliviated.
• 3:16:55
  Speaker 1: Milton V. Klein, professor of psychology at Long Island University,
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  Speaker 1: postulates that hypnosis is primarily retrogressive. He has written that
• 3:17:05
  Speaker 1: the organism functions differently on various levels of behavior regression,
• 3:17:10
  Speaker 1: and that the behavior breaks down into component parts. The
• 3:17:14
  Speaker 1: theory that regression can spotlight personality disorders found in more
• 3:17:18
  Speaker 1: infantile states is also widely held. He is also a
• 3:17:22
  Speaker 1: proponent of the idea that hypnosis is an abnormal manifestation
• 3:17:26
  Speaker 1: of a normal process. In opinion he shares with many.
• 3:17:30
  Speaker 1: Doctor Klein thinks that retrogression and regression alter perceptions and feelings, and,
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  Speaker 1: in the case of the latter, causes us to go
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  Speaker 1: backward in time to a point where re education may
• 3:17:42
  Speaker 1: be employed. This is a legitimate use of regression, although
• 3:17:46
  Speaker 1: it is not used so much these days to uncover
• 3:17:49
  Speaker 1: past traumatic incidents. Actually, regression, by duplicating the exact earlier
• 3:17:56
  Speaker 1: age manner of speech, and thought, et cetera, makes us
• 3:17:59
  Speaker 1: once more as little children, a condition to be desired
• 3:18:03
  Speaker 1: for certain forms of therapy, an atavistic theory held to
• 3:18:07
  Speaker 1: some extent by doctor Jerome M. Schneck, Clinical Associate Professor
• 3:18:12
  Speaker 1: of psychiatry, State University of New York College of Medicine,
• 3:18:16
  Speaker 1: is that hypnosis should be equated with states of immobilization.
• 3:18:20
  Speaker 1: On the basis of his observation that some subjects equate
• 3:18:24
  Speaker 1: hypnosis with death, he suggests that it is comparable to
• 3:18:27
  Speaker 1: the death feinate of animals to avoid danger. Others, primarily Europeans,
• 3:18:34
  Speaker 1: have pointed out the analogy between the hypnotic state of
• 3:18:37
  Speaker 1: animals and man. Another widely held theory is that hypnosis
• 3:18:41
  Speaker 1: is a state of dissociation, meaning that it constitutes a
• 3:18:45
  Speaker 1: group of unconscious memories and activities which may be dredged
• 3:18:48
  Speaker 1: up to replace the stream of consciousness. Automatism, of course,
• 3:18:53
  Speaker 1: is inherently part of this view and is presumed to
• 3:18:56
  Speaker 1: negate volition. Activity of the cerebrum, which controls the conscious
• 3:19:01
  Speaker 1: and voluntary system is rendered non operational. My own thoughts
• 3:19:05
  Speaker 1: on the matter are that hypnosis results from, first of all,
• 3:19:09
  Speaker 1: a good transference, secondly from a conditioned reflex, thirdly from
• 3:19:16
  Speaker 1: the person acting as a hypnotized person role playing, and
• 3:19:20
  Speaker 1: fourthly from a suspension of the critical faculties. Along the
• 3:19:25
  Speaker 1: last name line, I believe that hypnotic suggestions have an
• 3:19:29
  Speaker 1: autonomy of their own, which supersede all else in the
• 3:19:33
  Speaker 1: hypnotic situation. There are many more theories I believe are
• 3:19:37
  Speaker 1: partially correct, but the ones named will do for the
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  Speaker 1: purposes of this volume. Incidentally, all the hypnosis theories presented
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  Speaker 1: here are equally applicable to self hypnosis, except where as
• 3:19:50
  Speaker 1: in transference, it is obvious a therapist is needed. In conclusion,
• 3:19:56
  Speaker 1: the author would like to take issue with those who
• 3:19:59
  Speaker 1: believe that it is the monotonous intonations of the therapist
• 3:20:02
  Speaker 1: that cause the subject to lapse from the deeply relaxed
• 3:20:06
  Speaker 1: state into true sleep. I have observed many times by
• 3:20:10
  Speaker 1: comparing verbalization with silence, that the former gives the subject's
• 3:20:14
  Speaker 1: mind a focal point of attention, which prevents him from
• 3:20:17
  Speaker 1: entering a deep state where hypnotherapy is impossible. Like the
• 3:20:22
  Speaker 1: man who cannot sleep because of an active mind. Sleep
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  Speaker 1: in mere thoughts and suggestions are incompatible, and I believe,
• 3:20:30
  Speaker 1: once a hypnotic state has been attained, that the subject
• 3:20:33
  Speaker 1: is kept awake unless definite sleep suggestions are given by
• 3:20:37
  Speaker 1: the therapist's series of suggestions. We have discussed the effect
• 3:20:41
  Speaker 1: of the experiential background at length, and surely nothing connotates
• 3:20:46
  Speaker 1: sleep more than closing one's eyes test number one, and
• 3:20:51
  Speaker 1: so in my view, you are doing two things. When
• 3:20:54
  Speaker 1: you talk to the subject. You are giving him helpful suggestions,
• 3:20:58
  Speaker 1: but you are also keeping him awake and hyperacute, so
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  Speaker 1: that these suggestions will sink in end of Chapter twelve.
