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Fascinating Facts

What is Hypnosis?

HYPNOSIS IS...that moment just before you realize you've walked into a room and forgotten why you went there.

HYPNOSIS IS...when you talk to yourself (or an imaginary person) out loud.

HYPNOSIS IS...the state of mind you are in when someone says something to you and suddenly you realize you can't remember what they said.

HYPNOSIS IS...when you talk to your pet, assuming he/she can understand the words in English.

HYPNOSIS IS...when you talk to an inanimate object, like your computer.

HYPNOSIS IS...the feeling of being healed after leaving the doctor's office.

HYPNOSIS IS...experiencing a long and involved daydream while listening to a boring speaker.

HYPNOSIS IS...surfing on the internet, or playing a video game.

HYPNOSIS IS...buying something that you later realize you neither need nor want.

HYPNOSIS IS...the state of mind you're in when you play with babies, toddlers and children.

HYPNOSIS IS...the sense of parallel reality created by actors in a stage play.

HYPNOSIS IS...the duration of time that you watch a movie and are totally oblivious to the fact that the people are actors and the action is merely light on an opaque screen.

HYPNOSIS IS...experiencing the dimensions of a novel, and completely forgetting that you are looking at ink on sheets of pulp fiber.

HYPNOSIS IS...laughing at something that happened a long time ago.

HYPNOSIS IS...the John-Ivan Palmer Show!

All the above examples are universally recognized by everyone. There are many, many more. Based on the same examples, you can see that in a trance-like state, your consciousness is shifted, not lost. Your will power is diverted, not relinquished.

Most often this shift happens passively and spontaneously. As such, your mind naturally goes in and out of trance states on a regular basis every day. You obviously do not lose consciousness or give up your will power, but continue along with life as usual—whether you are in a trance or not.

Hypnotic trance is enjoyable, which is why people go into it so often.

What is interesting about these shifts into hypnotic reality, is that they can be "induced" through various methods.

When you walk into a movie theater, you are paying to be induced into a state of mind where you can experience the "reality" of romance, thrill, fright, laughter.

You channel surf and stop at a certain channel. You set down the remote. You begin to watch, and let the TV—and its endless commercials—induce you into its own hypnotic "reality."

This induction process can become very powerful, as when a skilled hypnotist speaks in a hypnotic voice, and carefully directs your subconscious mind. As the hypnotist says certain things in certain ways, your mind begins to shift into a hypnotic trance. In such a case you are allowing language to put you into that trance. Positive therapeutic change can result.

Stage hypnotism is especially powerful because many suggestive influences are working simultaneously: expectation, the hypnotist's amplified voice, the audience's reactions, the stage lights, the dynamics of performance. Stage hypnotism has been described by the famous behaviorist, Dr. Theodore X. Barber, as "the most powerful social influence phenomenon known to man."

So go ahead. Feel free to take full advantage—relax your mind and LAUGH YOURSELF INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE!