MODERN HYPNOSIS TECHNIQUES. Advanced Hypnosis and Self Hypnosis. Tony Gaschler
Part II.
What suggestion exercises are all about
Suggestion exercises are concerned with making sure that you manage to form your words, gestures and actions, so that these express clear and intense videes. Only when you can actually impress and influence a TP, will you manage to force his/her SELF from the center of consciousness and then your videes can penetrate the TP’s ideomotor system, where they will trigger the desired effect.
As suggestion exercises can reach quite deeply into the mental fabric of a person, I must now give you a list of fundamental rules that you should adhere to fully if your exercises and experiments are to remain without risk.
Basic rules for suggestion exercises
1.ONLY accept healthy people of normal intelligence as your test people.
2.Ensure that each exercise or experiment can be carried out without interruption and can be brought to a complete close.
3.Each word and each sentence that is spoken to the TP must be clear, precise and explicit.
4.Each suggestion must be removed again by a counter-suggestion. This is very important as suggestions can continue to have an effect on the TP after the exercise or experiment.
5.Remain completely calm and self-controlled throughout all the exercises, even if not successful. You must NEVER lose control during the exercises!
6.Each exercise and experiment should be planned and written down in advance. If possible, record every exercise and experiment on an audio recor-der.
7.Even if a TP does not respond to a suggestion, always give a counter-suggestion. For example, even if you say: “Now you can no longer move your arm!” and the TP does move his/her arm, in every case you MUST still give the counter-suggestion afterwards: “You can now move your arm again!”
8.Never attempt to carry out an exercise or experiment that you have not previously mastered. Imagination exercises with imaginary TPs will help you to master an exercise.
9.Do not simply carry out the exercises mechanically, instead you should always try to understand the theory, this will give you confidence both in yourself and in the exercise or experiment.
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The second suggestion exercise
Start as described for the first suggestion exercise in Lesson 3. Use a good TP for this exercise. When the pendulum starts to swing back and forth very strongly, say:
“Now the pendulum is swinging completely on its own! You can no longer stop it! The more you try to stop the pendulum, the more it swings, stronger and stronger!” At the same time, make movements with your hands back and forth in front of the TP to the rhythm of the pendulum’s swings, as shown in ill. 4. Continue saying: “The pendulum’s swinging is becoming stronger – and stronger – and stronger and stronger. The more you want to stop the pendulum, the more strongly it swings --- more and more strongly!”
The pendulum will probably now swing more strongly than you ever expected. The TP will try to stop it, but by doing so will make exactly those movements that allow the pendulum to swing even more strongly. When you want to end the exercise, say: “Now the pendulum is becoming slower --- Now you can stop it again. Stop it!” When you notice that the TP has control of the pendulum once again, say: “That’s good! You feel fine. You are wide-awake! Put the pendulum down, the exercise is over!”
The dynamics of gestures
During this exercise you can practice making your gestures, in this case your hand movements, as lively and dynamic as possible. Try this exercise as an imaginary exercise first of all. Choose a time when you are alone and unlikely to be disturbed, and practice the hand movements – which must be adapted to the rhythm of the pendulum movements - and try to make them as lively and dynamic as possible.
Lesson 4
What happens during suggestion exercises
When awake, the human SELF is alert and, from a functional point of view, finds itself between the sense organs and the ideomotor system. When a videe enters a person through the sense organs, it is controlled, inhibited and weakened by the SELF. This is why people who are awake are less susceptible to suggestions.
During suggestion exercises, the SELF is forced out of the center of consciousness for a time by intense videes (created by dynamic words and gestures) and videes are better able to enter the ideomotor system where they trigger actions.
During actual hypnosis, the SELF is as good as deactivated by physiological processes, so that it no longer prevents the videes from penetrating, and these then penetrate the ideomotor system directly. For this reason, suggestions can become reality more easily under hypnosis.
During suggestion exercises, two things happen:
1.Through especially strong and effective videes, which are created using dynamic words and gestures, the inhibiting SELF is forced out of the center of consciousness for a time.
2.The videes that penetrate during this state reach the ideomotor system where they trigger corresponding actions and effects. The essential difference between suggestion exercises and hypnosis experiments is that during suggestion exercises the SELF is only deactivated or forced out for a short time, whereas during hypnosis experiments the state of mind where the SELF is forced out or ineffective lasts for a longer period of time. During a deep enough hypnosis state, the corresponding inactive state of the SELF can even be maintained for several days.
Deprivation of personal liberty through hypnosis and suggestion
Through hypnosis, and even through suggestion exercises, a person's personal liberty can be taken away from them. Therefore I must point out to you that you should observe the following very strictly during your exercises and experiments:
1.Only use those TPs for your experiments that have volunteered freely to take part. Never try to persuade someone to take part in an experiment. Inform each TP that he/she is placing him/herself voluntarily under your influence and, in case of doubt, have this confirmed in writing in front of witnesses.
2.Never carry out experiments with people whose mental state is uncertain or who may not be fully competent. In particular, never carry out experiments with those who are of unsound mind or are mentally impaired.
3.If you carry out experiments with young people or children, always make sure that you have the full permission of their parents or legal guardian.
4.If you carry out experiments with female TPs, ensure that witnesses are always present.