• 3:21:08
  Speaker 1: Chapter thirteen, Practical Applications of self hypnosis. With hypnosis on
• 3:21:15
  Speaker 1: the March, there is practically no limit to its uses
• 3:21:18
  Speaker 1: in the field of medicine, and new applications are being
• 3:21:21
  Speaker 1: discovered every day. It should not be necessary to add, however,
• 3:21:26
  Speaker 1: that some of these uses should remain as they are
• 3:21:29
  Speaker 1: in the hands of professionals with years of experience in
• 3:21:33
  Speaker 1: the area. One of the themes of this book has
• 3:21:36
  Speaker 1: been that laymen should use hypnosis discriminately and intelligently. No
• 3:21:41
  Speaker 1: responsible therapist would ever recommend masking or removing a symptom
• 3:21:46
  Speaker 1: which was indicative of organic disease. For that reason, the
• 3:21:51
  Speaker 1: practical uses of self hypnosis will be limited to measures
• 3:21:55
  Speaker 1: that can be taken safely by the layman. The only
• 3:21:58
  Speaker 1: possible exception to them will be instruction on how to
• 3:22:02
  Speaker 1: curb obesity. But even here it is suggested that a
• 3:22:05
  Speaker 1: physician be consulted before embarking on a weight reducing program.
• 3:22:10
  Speaker 1: The foremost use of hypnosis has been for relaxation, and
• 3:22:13
  Speaker 1: it becomes more and more important as world tensions, anxiety,
• 3:22:18
  Speaker 1: and strain increase daily and millions seek vainly to get
• 3:22:21
  Speaker 1: away from it all. Inasmuch as all methods of hypnosis
• 3:22:25
  Speaker 1: discussed in this book utilized relaxation as the first step,
• 3:22:30
  Speaker 1: it should not be necessary to go over this material
• 3:22:33
  Speaker 1: simply review the many induction techniques. Lung cancer has become
• 3:22:38
  Speaker 1: a very real threat to many people today, and the
• 3:22:41
  Speaker 1: professional hypnotist is besieged with men and women who wish
• 3:22:44
  Speaker 1: to curtail or quit smoking. This is easier said than
• 3:22:48
  Speaker 1: done because smoking, although there are no physical withdrawal symptoms
• 3:22:53
  Speaker 1: when one stops, is a strong condition reflex and cannot,
• 3:22:58
  Speaker 1: except in rare instances, be accomplished by the will alone.
• 3:23:02
  Speaker 1: The best way to stop smoking is to make it
• 3:23:05
  Speaker 1: an impossibility, and that is exactly what you do when
• 3:23:09
  Speaker 1: you follow the method touched on in an earlier chapter.
• 3:23:13
  Speaker 1: All of us have tasted or smelled certain foods or
• 3:23:16
  Speaker 1: medicines that nauseate us. The subject who wishes to quit
• 3:23:20
  Speaker 1: smoking is asked to conjure up the vision and the
• 3:23:23
  Speaker 1: actual taste and smell of the substances which upset his
• 3:23:26
  Speaker 1: stomach and offend his nostrils, transferring its properties to cigarettes. This,
• 3:23:32
  Speaker 1: of course, must be done under hypnosis. The subject then
• 3:23:36
  Speaker 1: conditions himself in the following manner. One, this cigarette tastes
• 3:23:42
  Speaker 1: and smells just like mention name of repugnant substance. Two,
• 3:23:48
  Speaker 1: it is the most vile and repugnant taste I have
• 3:23:51
  Speaker 1: ever encountered, and I shall not be able to continue
• 3:23:54
  Speaker 1: after the third puff. At the third puff, I will
• 3:23:58
  Speaker 1: develop a paroxysm of costing. Three, I cannot smoke the
• 3:24:03
  Speaker 1: cigarette any longer, and I will have to put it out.
• 3:24:07
  Speaker 1: This sounds like a simple procedure, and yet it has
• 3:24:10
  Speaker 1: worked for thousands. Some switch to chewing gum or candy,
• 3:24:14
  Speaker 1: but the cure essentially lies in substituting one condition reflex
• 3:24:19
  Speaker 1: for another. This is comparatively easy with hypnosis because, unlike narcotics, barbituates,
• 3:24:25
  Speaker 1: or alcohol, smoking is purely a psychological addiction. There is
• 3:24:30
  Speaker 1: no need for tapering off stopping drinking. Unlike smoking doesn't
• 3:24:35
  Speaker 1: involve merely the creation of physical aversion to the drug.
• 3:24:39
  Speaker 1: The patient's entire personality should be changed and more mature
• 3:24:43
  Speaker 1: viewpoints substituted for the unrealistic and infantile viewpoints which led
• 3:24:48
  Speaker 1: to the addiction in the first place. The subject should
• 3:24:51
  Speaker 1: give himself suggestions that he will be able to face
• 3:24:54
  Speaker 1: up to the problems of everyday life without recourse to
• 3:24:58
  Speaker 1: the crutch of alcohol. It is is a well known
• 3:25:00
  Speaker 1: fact that nothing is as bad as we think it
• 3:25:02
  Speaker 1: is going to be once we confront it. One of
• 3:25:06
  Speaker 1: the strange aspects of drinking is that it is actually
• 3:25:09
  Speaker 1: a form of self hypnosis, and the cure lies in
• 3:25:12
  Speaker 1: substituting a new viewpoint for the old. This fact can
• 3:25:16
  Speaker 1: be demonstrated by the fact that drinking is begun in
• 3:25:19
  Speaker 1: the first place so that the individual can be one
• 3:25:22
  Speaker 1: of the boys, or because it is the thing to do.
• 3:25:26
  Speaker 1: Those who do not drink at least as a social lubricant,
• 3:25:30
  Speaker 1: according to this code, are squares. Because of this, self
• 3:25:35
  Speaker 1: hypnosis must be directed toward reorienting one sense of values.
• 3:25:40
  Speaker 1: Sober reflection should convince anyone that the truly intelligent person
• 3:25:44
  Speaker 1: does not drink to excess. Nail biting is an unsightly habit,
• 3:25:50
  Speaker 1: one that may even hinder one's social acceptance. The help
• 3:25:54
  Speaker 1: lies in a therapeutic approach similar to that for cigarettes.
• 3:25:59
  Speaker 1: It is not hard to predict that many of those
• 3:26:01
  Speaker 1: reading these pages are suffering from overweight. With thirty million
• 3:26:06
  Speaker 1: Americans in this category, it has become one of the
• 3:26:09
  Speaker 1: nation's chief health problems, and it is the predisposing factor
• 3:26:13
  Speaker 1: in many other diseases, such as heard trouble, diabetes, hypertension,
• 3:26:19
  Speaker 1: and atherosclerosis. If you are overweight, it is well to
• 3:26:24
  Speaker 1: remember that, unless you are one in a million, you
• 3:26:28
  Speaker 1: cannot blame your glands. The plain truth is that you
• 3:26:31
  Speaker 1: eat too much. We know today that overeating for some
• 3:26:35
  Speaker 1: is an emotional problem, stemming from feelings of rejection and insecurity.
• 3:26:40
  Speaker 1: Individuals who feel unloved, whether this is truly the case
• 3:26:44
  Speaker 1: or not, make up for this lack to themselves by
• 3:26:48
  Speaker 1: stuffing in large quantities of food. It would even appear
• 3:26:52
  Speaker 1: that these people are masochistic, making themselves even more unloved
• 3:26:56
  Speaker 1: by their gross gastronomical habits. A factor in overweight in
• 3:27:01
  Speaker 1: women is rating the refrigerator while doing their housework. Many
• 3:27:06
  Speaker 1: of them do this so unconsciously that they swear they
• 3:27:09
  Speaker 1: eat less than most people. There are a number of
• 3:27:12
  Speaker 1: appetite curbing drugs on the market today, but they should
• 3:27:16
  Speaker 1: not be necessary for anyone who has acquired self hypnosis.
