Tony Gaschler - MODERN HYPNOSIS TECHNIQUES. Advanced Hypnosis and Self Hypnosis

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During this exercise you have to look the TP in the eyes calmly and steadily for a longer period of time. However, you do not need a so-called hypnotic gaze for this. It will be sufficient if, now and then, you practice looking calmly and steadily at a spot for two or three minutes. To do this, you can fix your gaze on a spot on the wall or look at yourself between the eyes in a mirror. As the human gaze is not usually very steady, this type of exercise should help you to develop a fixed, calm and steady gaze.

When a young boy stands in front of you aiming a water pistol at you, what feeling do you experience? (Please imagine it as vividly as you can!)

When you stand on the stage in a theatre and your rival is standing in front of you aiming a gun with blanks at you, what kind of feeling do you have then? (Please imagine it!)

Finally, when you find yourself in a dimly lit room and a burglar is aiming a gun at you, what do you feel then? (Imagine!)

Please picture yourself very clearly in each of these different situations. You will realize from this that the same action being expressed (someone is aiming a gun at you) has a different effect on you each time. Even if the same thing happens a hundred times, it is never the same. This depends not only on how something is expressed, but also on the meaning attached to it, that is, on the content of the videe.

Even an apparently material object, for example a dress, can express very diverse videes, which actually trigger emotions in the observer (ideomotor actions) and through this can influence the observer’s mood and behavior. Amongst others, a dress may trigger the following feelings: sadness – youthful spirits – dowdiness – pleasure – pretty – attractive – ugly – slimming – fattening – repulsiveness etc.

If you make a habit of viewing and expressing everything as videes, then you will have the best chance of being much more successful in carrying out the exercises. This applies not only to the exercises, but extends to all aspects of your life.

Fix your gaze on the TP standing in front of you and say: “ Now place your feet side by side so that your heels and toes are touching ( ill. 6) --- Now imagine very vividly that you cannot stand up straight anymore --- that you have to sway back and forth --- towards the front --- to the left --- to the right --- to the back and so on. --- Picture it in your mind very vividly. I am now going to count to three --- when I say the number three, it will be impossible for you to remain standing straight. --- One --- two --- three! You sway --- you sway back and forth like a drunk ---“ ( please ensure that someone is standing behind the TP in case the TP falls and they can catch the TP safely. You should also be ready to catch, as it could be that TPs who respond very easily to videes lose their balance.) “ ---Now sway forward --- forward --- now sway to the right --- to the right --- to the back ---to the back ----“ and so on.

When you want to end the exercise, say to the TP: “I am now going to count backwards from three. --- When I say the number one, you will be able to stand up normally and straight again. Three --- two --- one! You are now wide-awake and feel refreshed and alert!”

In this exercise it is possible that your TP will still feel drunk afterwards. If this is the case, look the TP in the eyes and say: “Now you feel the same as before the exercise --- you feel completely sober!”

In the interests of increasing your chances of success, it is advisable that you carry out the exercises in this section in the order in which they are written whilst you are still a beginner. The exercises are structured in such a way that they build upon each other according to difficulty. If you do not succeed in completing the first suggestion exercise with a TP, it would be nonsense and a waste of time if, for example, after this you were to carry out the fourth or fifth exercise with the same TP. To start with, follow the sequence given and only when you have gained some experience should you try the exercises in the following different sequence: (1) The first suggestion exercise with the pendulum. (2) The third suggestion exercise with falling backwards. (3) The fourth suggestion exercise with falling forward. (4) The seventh suggestion exercise with the hand clap finish. (5) The eighth suggestion exercise with the eye finish. Then you can carry on to the hypnosis described in the next part; again, carry these out with the same test person.

There are various types of human movements. Of these we are interested only in the following three: (1) Voluntary movements. (2) Suggested movements. (3) Reflex movements. To understand the sequence that takes place, we have to know that every movement is triggered by the ideomotor system and that a videe is necessary for every movement. Moreover, we have to understand the function of the SELF. The human SELF can either let a videe penetrate the ideomotor system (desired movement) or, by creating a counter-videe, can weaken or completely neutralize the first videe, that is, can make it completely ineffective (undesired movement).

In the three types of movement that interest us, the following takes place:

1.In voluntary movements, first of all the videe appears (activated by stimulus or necessity). If the SELF wants to make the movement, then it does not create any counter-videe and the videe for the movement can be realized through the ideomotor system.

2.For suggested movements, the SELF is forced out of the center of consciousness, either in part or for a short time. As the SELF only has the ability to create counter-videes (to generate videes itself) from the center of consciousness, from the edge of consciousness it is unable to inhibit or neutralize a videe. This then allows the movement videes to be realized.

3.For reflex movements, the SELF is simply bypassed through the so-called re-flex circuit (as if it is short-circuited for a moment). Videes can thus enter the ideomotor system without restriction in the quickest and shortest way possible, and become effective.

Theory alone does not give you a complete picture. It is only by putting the theory into practice that you can make sense of it. I will now explain how best to do this:

1.During your exercises, prevent the TP from creating counter-videes. You can do this by repeating your suggestions. For this reason, certain words are always repeated during your exercises.

2.Through your dynamic and intense suggestions, always try to force the TP's SELF out of the center of consciousness.

3.For your exercises, always use people who are at least of average intelligence. Such people are better at picturing vividly what you are expressing through videes. In this way your videes will be effectively and sufficiently assimilated. Test people who have limited or impaired intelligence will have trouble assimilating your suggestions vividly enough, and therefore videes will have little or no effect.