5 Steps to Successful Self-Hypnosis
Summary:
Discover how you can use your mind power successfully every time to create anything you desire.
1. KNOW WHAT YOU WANT
In this step you need to consider what you want vs. what you don’t want and you need to be able to distinguish between the form and the essence.
Instead on focusing on what you don’t want, it’s important to focus on WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE to experience instead, because your subconscious mind says “YES” to whatever you focus upon.
If you don’t want illness focus on perfect health, if you don’t want lack, focus on abundance, if you don’t want to experience stress, focus on experiencing peace, etc.
Sometimes people focus on the “form” (the physical thing instead of the “essence”
(the feeling they would like to experience). If you desire to create or attract a specific thing into your life, ask yourself what feeling you believe this thing would give you.
By focusing on the “essence” of what you want, you expand your options.
There may be numerous different methods for you to feel the way you want to right now, and by feeling that way, you’re opening yourself up even more to drawing in what you want.
Many times we chase certain things, only to discover that they didn’t give us the feeling we expected to get by having them. And even if the thing you originally had in mind does indeed bring you the desired feeling, this process may bring you further insight into many different ways to enrich your life, to open yourself to many different opportunities that will allow you to experience even more of that desired feeling.
2. CLAIM IT AS YOURS
Once you know what you want, imagine and FEEL that you already have it. Engage as many of your senses as you can and while in a trance state (in a state of hypnosis) vividly imagine yourself as if you are already enjoying the desired state, thing, or circumstances.
You may also re-live your life, in your mind, imagining that you have always had this resource, quality, or thing you’d like to experience.
The goal of the “depth” of hypnosis is to enable you to fully feel your desired experience as REAL for you NOW by temporarily putting your conscious mind and awareness of the outside world aside.
It’s important to keep in mind that your subconscious mind does not discriminate between experiences that are solely mental and those that occur outside of you, or what you might consider to be “real.” When something FEELS REAL to you right now, your subconscious will automatically determine that it is real.
3. CLEAR THE OBSTACLES
Successful self-hypnosis is very much like planting seeds. You choose what you want to cultivate, and then you plant the seeds by believing that the desired result is already yours. The plant has intelligence to carry out its function, so you don’t need to worry about how it will develop. If you see any weeds, you should definitely pull them out.
When you plant seeds of your outcome in your subconscious mind, your doubts, fears, anxieties, conflicting beliefs, etc. are weeds you have to uproot. If you feel that you will never be able to accomplish your goal but you are still determined to give it a shot, don’t bother. It won’t work.
If the goal seems too overwhelming, cut it down into smaller, achievable goals – goals you believe are attainable for you now. It doesn’t matter what anyone else has accomplished. The only thing that matters is what you believe is possible for you.
Other people’s accomplishments may inspire you – but whether you’d be able to accomplish the same, or less, or more, depends only on what you believe to be possible for you, and on the action you’re willing to take.
Sometimes people look for “proofs” and assurance outside of themselves, asking other people for their opinions as to whether something is possible or not, yet this only tells their subconscious They typically don’t because they still have doubts in their heads and don’t truly think they can get the outcomes they want.
When employing your subconscious mind, the best place to look for “proofs” is in your own experiences, through personal experimentation.
There is a way to get and create absolutely anything you may ever want to create through the power of your mind. But to, get above your own obstacles, you either need to have unwavering faith or, even better, educate yourself on why YOU CAN be or have everything you set your mind to.
This also brings me to the POWER OF DECISION. If you have ever DECIDED to experience something and if you can recall how that feels, you may become aware that at such times your mind was fully focused on your GOAL and even though you might have been aware of possible obstacles on the road, they have not prevented you in reaching your outcome.
When you truly DECIDE that you want something, you “cut yourself off” from any other possibility and you COMMIT yourself to have the experience you desire.
You may be already familiar with a poem by Goethe:
Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative there is one elementary truth ignorance of which kills countless ideas and endless plans:
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves, too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would come his way.
Whatever you can do or dream you can begin it! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
4. LET GO AND TRUST
This is probably the hardest step for most people – and it may take some practice to totally and completely trust in the wisdom and power of your mind, universe, God, your Higher Self (pick the term you prefer) to be able to bring into your experience what you asked for.
You might have noticed that occasionally, after thinking about something for a while, you forget about it entirely and don’t even consider whether it will pass or not; instead, the thing you were thinking about just happens. That’s because you let go of it on your own volition; your subconscious mind was able to take control and bring that event into your life by just forgetting about it.
Other times you may feel that you want or need something really badly, so badly as a matter of fact, that you can’t let it go – and as much as you want it – you are not allowing it to manifest for you.
When something is really important for you to have and you have no idea where what you need is going to come from, trusting may feel as if you were walking on a tightrope. With practice, it does get much easier.
Practicing gratitude – expressing gratitude for what you need and/or desire as if you have already received it will help you to get your mind off the worry, and keep it focused on your goal.
I have written before about gratitude, but I’d like to repeat that gratitude will dramatically cut the time it takes to get what you desire, and it will dissolve a lot of barriers in the way of employing self-hypnosis to achieve the desired results.
You can thank your subconscious mind, your unconscious mind, God, the universe – or whatever you like to refer to the power and intelligence within you and all around you that is able and knows how to bring into manifestation every one of your heart’s desires.
5. RECOGNIZE WHEN YOU GET WHAT YOU ASKED FOR
Sometimes what you ask for may come into your life in a slightly different form than what you envisioned. It is important to notice and acknowledge that what you asked for has in some form manifested for you.
Sometimes what you ask for may be even better than what you asked for (vividly imagined in self-hypnosis).
Sometimes what you ask for may be a far cry from what you wanted. It may be just a signal that what you asked for is on its way.It’s not too late to give up; instead, keep believing that what you want or even better is on its way.
You may also want to re-examine your beliefs, doubts, worries, insecurities, feelings that you don’t quite deserve what you asked for, that it would be too good for you, or perhaps that after all, you don’t really want what you asked for.
Remember that your outer-world experiences only reflect what’s in your mind, so if you don’t like what you’re experiencing, all you need to do is change your mind about it. IIf, in joyous anticipation of these events, you only expect the greatest from life and never stop thanking your mind and the cosmos (God) for providing you with the best – your outer-world experiences will reflect this.