• 3:27:20
  Speaker 1: If you have learned to visualize yourself visual imagery in
• 3:27:24
  Speaker 1: different situations, you will have no trouble in picturing yourself
• 3:27:28
  Speaker 1: having a slim, attractive figure exactly as you were when
• 3:27:31
  Speaker 1: you felt you looked your best. Keep this figure ever
• 3:27:35
  Speaker 1: in mind, and use it along with conditioning yourself against
• 3:27:39
  Speaker 1: certain fatty and starchy foods. A trick used by some
• 3:27:43
  Speaker 1: hypnotherapists is to have the subject purchase a dress or
• 3:27:47
  Speaker 1: suit several sizes too small, and then work toward being
• 3:27:51
  Speaker 1: able to wear it. This actually has worked in many
• 3:27:54
  Speaker 1: cases because it adds the element of petitiveness to the procedure.
• 3:27:59
  Speaker 1: Not all people overeat because of emotional problems. Some come
• 3:28:03
  Speaker 1: from families where licking the platter clean was the rule
• 3:28:07
  Speaker 1: because food was scarce. Others come from rich families where
• 3:28:11
  Speaker 1: overeating by the parents established a habit pattern in the children.
• 3:28:16
  Speaker 1: Certain races and nationalities look on fat as a badge
• 3:28:20
  Speaker 1: of wealth in prestige, and children in such an environment
• 3:28:23
  Speaker 1: are likely to be deliberately overfed, regardless of the reason
• 3:28:27
  Speaker 1: for overweight. However, the use of self hypnosis is one
• 3:28:31
  Speaker 1: of the answers to the problem. Simple headaches, arthritis, neritis,
• 3:28:36
  Speaker 1: and other painful symptoms yield readily to hypnotic suggestion. If
• 3:28:41
  Speaker 1: physicians have given up on the problem and placed a
• 3:28:44
  Speaker 1: subject on a maintenance drug dosage for pain, hypnosis can
• 3:28:48
  Speaker 1: potentiate the drugs or even obliviate them. Two of the
• 3:28:53
  Speaker 1: major uses of hypnosis are in childbirth and for intractable
• 3:28:58
  Speaker 1: pain of cancer or some other incurable diseases. Although patients
• 3:29:03
  Speaker 1: usually start with hetero hypnosis, they are put on self
• 3:29:06
  Speaker 1: hypnosis as soon as possible, and there are many cases
• 3:29:09
  Speaker 1: of women waiting too long and having their babies at
• 3:29:12
  Speaker 1: home painlessly through self hypnosis. The father invariably is the
• 3:29:17
  Speaker 1: only one excited. In such cases, the mother knows that
• 3:29:21
  Speaker 1: she is an excellent subject and has been instructed in
• 3:29:23
  Speaker 1: prenatal classes about every contingency that could arise. Inasmuch as
• 3:29:29
  Speaker 1: stopping the birth pangs is similar to stopping other pain,
• 3:29:33
  Speaker 1: the method should be learned so that it can be
• 3:29:35
  Speaker 1: accomplished in a minimum of time. The best way to
• 3:29:38
  Speaker 1: stop pain is to let your right arm slowly rise
• 3:29:42
  Speaker 1: while you are under hypnotic suggestion. Do not help it.
• 3:29:46
  Speaker 1: If the suggestions are strong enough, it will float up.
• 3:29:49
  Speaker 1: As soon as the arm is straight overhead, you should
• 3:29:52
  Speaker 1: give yourself the suggestion that it is as rigid and
• 3:29:55
  Speaker 1: unbending as a bar of steel. Following this, a suggest
• 3:30:00
  Speaker 1: question is given that the hand is beginning to tingle
• 3:30:03
  Speaker 1: and become numb. As soon as the numbness has spread
• 3:30:06
  Speaker 1: throughout the entire hand, it will be insensible to pain.
• 3:30:10
  Speaker 1: The hand is then placed against the part of the
• 3:30:13
  Speaker 1: body where the pain exists, and you will feel the
• 3:30:16
  Speaker 1: numbness flowing from the hand to the affected area. This
• 3:30:20
  Speaker 1: happens as a result of your suggestions and is the
• 3:30:23
  Speaker 1: method followed by most subjects. Only a deep somnambalistic subject
• 3:30:28
  Speaker 1: is able to remove pain by direct suggestion to the
• 3:30:31
  Speaker 1: painful part. There are many people today using self hypnosis
• 3:30:36
  Speaker 1: in the realm of sports, and an entire book has
• 3:30:39
  Speaker 1: been written on improving one's golf game with this method.
