April 15, 2015 More than One Thing.....
Happy April. The most painfully exquisite month of all. Now
April has been called “The Cruelest Month” and for me personally, I
could surely believe this. But I am choosing to see it’s beauty
instead.
As
I have said in so many different ways from my very first blog entry
here….its is all what we tell ourselves... which comes from how we look
at
things...the language and way we use to describes things, even to
ourselves….changing our perception deep down; changes the reality.
Changing the reality, changes how it makes us feel.
This is not the same thing as ignoring reality!
I came across a study recently, I don’t think it is a new one, it has been put forth in various ways….
Unfortunately, for this one I did not bookmark it, so I don’t have the exact statistics….but
bear with me; because you’ll get the somewhat brilliant point just the same!
A bunch of people were asked the question: “Is it ok to have a cocktail while you are praying?”
A huge percentage (some 90 something percent!) said “NO”.
The same people were then asked: “Is it ok to pray while having a cocktail?”
Another huge percentage matching the above percentage, if not exceeding it, said “YES”
If this doesn’t Illustrate the amazing power of focus, content, context and language nothing does!
And
I bet each person who participated in this study barely thought for a
moment before they answered both questions...I bet both answers were
completely spontaneous and heartfelt even though they completely
contradicted each other! By utilizing a power word/concept of “praying”
with all of it’s associations for each individual, an
instant emotional response was triggered. . Different moral codes,
different life experiences, and yet the results were the same for the
majority of the
participants.
So what does this have to do with Hypnosis?
Everything.
Hypnosis
deals with the subconscious...and it is the subconscious that holds
these foundational beliefs. These phrases on how we look at
everything.
People
can go a lifetime without ever once examining exactly where they stand
to look at anything in this world. If the right
questions are asked, in the right way, to connect with unconscious
thought….a shift can begin ...a step to the left or a step to the right
and a new view can supersede an old one...way deep down
inside. There is undeniable power in this. Because a new view, a new
emotional connection, will very possibly create a new action, will very
possibly change behavior. Change response. Make life
better!
Change the way you look at something.
Changes the way you feel.
Change the way you feel, changes the way you behave.
We
can’t consciously make ourselves feel anything. It’s just like bad
acting in a play or movie, it’s flat with nothing behind it.
.
All emotions are like weather. The conditions have to be the right.
The right combination of this and that leads to….this storm, or that rainbow. This happiness or that
anger.
And
for us, the conditions are created by the way we see things, and are
changed by the reframing or renaming that takes place when we begin to
question if we are really standing in the best, right place for us to
see things from.
It is not ok to drink while praying, but it is ok to pray while drinking.
“The contrary is also true” said the inimitable Groucho Marx...and yes, he was right.
Things are more than one thing.
Happy Painfully Exquisite April.
