| Whenever you mention the word 'Attitude,' people's | | | | Now, these expectations have nothing whatever to |
| minds tend to go, unfairly, I think, to badly behaved | | | | do with positive thinking or merely hoping for the |
| teenagers. "That boy has a terrible attitude." But | | | | best. They take a step further than that and |
| certainly in the world of hypnosis, attitude is another | | | | become part of you. In other words, your instincts. |
| word for focus. When this focus is narrowed, you | | | | Your instincts work automatically for you, so that if |
| start to enter a hypnotic trance. | | | | you have positive instincts, you're freed from the |
| You see, this is where people generally become so | | | | shackles of always trying to be positive, which can |
| confused about hypnosis. To so many, it may only | | | | be an awful trial. Especially on a Monday morning and |
| be performed in some sort of temple, with incense | | | | it's tipping down with rain! |
| wafting in the air, and some chap in a black cape | | | | Hypnosis helps you change patterns of thinking that |
| chanting something completely unintelligible. | | | | aren't helpful to you into instincts that are positive |
| If only people would come to realize that hypnosis is | | | | and productive. It's easy to understand that when |
| as natural as breathing. It's a natural function. If more | | | | this happens, the advantages are tremendous. |
| people realized this, then there'd be a lot more | | | | Setbacks, too, may be seen in positive ways. |
| success stories going round. | | | | All this is fine, but from where do you receive these |
| When your focus is strong, then it's always hypnotic. | | | | attitudes? You learn them in 2 ways. |
| However, what is so vitally important is the content | | | | Other people condition them into you, or you |
| of that focus. | | | | condition them into yourself. Whenever you learn |
| If you're a person who always expects the worst, a | | | | something new and you develop this knowledge until |
| pessimist, then you have a negative focus and you | | | | it becomes automatic, you've been hypnotized. |
| really can't expect to experience roaring success with | | | | Don't forget that hypnotism can last just a few |
| such an attitude. On the other hand, if you expect | | | | moments - with your eyes wide open! |
| your efforts to be worthwhile and productive, then | | | | Whenever we consider strong negative experiences |
| your attitude is positive. In short, you expect | | | | such as anger, addiction, depression, anxiety, we're |
| success. | | | | talking about them being hypnotic trance states. |
| Hypnosis is about creating expectations, so if your | | | | Why? Because they're all so restricted, their focus so |
| attitude is positive and success is your expectation, | | | | narrow that, coupled with the (mis)use of imagination, |
| then hypnosis has to be invaluable to you. | | | | they're automatically hypnotic. |