• 3:30:43
  Speaker 1: It is called How You Can Play Better Golf Using
• 3:30:46
  Speaker 1: Self Hypnosis by Jack Heis will Shire Book Company publishers.
• 3:30:53
  Speaker 1: Doctor Huber Grimm, team physician of the Seattle University basketball team,
• 3:30:58
  Speaker 1: recently related the ross results when Dave Mills, a six
• 3:31:02
  Speaker 1: foot five inch junior forward asked for his help because
• 3:31:06
  Speaker 1: he froze during competition. He had been benched on the
• 3:31:10
  Speaker 1: eve of the West Coast Athletic Conference tournament in San Francisco.
• 3:31:15
  Speaker 1: Spectators made Mills so fearful that he was afraid he
• 3:31:18
  Speaker 1: would make mistakes, and in this frame of mind, of course,
• 3:31:22
  Speaker 1: he did. Under hypnosis, Doctor Grimm suggested to Dave that
• 3:31:27
  Speaker 1: he would be unaware of the spectators, be completely relaxed,
• 3:31:31
  Speaker 1: and would play exceedingly well. Doctor Grimm asked coach Vince
• 3:31:35
  Speaker 1: Cazetta to allow Dave to play, and the result was astounding.
• 3:31:41
  Speaker 1: Mills scored sixty points and cleared sixty three rebounds, and
• 3:31:45
  Speaker 1: his brilliant play led to his selection on an all
• 3:31:48
  Speaker 1: tournament team. All I did was free his spirit, Doctor
• 3:31:52
  Speaker 1: Grimm reported. He was in need of confidence, and I
• 3:31:55
  Speaker 1: gave it to him through hypnosis. The Associated Press told
• 3:31:59
  Speaker 1: the story follows Dave Mills, a vacuum cleaner off the backboards,
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  Speaker 1: led a fast breaking Seattle University team to victory last night.
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  Speaker 1: It was hard to recognize Mills as the same player
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  Speaker 1: who has been with the Chieftains all year. Doctor william S. Kroger,
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  Speaker 1: a pioneer in hypnosis, undertook to improve the batting of
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  Speaker 1: a professional baseball player with equally sensational results. The player
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  Speaker 1: had been banned, and his fear of a reoccurrence was
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  Speaker 1: so strong that he became plate shy. He had changed
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  Speaker 1: his batting stance so that he always had one foot
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  Speaker 1: in the bucket so that he could back away from
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  Speaker 1: the plate more quickly. He was given a post hypnotic
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  Speaker 1: suggestion that such an event happening again was exceedingly remote,
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  Speaker 1: and this was amplified by suggestions of confidence that he
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  Speaker 1: would immediately start slugging as well as ever, his batting
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  Speaker 1: average soared immediately. Doctor Mitcheo Akeia, professor of physiotology at
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  Speaker 1: Tokyo University, and doctor Arthur H. Steinhauss of the George
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  Speaker 1: Williams Laboratory of Physiologic Research in Physical Education, Chicago, have
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  Speaker 1: proved that track men can far surpass their best previous
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  Speaker 1: times under hypnosis. Their tests incidentally prove that there is
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  Speaker 1: no danger of an athlete going beyond his physiologic limit
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  Speaker 1: while bettering his former marks. They attribute the superior performances
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  Speaker 1: to the removal of inhibitions which psychologically prevent an athlete
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  Speaker 1: from doing his best. This report was made before the
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  Speaker 1: International Congress on Health and Fitness in the Modern World
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  Speaker 1: held in Rome during the last Olympic Games. All reports,
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  Speaker 1: as a matter of fact, show that athletic performances are
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  Speaker 1: improved by psychological, not physical means, and that built in
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  Speaker 1: automatic reflexes protect the athlete against the danger of overexertion
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  Speaker 1: at all levels of awareness. Hypnotic or non hypnotic psychologists
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  Speaker 1: are using hypnosis more and more to facilitate concentration and learning,
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  Speaker 1: and it is likely this use of the ancient science
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  Speaker 1: will become even more popular than its medical applications. The
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  Speaker 1: reason one learns so quickly under hypnosis is because of
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  Speaker 1: time distortion, which allows you to obtain the equivalent of
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  Speaker 1: many hours of study in a relatively short length of time.
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  Speaker 1: Undoubtedly you have had experience with time distortion in your
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  Speaker 1: daily life. Remember how slowly time goes when you are
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  Speaker 1: not interested in what you are doing, and how fast
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  Speaker 1: it speeds by when you are. And the drowning man
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  Speaker 1: who sees his whole life go by is an excellent
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  Speaker 1: example of this. Enough people have been saved to know
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  Speaker 1: that this actually happens. The point is that the subconscious
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  Speaker 1: mind does not record the passage of time the same
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  Speaker 1: way as the conscious mind. The conscious mind records time
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  Speaker 1: fit physically by means of a clock. It is objective,
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  Speaker 1: and it tells you that a thought or movement requires
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  Speaker 1: a certain number of seconds, minutes, hours, or days. Your
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  Speaker 1: subconscious mind has an entirely different concept of time that
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  Speaker 1: has nothing to do with the physical world. It is
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  Speaker 1: called subjective because your own sense of the passage of
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  Speaker 1: time is used. Personal time varies according to the circumstances
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  Speaker 1: in which you find yourself. Haven't you noticed that when
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  Speaker 1: you are happy or extremely interested in something, time passes quickly.
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  Speaker 1: On the other hand, if you are sad or anxious,
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  Speaker 1: time seems to drag. This is called time distortion. When
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  Speaker 1: you continue in a happy state, time is automatically shortened.
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  Speaker 1: When you are in a state of unhappiness, pain, or anxiety,
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  Speaker 1: time automatically lengthens. This explains while the drowning man can
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  Speaker 1: review his entire life within seconds, psychologist know this is
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  Speaker 1: possible because your subconscious mind contains a complete record of
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  Speaker 1: everything that has happened to you since birth. Therefore, in
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  Speaker 1: moments of extreme distress, your subconscious has the ability to
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  Speaker 1: distort and manipulate time. If you have ever encountered danger
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  Speaker 1: or had a narrow escape, you probably experienced time distortion.
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  Speaker 1: Everything about you went into slow motion and time seemed
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  Speaker 1: to stand still until the action was over. At that point,
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  Speaker 1: objective time started up again, and everything returned to normal.
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  Speaker 1: Many of you, no doubt read an Associated Press report
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  Speaker 1: from Chicago on February eleventh, nineteen fifty eight, which reported
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  Speaker 1: how movie actress Linda Darnell had used hypnosis to help
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  Speaker 1: her with her first stage roll. She had been asked
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  Speaker 1: to do the part on short notice and had no
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  Speaker 1: time for preparation. Miss Darnell telephoned her California physician for aid,
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  Speaker 1: he flew to Chicago overnight. Through hypnosis, Miss Darnell learned
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  Speaker 1: her part and astounded the cast by knowing everyone's lines.
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  Speaker 1: Not only did she learn the part, but she was
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  Speaker 1: coached in the character of the artist she was portraying.
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  Speaker 1: As a result, Late Love was a hit play. Miss
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  Speaker 1: Darnell was under the impression she had been learning the
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  Speaker 1: part for a week, although only about forty eight hours
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  Speaker 1: were involved and these hours were not continuous. After her
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  Speaker 1: first performance, she said, I never felt so secure about
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  Speaker 1: playing a role in my life. Hypnosis has helped me
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  Speaker 1: feel the part completely. Imagine how much more we are
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  Speaker 1: going to be able to learn when study under hypnosis
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  Speaker 1: becomes widespread. And the best part of it is that
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  Speaker 1: the learning is in your mind for a long time.
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  Speaker 1: Forgetting our mental blocks that interfere with your recall of
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  Speaker 1: information at any time are reduced to a minimum, incncluellusion.
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  Speaker 1: I should like to recommend the entire field of self
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  Speaker 1: hypnosis to everyone. It is a therapy which is positive, dynamic,
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  Speaker 1: and constructive. An excellent example of this is contained in
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  Speaker 1: the autobiography Rochmanoff's Recollections. In this book, a Mortal Rochmanof
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  Speaker 1: describes in detail his success in overcoming a severe case
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  Speaker 1: of mental depression. He had stopped composing and kept to himself,
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  Speaker 1: seldom leaving his room. After meeting with failure using the
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  Speaker 1: available therapeutic remedies available at that time, he was persuaded
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  Speaker 1: by his relatives, the Satins, to seek the help of
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  Speaker 1: a hypnotist called doctor Dohl. With much reluctance, he agreed
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  Speaker 1: to see doctor Dahl and be treated specifically with hypnosis.
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  Speaker 1: Rachmanoff's own words read as follows. Although it may sound
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  Speaker 1: incredible hypnosis really helped me. Already at the beginning of
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  Speaker 1: the summer, I began again to compose. The material grew
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  Speaker 1: in bulk, and new musical ideas began to stir within me,
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  Speaker 1: far more than I needed for my concerto. I felt
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  Speaker 1: that doctor Dall's treatment had strengthened my nervous system to
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  Speaker 1: a miraculous degree. Out of gratitude, I dedicated my second
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  Speaker 1: concerto to him. As the piece had a great success
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  Speaker 1: in Moscow, everyone began to wonder what possible connection it
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  Speaker 1: could have with doctor Dahl. The truth, however, was known
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  Speaker 1: to doctor Dahl, the Satins and myself. Does this story
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  Speaker 1: sound incredible? You have the word of one of the
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  Speaker 1: world's greatest musical composers that hypnosis alleviated his severe despondency.
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  Speaker 1: This is proof that the emotions of the individual can
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  Speaker 1: be changed by the ideas he builds up about himself.
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  Speaker 1: Doctor leland E. Hinsey, Professor of psychiatry, Columbia University, writing
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  Speaker 1: in his book The Person in the Body W. W.
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  Speaker 1: Norton Company, states, in some persons, the fear of disease
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  Speaker 1: is often the only damaging evidence of disease. Yet it
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  Speaker 1: can be so strong as to disable the person in
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  Speaker 1: all his daily activities. The entire field of psychosomatic medicine,
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  Speaker 1: which deals with the inner relationship between body and mind,
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  Speaker 1: has as one of its basic tenets that suggestion not
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  Speaker 1: only can cause psychological personality disorders, but many physical disorders
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  Speaker 1: as well. It is therefore logical to conclude that the
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  Speaker 1: systematic use of positive mental attitudes in an organized, progressive
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  Speaker 1: self improvement program can be a vital influence in helping
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  Speaker 1: you lead a healthier life, both emotionally and physically. Many
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  Speaker 1: people in need of help are at a loss as
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  Speaker 1: to where they can locate reputable hypnotherapists in their area.
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  Speaker 1: You may insult your family physician, county medical society, or
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  Speaker 1: mental hygiene society. The chairman of the psychology department at
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  Speaker 1: your nearest college or university would usually have this information.
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  Speaker 1: I maintain a file of over four thousand doctors located
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  Speaker 1: all over the world who practice hypnosis and would be
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  Speaker 1: pleased to refer you to doctors located in your locality.
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  Speaker 1: The following national organizations maintain a specialized list. American Academy
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  Speaker 1: of Child Psychiatry, three thirty five South Franklin Street, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania,
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  Speaker 1: American Academy of Psychoanalysis, seven fifty Park Avenue, New York,
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  Speaker 1: twenty one, New York American Group Psychotherapy Association, to East
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and third Street, New York, twenty nine, New
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  Speaker 1: York American Psychiatric Association, seventeen hundred eighteenth Street, Northwest Washington,
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  Speaker 1: d C. American Psychological Association thirteen thirty three sixteenth Street,
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  Speaker 1: Northwest Washington, d C. American Speech and Hearing Association, one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and eighth one Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, two eight
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  Speaker 1: five two National Association for Mental Health, ten Columbus Circle,
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  Speaker 1: New York, nineteen, New York National Association for Retarded Children, Incorporated.
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  Speaker 1: Ninety nine University Place, New York. Three New York National
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  Speaker 1: Council on Alcoholism, Incorporated. Two East one hundred and third Street,
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  Speaker 1: New York, twenty nine, New York National Health Council, seventeen
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  Speaker 1: ninety Broadway, New York, nineteen, New York National Institute of
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  Speaker 1: Mental Health, U S Public Health Service, Bethesda, fourteenth. Maryland
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  Speaker 1: Veterans Administration Psychiatry and Neurology Service, Department of Medicine. End
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  Speaker 1: of Chapter thirteen recording by Andrea Fiori. End of A
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  Speaker 1: Practical Guide to Self Hypnosis by Melvin Powers,